<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> This really is as simple as using the dev release as much as is possible. Now that we're in the last leg of testing for Wily Werewolf I thought I would just reiterate the importance of package testing, now that we don't use the tracker for this. The only way we get to know of any issues are with bugs (though the image tracker can play it's part) is with bug reports. Creating and using tests is a poor relation to people actually using Xubuntu and it's packages daily. You're likely to find things that we'd not envisage. So, if you have spare disk space (perhaps 10GB) think about setting up a dual boot - the image is pretty much as stable as it is going to get now. Use the wily install as much as you can, to do what you would normally do with Xubuntu. Report bugs as you find them [1] (try to find if it has already been reported via Launchpad [2] or bugzilla [3] ) I'd also remind you that we're going to be searching for 'our' bugs using tags, so please use those I have already mentioned - xubuntu-exp dev-version eg for this dev cycle xubuntu-exp wily PPA's We have a few PPAs which are used to test versions of applications that contain fixes, updates amongst other reasons. Using these PPAs means that you see the same as we are - many amongst the Xubuntu Team use these PPAs. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://launchpad.net/~shimmerproject/+archive/ubuntu/daily?field.series_filter=wily">https://launchpad.net/~shimmerproject/+archive/ubuntu/daily?field.series_filter=wily</a> (This PPA contains updated daily builds of the themes and icons used by Xubuntu.) <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-dev/+archive/ubuntu/xubuntu-staging?field.series_filter=wily">https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-dev/+archive/ubuntu/xubuntu-staging?field.series_filter=wily</a> (This PPA contains updated packages and package versions being prepared for inclusion in Xubuntu. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-dev/+archive/ubuntu/ppa?field.series_filter=wily">https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-dev/+archive/ubuntu/ppa?field.series_filter=wily</a> (This PPA contains daily builds for some of our packages) The Future Beckons Looking ahead just 8 weeks, we will have released 15.10 and will be starting to look at the 16.04 XX release - testing of our packages will be even more important then - what we release for 16.04 is supported for 3 years not 9 months. [1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://smdavis.us/2015/06/18/bug-reporting-in-xubuntu/">https://smdavis.us/2015/06/18/bug-reporting-in-xubuntu/</a> [2] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://launchpad.net/bugs">https://launchpad.net/bugs</a> [3] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugzilla.xfce.org/">https://bugzilla.xfce.org/</a> </body> </html>