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Re: [Lubuntu 12.04] My Suggestions

 

On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:29:46 -0800
Jonathan Marsden <jmarsden@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Julien,
> 
> On 11/12/2011 09:15 PM, Julien Lavergne wrote:
> 
> > Just a quick note, you can now follow progress of Lubuntu development
> > on status.ubuntu.com.
> 
> Oh, nice :)  That's a lot prettier than the wiki page and blueprint text.
> 
> I've packaged Viewnior 1.1, using its original tarball (there is a
> package done by its author, but it was done as a native package with
> sources, changes and /debian all in one "special" tarball... confused
> me!).  Once I test it a bit more, I'll contact the author and let him
> know, and see if I can find a friendly DD to sponsor an upload into
> Debian for us.  We need to do the "Debian first" thing with new packages
> like this, right?
Do you contact the person who owns the ITP of Viewnior ? Maybe he is still working on it ? 


> How do I tell LP (and status.launchpad.net) that I am working on an
> item, such as this one?  Can I "assign myself" work items somehow?
You need to edit the blueprint, go the "Work Items" section, and put your name (launchpad login) at the begin of the line.
See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WorkItemsHowto
 
> On bugs, I seem to have come up with a usable fix for bug #889414 .  A
> change to the rc.xml in lubuntu-default-settings.  Do I have commit
> rights to the git or bzr tree for that, or should I propose a merge to a
> branch, or just do it the traditional way and upload a debdiff?
Thanks, you can push the change directly to the LP branch, I'll check it and upload it when I will find time to test it. There is probably more changes to do, to upgrade configuration file to openbox 3.5 format :(

> One more questions: the blueprint "lubuntu-p-work-items" says it is in
> "Status: not started", but the status.launchpad.net screens show it is
> 17% completed.  That does not seem to match up :)
Done.

Regards,
Julien Lavergne


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