Server Team 20081021 meeting minutes

[Luke L]

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 6:56 AM, Mathias Gug <mathiaz at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here are the minutes of the meeting. They can also be found online with
> the irc logs here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20081021.
>
>
> ==== python-vm-builder ====
>
> mathiaz reported he had performed a lot of testing of python-vm-builder. Most
> of the bugs found have been fixed by nijaba. soren said he was catching up
> with the commits to the trunk branch and planned to upload a new version
> before release.
>
> ==== iscsi support for interpid ====
>
> kirkland looked into fixing existing bugs but it was decided that it was too
> late in the cycle to try fixing them. Work on iscsi has been deferred to the
> next cycle.
>
> ==== Iso testing ====
>
> mathiaz reported that testing for the RC images had started. The ISO testing
> tracker[1] is used to coordinate testing results. There are now 14 test cases
> listed for the 2 -server isos. Help is welcome.
>
> mathiaz reported that his raid install test cases were failing. He asked for
> help in doing manual raid installation testing. sommer and kirkland offered to
> look into the issue.
>
> [1]: http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/
>
> ==== ubuntu-server-devel channel ====
>
> nijaba brought up the subject of creating a new ubuntu-server-devel channel.
> The identified problem was that ignoring user support requests while
> developers were discussing other issues in the channel seemed rude to the end
> users. After some discussion it turned out that creating an ubuntu-server-
> devel channel would not solve the problem.
>
> ==== UDS topics ====
>
> mathiaz announced that ideas for the next UDS should be added to the
> IdeaPool[2] wiki page of the Server Team so that they could be taken into
> account when the list of topics for the next UDS would be prepared.
>
> [2]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/IdeaPool
>
> ==== Replacing Frozen Bubble in Jaunty ====
>
> During the Open Discussion zul stated that he was planning on packaging blub
> blub as a replacement for the popular Frozen Bubble program. That lead to
> strong opposition from other meeting attendees: kirkland stated that '''it
> better be *damn* good, if it's to replace FB''' while nijaba raised some
> concerns about the blub license not being GPL friendly. The atmosphere was on
> the brink of war as kirkland was drawing his slingshot back while nijaba was
> loading mentos. mathiaz suggested that a full day of UDS should be dedicated
> to this hot topic. The situation went back under control when zul reconsidered
> his position.
>
> ==== Agree on next meeting date and time ====
>
> Next meeting will be on Tuesday, October 29th at 15:00 UTC in #ubuntu-meeting.
>
>
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> Mathias Gug
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Tuesday is the 28th of October (My birthday is the 30th!). I'm excited
for the new release, especially the vm-builder updates. Good work,
gentlemen.

-- 
Luke L.