Roadmap items approval and schedule

[Pasi Lallinaho]

On 11/22/2011 12:24 AM, Pasi Lallinaho wrote:
> This is a call for Xubuntu developers to open their mouth and give 
> counterarguments for roadmap items [1], if willing.
>
> Note that those items with * in the assignee field, approval means 
> that people can start working with the items, but further community 
> discussion and approval will have to be given before any work within 
> the specification can start. To be as verbose and clear as possible, 
> these items are:
> - New media player (audio)
> - Ubiquity "Application sets"
> - Rethink shortcut keys
> - Clean themes (GTK, xfwm, wallpapers) list
>
> For all other items, approval means that people are free to start 
> working on the items. These items will need community approval before 
> committing to repositories too.
>
> If no argumenst against the items are made before the end of November, 
> all items with assignees will be accepted. Items that have no assignee 
> will not be approved, and will be postponed to next release. You can 
> take any items with no assignee until the end of November. (Note that 
> all the blueprints are accepted for Precise now for technical reasons.)
>
> Note that new items can't be added to the roadmap anymore, without 
> getting specific approval at the community meeting in advance. The 
> blueprints and specifications for all items should be ready before the 
> end of Week 50.
>
> I hope I was clear enough. If there is anything you'd like to ask or 
> add, please reply to the list as soon as possible.
>
> Yt,
> Pasi
>
> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Roadmap
>
To be even more verbose, the items with no assignee are:
- New Icon theme
- Port Albatross to GTK3
- Reintegrate the update manager to the notification area

If you want to start working on these items, add yourself as the 
assignee in the wiki, and contact me at IRC [1] and I'll set up a 
blueprint for you.

Pasi

[1]
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Channel: #xubuntu-devel
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