[PS] Release meeting 2012-09-05

[Alan Pope]

== What was done engineering wise? ==

* R
   - Work on-going in lp:unity, lp:nux
   - R source branches for libunity and lenses added
* quantal
   - Unity 6.8 + bamf, nux, libunity and lenses finalized and released 
to quantal
   - Many bug fixes backported from trunk, many regressions found and fixed
* precise
   - Unity 2D SRU-1 5.14 submitted for sponsorship

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

* nux
   - New release
   - ABI change, watch out!
* unity
   - Final Quantal version released, SRU-0 work follows

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

* nux
   - #1056633 - Warnings when compiling with -Wextra
   - #937583 - Coverity PW.EXPR_HAS_NO_EFFECT - CID 10648
   - #1057995 - [regression] Launcher slides UP when I try to drag it DOWN
   - #1055995 - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in 
unity::QuicklistView::Show() from unity::QuicklistManager::ShowQuicklist()

* compiz
   - #1057263 - Some decoration pixmaps get leaked on window resize, due 
to race conditions
between gtk-window-decorator and the decor plugin.
   - #1058149 - Add necessary libraries to test targets. Fixes FTBFS 
with GNU gold linker.
   - #1058638 - Check for equality of string not pointer
   - #950160 - Added a new template that will check tap_detection. If it 
is false then add
CompAction::StateTapIgnore to the actions state.
   - #1060708 - Check the return value of pkg_check_modules and don't 
check for
libcompizconfig_internal

* unity
   - #1059607 - [dash] Rendering flaw of filterbar after scrolling 
down/scrolling up.
   - #1061396 - Compiz crashed in cairo_save() from 
unity::UnityWindow::RenderDecoration() from 
unity::UnityWindow::scalePaintDecoration() from 
ScaleWindow::scalePaintDecoration()
   - #1058619 - [Quantal] unity-lens-application does not start on some 
slow machines
   - #1057035 - 'No Image Available' when image is available
   - #1055552 - [regression] Unable to add desktop files with spaces in 
their name from Nautilus into the Launcher
   - #1042434 - Dash search results have wrong geometry
   - #950160 - Unity blocks other programs from binding globally to 
Super+* (* = any key)
   - #1053313 - Dash - Lens nav bar appears in the preview mode (the 
Lens nav bar should not be displayed when a preview is open)
   - #1046497 - Unity through llvmpipe is slow
   - #1060532 - [regression] Graphical glitches in HUD/Dash bottom left 
and top right corner
   - #1060827 - Left clicking any result supposed to keep the Dash open, 
triggers the Preview spinner
   - #713432 - Unity launcher doesn't prompt for password to unlock the 
device when clicking on a encrypted volume icon
   - #929712 - Missing context menus for Qt apps after minimizing the window
   - #1060195 - Music preview note image is blurry
   - #1043808 - Dash - Preview activation doesn't have instant feedback
   - #1053116 - [regression] If unity is started with maximized dash, 
unmaximizing the dash does not wrap rows
   - #1057798 - [regression] Dash - Left separator is missing
   - #1054219 - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in void std::vector<unsigned 
int, std::allocator<unsigned int> >::_M_insert_aux<unsigned int>() from 
... from unity::dash::HomeLens::Impl::LensSearchFinished()
   - #1059759 - Clicking on Workspace Switcher icon when the expo is 
showing, not always closes it
   - #913324 - unity-panel-service crashed with SIGSEGV in 
panel_indicator_entry_accessible_get_n_children() from 
atk_object_get_n_accessible_children()
   - #1046497 - Unity through llvmpipe is slow
   - #1059594 - convert files list deprecated keys
   - #1055995 - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in 
unity::QuicklistView::Show() from unity::QuicklistManager::ShowQuicklist()

* bamf
   - #1026426 - LibreOffice Unity integration (launcher and switcher) is 
broken
   - #1058260 - bamfdaemon crashes in 
bamf_application_get_supported_mime_types

* lenses
   - #1056743 - Searches fail across changes in case
   - #1057565 - Disable collapsing by key (desktop file) when querying 
for specific package
   - #1049090 - The shortcut Super + P is conflicting with the Video out 
hotkey
   - #1058604 - The Shopping lens occupies a keyboard shortcut space, 
but doesn't need it
   - #1054282 - Make it less likely the user will stumble upon offensive 
results while using the shopping lens
   - #1056814 - unity-lens-video crashed with UnicodeEncodeError

== Dependencies on other teams, blocking items ==

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Alan Pope
Engineering Manager

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