[Unity] Release meeting 2012-09-07

[Alan Pope]

On 07/09/12 16:56, Kate Stewart wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-09-07 at 14:21 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
>> == What was done engineering wise? ==
>>
>> * quantal
>>     - Fixes related to broken keybindings GSettings migration
>>
>> * precise
>>     - More geis rename work for unity, unity-2d and nux
>>     - More testing and preparations for Unity SRU-2 (planned release ASAP)
>>
>> == What's about to land that might impact the other teams and release as
>> a whole? ==
>>
>>    * Outstanding items from PS as per earlier mail from Didier:-
>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2012-September/001880.html
>
> Could you please provide a summary of bug numbers that are tracking all
> of the outstanding FFE's so some of the other teams are aware of what's
> landing and when.   We're seriously overdue now on these, and some may
> not make it, so careful tracking is going to be needed.

Sure:-
1043676 - "webapps, previews and coverflow support to Unity/bamf/nux"
1043915 - "Home lens ordering"
1040313 - "Update WebApps to support Firefox "
1040259 - "libmessaging-menu transitions for quantal"
1035207 - "passwordless install of webapps (based on repo whitelist)"
1044447 - "unity-lens-photos in quantal"
1043589 - "Add support for OpenGL|ES"
1040221 - "Provide remote login options"
1042343 - "Ubuntu One integration with Q sync indicator"

> Is there an ETA when we can get a fix for:
> LP: #927168 compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in memmove() from
> drisw_update_tex_buffer() from dri_set_tex_buffer2() from
> drisw_bind_tex_image() from __glXBindTexImageEXT() from
> TfpTexture::enable() from enableFragmentOperationsAndDrawGeometry()
>
> Its showing up pretty critical on the release team radar and not on your
> list.
> http://reports.qa.ubuntu.com/reports/rls-mgr/rls-q-incoming-bug-tasks.html
>
> Could you look at the high/critical DX bugs on the above list, and let
> me know when they are going to be resolved?
>

We've spun up two maintenance squads to take care of outstanding 
priority bugs in Quantal over and above the existing developers. Their 
first set of tasks is your hit-list above. I'll update you next week 
with progress.

Cheers,
-- 
Alan Pope
Engineering Manager

Canonical - Product Strategy
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