Ubuntu 9.10 beta approaching

[Steve Langasek]

The Ubuntu 9.10 beta release is approaching, scheduled for October 1st
(https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicReleaseSchedule). Please refer to the
milestone list in Launchpad for a list of outstanding items:

  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+bugs?field.milestone=12715

If you have bugs on this list, please fix them at the earliest possible
opportunity, or (in consultation with other developers and the Ubuntu QA
team) un-milestone them if they are not required for beta. If you have
bugs you think should be on this list, talk with the Ubuntu QA team or the
Ubuntu release team about having them milestoned.

Please also do not lose sight of the list of bugs affecting the release as a
whole:

  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+bugs

The beta freeze will begin this Thursday, September 24th; after that point
uploads will require approval from the release team, which will generally
only be granted if they fix beta-critical bugs.

Over the next few days, please pay attention to eliminating
inconsistencies in the archive, including:

  http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/testing/karmic_probs.html
    uninstallable packages in main and restricted

  http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/NBS/
    obsolete packages which still have reverse-dependencies

Archive administrators should spend time ensuring that any pending
main<->universe component changes have been processed
(http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/component-mismatches.txt).
Developers, if you are waiting for something on this list, please help out
by filing good main inclusion reports.

Thanks,
-- 
Steve Langasek
On behalf of the Ubuntu release team