Plan is nice... And I want to join the Testing Team for the 14.04.1 and 14.10...
Any specif link for the first steps? 2014-05-11 17:31 GMT+00:00 Dale Visser <[email protected]>: > This seems like a very sensible plan, waiting until LXQt and Qt5 get to > a level of stability. Perhaps we'll see LXQt in 15.04. :-) > > Sent from my Windows Phone > ------------------------------ > From: Julien Lavergne <[email protected]> > Sent: 5/11/2014 11:11 AM > To: lubuntu user list <[email protected]> > Subject: Lubuntu 14.10 and after > > Hi, > > Time to start thinking about 14.10, and after. The future of LXDE > (gtk2+ part) is uncertain, as only a few devs are currently improving > the code (and the work is focused on the panel and the file manager) > with an LTS behind us, we have the possibility to make massive changes > without the fear of having support problem. However, migrate to Qt and > LXQt for 14.10 seems too much optimistic : > > - LXQt is in alpha stage, and we are not even sure there will be no > breakage in the future (see next point) > > - LXQt is Qt4, and it's migrating to Qt5. I don't think we should jump > into the Qt4 version, if we are going to break things again when > migrate to Qt5. > > - Pushing all LXQt into official repositories will take time. Without > them, no real and official ISO testing will be possible. Usually, we > have to set up this things for Alpha 1, to have time to make > adjustments. For now, A1 is out of the target, even with Qt4 version > of LXQt. > > - After the LXQt migration, we have to change most of our applications > to have Qt ones. It needs time to discuss, compare, test and integrate > them. We have to change 80 to 90 % of our seed … > > - Migrate from Gtk to Qt for the theming is not the easiest thing to > do … We need time in this area too. > > For those reasons, I don't think migrate to Qt for 14.10 is a good > idea. I'll propose this plan : > > - For 14.10, keep the gtk part and update packages only. > > - Preparing the choice of default Qt applications > > - Releasing testing ISOs with Qt packages (outside the official Ubuntu > building system). > > - Work on Qt5 with LXQt people > > - Push LXQt Qt5 version into official repositories > > - Look at the state of LXQt + our default applications choices and > make a decision after 14.10 release. > > Any comments on this ? > > Regarding 14.10, we need a release manager as both phillw and me are > not going to be fully available for this (for different reasons). The > release manager is in charge of delivering the final ISO, by doing > mostly QA work, and coordinates the work of different people according > to the schedule. > > If you want to participate in this area, please send phillw and me a > mail with a description of what you will do as a release manager of > Lubuntu (it's like a job interview, be convincing :-)) Also, it's not > necessary a 1 people job, we may take several people for the help). > It's also an important part of the release process of Lubuntu, that's > why it's not open to everyone. > > > Regarding the Qt migration, LXQt packages are already available in > https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-dev/+archive/lubuntu-daily You have to > install lxqt-metapackage. They are build directly from git, so be > prepared to various breakages. If you have problem using them, feel > free to ask on the mailing list. > > Regarding the change of default applications, I'm preparing blueprints > to discuss every topics, please don't create any extra topics until I > finish the initial ones (I have aprox. 30 topics to set up …). You can > monitor > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/lubuntu-brainstorming/qt-migration > for the progress. Please wait those blueprints before starting the > flow of discussion on the audio player and the webbrowser ... > > > Regards, > > Julien Lavergne > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > >
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