[ubuntu-in] List of Current To-dos

[Gora Mohanty]

On Fri, 2007-10-19 at 12:19 +0530, Parthan S R wrote:
[...]
> Of late the traffic in this list has touched new heights and I wish we
> make out something solid out of all these discussions happening
> around.
[...]

Thank you for doing this, Parthan. I think that you are quite
right in asking that something tangible come out of these
discussions. Some comments below.

> Here we go..
> 
> [1] Ubuntu-in's Project Day, along with the Debian-In team, during
> foss.in :
[...]
> [2] Ubuntu-In Forums : Pratul has successfully created the forums.
> Updates on this (briefly please)
> 
> [3] Restructuring of Ubuntu India Web site:
[...]

> [4] We need volunteers to document solutions for issues encountered
> with Gutsy from the release day. 
[...]

These are all practical issues, and rightly so. I would like to
submit two more items, which have more of a philosophical bent,
though they also touch on practicalities:
[5] Where is the "in" part in ubuntu-in?
    I would suggest that we work with IndLinux on making sure
    that Indian language packages work well on Ubuntu. This was
    one of the original intentions behind the Ubuntu-in team,
    and though some work has been done, it is not nearly enough.
    One aspect, which will also be part of the IndLinux project
    day is documentation. I suggest that we share work on this,
    along the lines of [4] above.
[6] Relationship with debian-in:
    There are already people with nothing better to do muttering
    on debian-in lists about how Debian is *freer* than Ubuntu.
    I have no wish to get involved in this discussion, but a
    practical policy of cooperation might be to ensure that any
    Indian-language specific enhancement to Ubuntu also be
    submitted to Debian.

Regards,
Gora