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[Brendan Perrine <walterorlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 14:44:47 -0700
Walter Lapchynski <wxl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In my vm I have I a wierd problem that is feels like the mouse beheaves a bit differently on if I install something using Qt5 like a current version of qupzilla or qpdfview. However the root cause of this could be hard to find I don't think it is the end of the applicatoin but could be a dependency or a quirk of the input drivers in the vm. I might also check on openbox session itself. 
> That's a good sign. Please make sure to test each and every single package
> as much as possible. THanks!
> 
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Brendan Perrine <walterorlin@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 07:33:19 -0700
> > Walter Lapchynski <wxl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > ok who wants to go out on a limb and test wily-proposed in Lubuntu?
> > >
> > > @wxl | http://polka.bike
> > > Lubuntu Release Manager & Head of QA
> > > Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact
> > > Ubuntu Oregon Team Leader
> > > Ubuntu Membership Board & LoCo Council Member
> > > Eugene Unix & GNU/Linux User Group Co-organizer
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: "Matthias Klose" <doko@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Date: Aug 12, 2015 7:26 AM
> > > Subject: GCC 5 now the default in wily (release pocket)
> > > To: "ubuntu-devel" <ubuntu-devel-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: "ubuntu-devel" <ubuntu-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <
> > > kubuntu-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <ubuntu-studio-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > <
> > > ubuntu-desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <ubuntu-server@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <
> > > xubuntu-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > GCC 5 is now the default in the wily release pocket, together with some
> > > libraries, which were either forced (icu, boost1.58), or migrated on
> > their
> > > own.
> > >  The majority of the packages in -proposed are still blocked by missing
> > > rebuilds
> > > or packages failing to build.
> > >
> > > The packages which already are migrated to the release pocket should be
> > > installable and not break any installation, however using the release
> > > pocket for
> > > development which touches any of the not yet migrated packages won't
> > work.
> > > For
> > > this case you should have a development chroot with both the "release"
> > and
> > > the
> > > "proposed" pocket enabled.
> > >
> > > We do *not* recommend updating your default environment to wily-proposed.
> > > If you
> > > want to help with testing one of the desktop environments, please do that
> > > in a
> > > VM or in a chroot. The Ubuntu desktop already seems to be upgradable.
> > > Updates
> > > of Kubuntu, Xubuntu and UbuntuStudio desktops are not yet tested.
> > Feedback
> > > is
> > > welcome.
> > >
> > > To get this large transition finished, your help is welcome and needed.
> > >
> > > What you should *not* do:
> > >
> > >  - Starting a major transition / update of some package or
> > >    set of packages.
> > >
> > >  - Merging or force syncing a package from Debian which had a library
> > >    transition in Ubuntu but not in Debian. We'll see to these packages
> > >    after the majority of the packages moved to wily.
> > >
> > > What you should do:
> > >
> > >  - work on a transition mentioned at [1]. Pleases coordinate with
> > >    release managers on IRC (#ubuntu-release).
> > >
> > >  - Relevant FTBFS are tracked on [2]. Help with those is greatly
> > >    appreciated to unblock library transitions.
> > >
> > >  - With a lower priority, fixing build failures and dep-wait's
> > >    mentioned at [2]. Check that page maybe not as often as your
> > >    email, but do it on a regular basis. Unfortunately we had to
> > >    start the GCC 5 changes with a rather long list of issues.
> > >
> > > Remember that this transition doesn't end at the main/universe border or
> > at
> > > the
> > > set of packages included in our iso images, but involves the whole
> > archive
> > > (like
> > > any other transition).
> > >
> > > Thanks, Matthias
> > >
> > > [1] http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/transitions/
> > > [2] http://pad.ubuntu.com/gcc-5-transition
> > > [3] http://qa.ubuntuwire.com/ftbfs/
> > >
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> > I am on it for 64 bit in a vm. A dist-upgrade seemed to install things
> > correctly.
> >
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