On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 5:41 AM, Greg Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Here's my weekly report for week ending 9/26. > > *********************** > Status against last week goals: > 1 - Hound engineers to close all 8.2.0 blockers (see > http://dev.laptop.org/report/28) and get a firm date for the Release > Candidate build. Triage bugs and keep the release on schedule. > > GS - Done! In the end, no hounding was needed :-) Triaged bugs but fell > a little behind the incoming rate this week. Also picked and tested > a set of additional activities to add to the G1G1 default install. > > 2 - Clean up open bugs section of 8.2. release notes. Get release notes > ready for final review. > > GS - Mostly done. Top section finished and ready for final review. Human > readable explanation and categorization of key bugs started. Final edits > and comments welcome: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/8.2.0 > > 3 - Write 8.2 launch plan and technical overview presentation. > > GS - Not done. Wrote brief blurb on the release for re-use in promoting > it. Still need to list communication vehicles, choose the right landing > page (Release notes?) and refine the high level message for the release. > > First pass release message: > 8.2 has major enhancements including: > - A flexible Home view and Journal with several options for searching > and organizing activities. > - An enhanced Frame for accessing other XOs and peripherals and for > switching between running activities. > - A Graphical Control Panel for setting language, network, power and > other defaults. > - An automated Software Update tool which finds the latest version of > activities and updates them over the Internet. > - Capability to backup XOs to a school server and restore files to the > Journal as needed. > - A new manual shipped with the XO as an activity. > - Many other bug fixes and enhancements. > > For more details, see the final draft of the Release Notes at: > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/8.2.0 > > 4 - Share and post 8.2.1 time frame and operating procedure (e.g. Trac > queries). Start planning for Early Field Trial/Beta of 8.2.1. Keep > pushing for an engineering leader/owner of 8.2.1. > > GS - Not done. Pushed for an engineering owner a little but not too hard > until 8.2 is done. > > 5 - Review and finalize short 9.1 strategy description. Restructure > requirements section to align with strategy. Fold in more deployment > requirements. Keep pushing for an engineering leader/owner of 9.1. > Stretch goal: prepare to write detailed requirements sections and start > scrubbing bugs to create working Trac queries. > > GS - Mostly not done. Added a few more details, discussed strategy and > country demands. Added some more detailed requirements for deployability > at: > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/9.1.0#Security.2C_Activation_and_Deployability > > 6 - Update deployments page. Update releases page and start using new > semantic format (thanks to S Page for laying out the structure). Also > update XS sections of releases page. > > GS - Not done but did get approval to repost statistics on XOs > "Delivered, shipped and ordered" by country. See also this URL for new > deployment and XO information: > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Learning_Workshops > Some of this will be integrated in my next update of the Deployments page. > > ****************** > Goals for next week in priority order: > > 1 - Get 8.2 to manufacturing. Catch up on bug triage. > > 2 - Finish 8.2 Release notes and get final review of them from engineering. > > 3 - Finalize blurb used to promote the release and start sending it out > to internal lists. Write more generally usable Release message. > > 4 - Update deployments page and releases page. > > 5 - Post more detailed 8.2.1 page and restructure 9.1 page. > > 6 - Once 8.2 ships, open a bottle of Champagne. One glass then start > work on the next release :-)
One glass is inefficient. You'll lose all the fizz if you don't finish the rest. Or, just share! :-) -- Sameer _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel