[Lubuntu-qa] Devs work items for 16.04

[Nio Wiklund]

Hi Phill,

I'm glad that we continue to get alternate iso files for Lubuntu :-)

Best regards
Nio

Den 2015-10-30 kl. 14:24, skrev Phill. Whiteside:
> Hi Nio,
> 
> Walter had a look into it, there was some sort of configuration
> mis-match which Colin Watson (release team guru, and all round nice guy)
> says he has now resolved. The alternates *should* appear at build time
> today (16:29 UTC is cron job and the alternates take approx 30 mins to
> build, with the desktop images arriving about 60 minutes later).
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Phill.
> 
> On 30 October 2015 at 06:55, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com
> <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi again Phill and Julien,
> 
>     I noticed that Lubuntu Xenial has appeared at http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com
>     but there are no alternate iso files to test. (I notice that Ubuntu
>     Server and Netboot have appeared, and I guess that they still have the
>     debian installer.) Is this only temporary, or will the Lubuntu alternate
>     iso files be abandoned?
> 
>     If this is the case, I can understand why you, Phill, wrote about
>     the OBI.
> 
>     Best regards
>     Nio
> 
>     Den 2015-10-28 kl. 19:33, skrev Phill. Whiteside:
>     > Hi Nio,
>     >
>     > I cannot over state how much I want to see OBI become an adopted system.
>     > You have worked tirelessly on it and in my humble opinion not only does
>     > it work better and more consistently than others, it has fantastic
>     > support documentation.
>     >
>     > @Julien, I know that things are now in flux as to how ubuntu and debian
>     > repos will work, but can you look to have this system accepted into the
>     > debian repos so we can offer it as a real alternative to the existing
>     > "will not work with this, will not work with that" systems that are
>     > currently on the 'approved' list.
>     >
>     > Regards,
>     >
>     > Phill.
>     >
>     > On 28 October 2015 at 18:01, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>
>     > <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     Den 2015-10-27 kl. 22:30, skrev Julien Lavergne:
>     >     > Hi,
>     >     >
>     >     > I'm currently drafting work items for 16.04, you can see the
>     state on
>     >     > the blueprint :
>     >     >
>     https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/lubuntu-x-dev-items
>     >     >
>     >     > I'll try to focus on GTK part this cycle.
>     >     >
>     >     > If you have ideas / comments ... it's time :-) That will be
>     nice to
>     >     > have the blueprint ready for UOS (I'm working during the
>     event, but
>     >     > that should not stop you to discuss the items :-))
>     >     >
>     >     > Regards,
>     >     > Julien Lavergne
>     >     >
>     >
>     >     Hi Julien and all other Lubuntuers,
>     >
>     >     I suggest that we consider replacing the Ubuntu Startup Disk
>     Creator. If
>     >     I can get help to get *mkusb* into a debian or ubuntu
>     repository, I
>     >     think it is a good alternative, otherwise other alternatives
>     might be
>     >     better, for example *unetbootin*. See also the following link,
>     >
>     >     'Selecting a tool to create USB boot drives from ISO files'
>     >
>     >     http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2291946
>     >
>     >     As you can see 'in late posts in that Ubuntu Forums thread',
>     there are
>     >     plans to make the Startup Disk Creator simple and reliable,
>     but maybe
>     >     too simple for Lubuntu users.
>     >
>     >     Best regards
>     >     Nio
>     >
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