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[Jaime Humberto Cruz Cruz <jaimehum@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Julien, think I can help best on the "Coding and packing subteam".

Let me know how to become active.

Regards,


On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:58:40 +0100
Julien Lavergne <gilir@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> This is quick summary of the state of Lubuntu, 3 mouths before the
> target release date.
> 
> === Alpha 2 ===
> - May be released at the end of this week.
> 
> 
> === New packages ===
> - lxdm was committed, waiting for archive approval. It's mostly working,
> but need some improvements. Currently, there is no plymouth support and
> Default language not working well.
> - libfm and pcmanfm2 are available for testing on the Lubuntu PPA [1].
> 
> 
> === Default applications ===
> - Current discussion on the video player, music player and email client
> - Futur discussion on the browser. It will begin when chromium will
> enter the archive, or sooner if nothing arrive before 1st February.
> - Some changes may happen in the futur, if the manpower is still the
> same (see below). We need to share the maintenance for non-LXDE
> applications with other teams, if we want to have good quality. I have
> in mind the network manager and the browser.
> - For all the cases, I would like to stop all the choices for Feature
> Freeze (18th February), to have enough time for bug fixes and
> translations of the non-LXDE packages.
> 
> 
> === Maintenance and advertising ===
> The main reason why I don't make many advertising around Alpha releases
> of Lubuntu is because I can't handle more feedback/testing for now. We
> don't have many devs working on Lubuntu, and my time on it is also
> limited.
> 
> 
> === If you want to help ===
> - If you speak English and 1 or more languages, you can translate LXDE
> packages and other applications of Lubuntu (see
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/TranslationSubTeam )
> 
> - If you like to play with unstable stuff, you can test Alpha ISO and
> report bug you have (We already have some nice testers :)) (see
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/TestingSubTeam )
> 
> - If you are an artist, you can imagine or create a new artwork for
> Lubuntu. (see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/ArtworkSubTeam )
> 
> - If you want to get involve in Ubuntu development, you can begin to
> triage bug, improve packages ... (see
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/CodingAndPackagingSubTeam )
> 
> There is available tasks for everyone :)
> I can provide guidelines and mentoring, and I'll try to maintain the
> wiki to share useful information.
> 
> Just to be clear, the schedule is still good. There is currently no
> blocker for the release in April, but more help will make the release
> better.
> 
> Regards,
> Julien Lavergne
> 
> 
> [1] : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop/+archive/ppa 
> 
> 
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Jaime Humberto <jaimehum@xxxxxxxxx>