[Desktop] Release Meeting 2012-08-31

[seb128]

=== What was done engineering wise? ===

  * Gwibber python3 port is looking google, barry and robru are making 
great progress with hopes to merge into trunk this week. FFe 1042344
  * system-config-printer: Integrated automatic driver download from 
OpenPrinting, as Jockey as provider for that feature is not present any more
  * foomatic-db: Updated to include support for the latest printer 
models by Ricoh and OEM
  * Nautilus got downgraded to 3.4 for the Ubuntu 12.10 cycle. Will be 
restored to track upstream again for 13.04.
  * Deja Dup got support for verifying the backup files every backup. 
And every two months asking for the encryption password again to verify 
you remember it.
  * Quickly got updated for better upgrade-between-Quickly-versions and 
ARB support.
  * NetworkManager in greeter landed
  * Packaged/uploaded indicator-sync
  * Debugged issue with libpango in the Lucid->precise upgrade.
  * libreoffice 3.6.0-rc4 and 3.6.1-rc2 for quantal including unitymenus 
patch and session-installer magic
  * X stack has been brought fully up to date
  * lightdm work landed to prepare for thin client features
  * indicator-messages transition to libmessaging-menu

=== What's about to land that might impact the other teams and release 
as a whole? ===

So quite some dxteam features didn't land on time and will need to go 
through FFe:

Those are a bit late but still targetting beta1 (releases ready in a ppa 
minus a few bugs we try to address before upload, targetting upload on 
friday or monday):

  * compiz GLES
  * unity including coverflow views, previews and webapps
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1040259 (being working in a ppa, almost ready)

Those are almost ready to land, could maybe make beta1:
  * remote login work tracked in https://launchpad.net/bugs/1040221
(need security review still, only opt-in feature so less important to 
get tested on beta1)

Those are aiming to land after beta1
  * gwibber lens work
  * firefox integration for webapp (finally acked by mozilla)
  * llvmpipe improvements
  * stategy for low end machines and arm installs


=== Summary of bugs working on by team (reasonably reliable) ===

* None, focussing on the feature freeze

=== Dependencies on other teams to make deliverables, blocking items, 
release wide concerns? ===

* foundation's XDG_RUNTIME_DIR support still didn't land
* The dropping of unity-2d creates issues, especially on arm (still not 
3d drivers for the pandaboard) that need to be sorted out