Edubuntu meeting: Thursday 16 July 19:00 UTC

[Jordan Mantha]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Sven-Hendrik Haase<sh at lutzhaase.com> wrote:
> On 13.07.2009 15:22, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> This week's Edubuntu meeting is on Thursday, 16 July at 19:00 UTC.
>>
>> We will attempt to have Edubuntu meetings again every week, if you have
>> a suggestion for next week's Edubuntu meeting and you can't attend this
>> week, then please suggest it on the list. It is probably best to do it
>> at different times and different days of the week to accommodate people
>> in different timezones.
>>
>> The agenda can be found on:
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Edubuntu/Community/MeetingAgenda
>>
>> Feel free to add to the agenda, if we run out of time before getting to
>> a topic, we can either continue in #edubuntu or move it to the following
>> week.
>>
>> -Jonathan
>>
>>
> I'd like to bring up some of the stuff that I have already posted to the
> mailing list a little while ago. Find the archive entry on
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edubuntu-devel/2009-July/002922.html
> Specifically, I'd like to discuss: release medium, release cycle,
> definitive goals for 9.10 and 10.04, website and documentation clean up

Given that those are some pretty major topics perhaps it would be
useful to start discussing them now.

As I previously reported, the Ubuntu Technical Board approved Edubuntu
replacing the current Addon CD with a DVD, but the details need to be
coordinated with the Release/CD Image Team (specifically Colin Watson
most likely).

As far as release cycle, I think the idea of pushing LTS releases as
the preferred releases is good. However, I think releases need to be
made on the normal Ubuntu 6-month release cycle, even if the non-LTS
releases are listed as pre-release or beta.

Goals for 9.10 need to be done ASAP, the Feature Freeze deadline
(August 27th) is fast approaching and almost nothing regarding
Edubuntu has landed that I'm aware of (I'm still out of the loop right
now so I might have missed some stuff).

The website and documentation do need help. In particular, people need
to start thinking about what essential elements will be needed for
9.10's release. It would be really good to have things in place for
release day.


-Jordan