Per the post on the foums that i just read is all this questioning the need of a official forum for lubuntu?
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Lance <lbsol...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I may have done a bit of a bad job explaining myself. I'm not too > concerned ATM about the bugs I encountered, I'm just testing the waters in > order to be as useful to the Lubuntu project as possible. Since time is > limited please look at my "test" bug report and also this forum thread (no > need to comment at the forums): > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/792850 > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10901610&postcount=10 > > I did have one other thought however. Do you suppose the Ubuntu Forum mods > might grant us permission to start a sub-forum here: > > http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=46 > > All thoughts are welcome. My ideas may stink and I don't mind being told > so. > > > --- On *Fri, 6/3/11, Chris <cyber.dr...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: Chris <cyber.dr...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] The need to improve Lubuntu bug filing > To: "Phill Whiteside" <phi...@ubuntu.com> > Cc: "Lance" <lbsol...@yahoo.com>, "lubuntu-desktop" < > lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net> > Date: Friday, June 3, 2011, 8:38 PM > > > Hello Lance, > > I haven't run oneiric yet, but I think the missing of shutdown/restart > buttons is due to not having GTK3 icons for that. We're hard at work in > creating the new themes for oneiric, which should be GTK3 ready. And just > pressing enter/return didn't do the trick on getting along with the > installer (bug 3)? > > Welcome to the crew by the way. > > With metta, > > Chris Druif > > On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 00:22, Phill Whiteside > <phi...@ubuntu.com<http://mc/compose?to=phi...@ubuntu.com> > > wrote: > > hiyas kansasnoob, > > firstly, great to see you - I don't get onto the forum areas as much as I > used to (or should do). The A1 is still built the 'old way' and is, afaik, > just a toe stretching session for the new kernel to be included. There has > been some work the apps done, along with deciding which applications we > include by default. Pcman has a new pcmanfm out in the wild for us to break. > Hooks for apport are on the TODO list and are being added, but the 1,000 > dedicated developers we have ..... err, well, I may have over estimated by > 998 are awaiting getting their teeth into the 'official' iso building > system. This should be done for a2. > > The general page for 11.10 is at > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Developers > > Progress on the apport hooks can be found at > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Developers/TODO > > If you, or any of the testers on the main area would like to keep abreast > of what Lubuntu is up to, please doe feel free to add the mailing list to > your cluttered boxes (We don't send that many out!) > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/GettingInvolved has the one click link to > get the lubuntu discussions. > > Please give my regards to Ranch Hand, I must pop on and find out what > better name he has for 11.10 - I will make a point of letting the testing > area know when A2 comes out, but the a1 had little in the way of changes. > > Apart from anything else, it will be nice to 'touch base' with all you > great people again. > For A2, I will try to get a set of notes together so you good people know > where Lubuntu is headed for 11.10, as it is the precursor for 12.04 (LTS) we > need to get as many bugs ironed out as possible during the 11.10 cycle > (errr, you may recall Grub2 coming out in 9.10 :P ). > Lubuntu is also now popping it's toe into the water for accessibility, but > realistically this is a couple of cycles away - we simply do not have enough > devs. Accessibility could do themselves a favour, but we do have a meeting > coming up under Jono Bacon to allow us to ask questions. It is times like > this I miss Ranch Hand's 'say it as it is' attitude, although JM one of our > devs is no shrinking violet. I'm sure he and Ranch Hand would get on great > :P > > My kindest regards to you and the rest of the testers, > > Phill. > P.S. - Now go and dig me up a spare developer or two :D > @ Julien and JM - if there is any thing factually incorrect, please correct > me. > > > > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Lance > <lbsol...@yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=lbsol...@yahoo.com> > > wrote: > > First a brief intro. I'm Erick Brunzell at Launchpad, Lance at > iso-testing (in which I've participated for over 3 years), and "kansasnoob" > at Ubuntu forums. > > I'm quite glad to see that Lubuntu will soon become an official member of > the Ubuntu family. I particularly look forward to the day that Lubuntu's > images are included in Ubuntu's iso-testing. > > Anyway I obtained the Lubuntu Oneiric Alpha1 image here: > > http://people.ubuntu.com/~gilir/ > > And naturally I encountered a few minor bugs. To expect any less this early > in a dev cycle is insane, but I still felt they should be reported. The > specific bugs are: > > 1) The Lubuntu Alpha1 Live CD boots to a tty, so you have to type *startx*to > get the DE. > > 2) The default DE lacks restart or shutdown buttons. > > 3) Upon completing the installation I was asked whether to restart or keep > using the Live DE as usual. I chose to restart and the CD ejected as > expected but the screen was just blank. So I removed the CD, closed the tray > and hit enter, but nothing happened. I tried some common key combos but > finally had to use the reset button on my box to complete the restart. > > Of course none of these are serious or unexpected this early in a dev > cycle, but I wanted to get my feet wet checking out bug filing against > Lubuntu anyway, and I'm a bit puzzled. > > I'm used to iso-testing pure Ubuntu so all of the above bugs would be filed > against 'casper' but I know these bugs were not present when I tested Ubuntu > so I thought I should possibly file them against the meta-package > 'lubuntu-desktop' but that's a no-go. > > I'm just wondering if the meta-package 'lubuntu-desktop' should be added to > launchpad as a bug filing option? > > I'm very impressed with the Lubuntu project and I hope my iso-testing > skills may be helpful at some point, but I have no development skills. I'm > just a tester. > > Apologies in advance if I was wrong posting in this manner. > > Sincerely, > > Lance > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : > lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net<http://mc/compose?to=lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > -- > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : > lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net<http://mc/compose?to=lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- God Bless
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