Hello Everyone, During the remainder of the Quantal development cycle (and possibly slightly longer) I will be minimizing my involvement in Ubuntu Studio. This is mainly due to work demanding more of my time but also because of the opportunity to pursue several creative projects.
I will continue to help development per the blueprints [0], but will not have the time to actively give oversight and perform the day-to-day activities as I have previously. However, others can help and I will explain how. ** BLUEPRINTS ** It is helpful for someone to track blueprint progress. Tracking is simplified by using status.ubuntu.com page for Ubuntu Studio [1]. This page provides an easy visual way to gauge the overall progress of the blueprints and also for each specific blueprint. Additionally, more detailed information is included below parsing information by task and by person. ** WEEKLY RELEASE MEETING ** An email needs to be sent each week to the release team mailing list [2] describing what occured during the week. A template [3] is available to structure the email. Generally, the email is to be sent on Thursday before 14:00 CST to allow time for others to read the email and prepare (if required) for the meeting. Meeting are conducted in IRC on Fridays and full information can be find on the website [3]. Someone should plan to attend, even if only as a liason and only somewhat briefed on details. The general purpose of the meetings is to ensure that information is flowing between groups to prevent problems and to help resolve issues. Our emails should be judicious to share only important or pertinent information. For example, I believe it is worth noting that we are updating the help.ubuntu.com pages but not to list all pages touched. ** TESTING ** While daily testing (which might not really be daily) is important, it is the milestone testing that is critical. Someone should take the lead to make sure that each required test case is completed for the milestone testing [4]. I would suggest that whoever is leading this should subscribe to the test cases to receive notification emails for new, available tests. ** TEAM MEETINGS ** We have neglected these lately, but team meetings would probably be useful, especially if multiple people are helping to lead Ubuntu Studio. Meeting information can be found on the wiki [5]. Reminder emails the day or so before the meeting are exceedingly helpful. Lastly, just to be clear: I am not leaving or abandoning Ubuntu Studio, I am committed through the next LTS. A follow-up email regarding my thoughts on future releases and proprosed features will be sent shortly as well. Cheers, ScottL [0] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/topic-quantal-flavor-ubuntustudio [1] http://status.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-quantal/group/topic-quantal-flavor-ubuntustudio.html [2] [email protected] [3] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseTeam#Weekly_Meeting [4] http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/ [5] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Meetings/
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