[Fwd: Planning for Ubuntu 7.04 - the "Feisty Fawn"]

[Aaron Toponce]

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Del.icio.us Deer.  Now you're thinking!

Aaron Toponce - http://www.pthree.org
OALUG President - http://www.oalug.com
Ubuntu-Utah Member - http://www.ubuntu-utah.org
Ubuntu Advocate - http://www.ubuntu.com



Christer Edwards wrote:
> Foxy Fawn Beautiful Bambi Del.icio.us Deer (sorry, habit)
>
> Who knows
>
> On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 14:39 -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote: Bummer!!! I
> was hoping the naming scheme would go in a pattern as follows:
>
> * Warty Warthog * Hoary Hedgehog * Breezy Bagder o Dapper Drake LTS
>  * Edgy Eft * (another lizard name) * (another lizard name) o
> (another duck name) LTS * (pattern 3) * (pattern 3) * (pattern 3) o
>  (another duck name) LTS
>
> See where I'm going with this?  That would be cool.  But I guess
> this *is* Mark's baby, so name it as he will, but I think that
> still would've been cool nonetheless.
>
> I guess, rather, I'll have to look forward to Bambi instead.  :S
>
> Aaron Toponce - http://www.pthree.org OALUG President -
> http://www.oalug.com Ubuntu-Utah Member -
> http://www.ubuntu-utah.org Ubuntu Advocate - http://www.ubuntu.com
>
>
>
> Christer Edwards wrote:
>>>> For anyone not currently on the developer mailing list this
>>>> is
> from Mark
>>>> Shuttleworth with announcements for Ubuntu 7.04 & the new
>>>> nickname.
>>>>
>>>> -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Mark Shuttleworth
>>>> <mark at canonical.com>
>>>>
>>>> Salve, Ubuntero's
>>>>
>>>> With the final release of Ubuntu 6.10 approaching, and
> apparently set
>>>> to be spot on schedule October 26th, we're starting to look
>>>> beyond it to Ubuntu 7.04, scheduled for release on 19 April
>>>> 2007.
>>>>
>>>> In the next cycle we'll expand on the brand new
>>>> infrastructure
> that has
>>>> landed in Edgy as well as branching out in some exciting new
> directions.
>>>> This combination of courage and restlessness is also found in
>>>>  a
> young deer
>>>> that sets out to explore a world that is new and exciting -
> seeing the
>>>> world through eyes unprejudiced by what has gone before.
>>>>
>>>> In that spirit, the release will be be code named "The Feisty
>>>>  Fawn".
>>>>
>>>> The main themes for feature development in this release will
>>>> be improvements to hardware support in the laptop, desktop
>>>> and high-end server market, and aggressive adoption of
>>>> emerging desktop
> technologies.
>>>> Ubuntu's Feisty release will put the spotlight on multimedia
> enablement
>>>> and desktop effects. We expect this to be a very gratifying
> release for
>>>> both users and developers. Detailed planning will take place
>>>> at the developer summit next month in Mountain View,
>>>> California. Please
> join
>>>> us there to help shape the Feisty Fawn!
>>>>
>>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperSummitMountainView
>>>>
>>>> This will be our sixth release, marking the third anniversary
>>>>  of the project's inception, and will be a return to our
>>>> standard
> six-month release
>>>> schedule following the shortened catch-up cycle used for
>>>> 6.10.
>>>>
>>>> Edgy has been a wild ride, with some remarkable achievements
> (nothing
>>>> like re-inventing and substantially improving on init!).
>>>> Feisty will be a little more focused on features that are
>>>> very visible to
> end-users.
>>>>
>>>> We welcome new participants in our community - whatever your
> talent we
>>>> look forward to working with you! Jono Bacon, our new
>>>> community
> lead,
>>>> will find a way to make sure your contribution is well
>>>> received.
>>>>
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>>
>>
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