Hello Julien, think I can help best on the "Coding and packing subteam".
Let me know how to become active. Regards, On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:58:40 +0100 Julien Lavergne <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > This is quick summary of the state of Lubuntu, 3 mouths before the > target release date. > > === Alpha 2 === > - May be released at the end of this week. > > > === New packages === > - lxdm was committed, waiting for archive approval. It's mostly working, > but need some improvements. Currently, there is no plymouth support and > Default language not working well. > - libfm and pcmanfm2 are available for testing on the Lubuntu PPA [1]. > > > === Default applications === > - Current discussion on the video player, music player and email client > - Futur discussion on the browser. It will begin when chromium will > enter the archive, or sooner if nothing arrive before 1st February. > - Some changes may happen in the futur, if the manpower is still the > same (see below). We need to share the maintenance for non-LXDE > applications with other teams, if we want to have good quality. I have > in mind the network manager and the browser. > - For all the cases, I would like to stop all the choices for Feature > Freeze (18th February), to have enough time for bug fixes and > translations of the non-LXDE packages. > > > === Maintenance and advertising === > The main reason why I don't make many advertising around Alpha releases > of Lubuntu is because I can't handle more feedback/testing for now. We > don't have many devs working on Lubuntu, and my time on it is also > limited. > > > === If you want to help === > - If you speak English and 1 or more languages, you can translate LXDE > packages and other applications of Lubuntu (see > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/TranslationSubTeam ) > > - If you like to play with unstable stuff, you can test Alpha ISO and > report bug you have (We already have some nice testers :)) (see > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/TestingSubTeam ) > > - If you are an artist, you can imagine or create a new artwork for > Lubuntu. (see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/ArtworkSubTeam ) > > - If you want to get involve in Ubuntu development, you can begin to > triage bug, improve packages ... (see > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/CodingAndPackagingSubTeam ) > > There is available tasks for everyone :) > I can provide guidelines and mentoring, and I'll try to maintain the > wiki to share useful information. > > Just to be clear, the schedule is still good. There is currently no > blocker for the release in April, but more help will make the release > better. > > Regards, > Julien Lavergne > > > [1] : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop/+archive/ppa > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Jaime Humberto <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
