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[Dylan McCall <dylanmccall@xxxxxxxxx>]

Back at UDS-Q we did some talking, and there are a few things I should
share over here…

We have an etherpad document:
http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-q/meeting/20718/installer-slideshow-checkup-and-planning/

So, first, the branches look a little different, as you can see from
the code page: https://code.launchpad.net/ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu
In practice you can treat this as before. Stuff all goes to our trunk
branch at lp:ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu. However, we have a branch for
the active release as soon as that release is opened. (So, there's
already lp:ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu/quantal). Releases happen from
the release-specific branch, so there can be a steady flow of new
stuff landing in trunk and nothing weird will happen.

I would to line up changes with the big iso builds this time, because
we miss out on a lot of testing when that doesn't happen. (And it
happened a bit last cycle). So, let's think about those milestones as
opportunities for free proofreading (and testing), and make the most
of them. Of course, that's easier said than done, so I'll just keep
saying things.

I kind of forgot to send this message for alpha 1, so for alpha 2 I'll
be changing a few obvious details in the copy for each slideshow
(12.04 to 12.10, for example). If anyone has anything else of that
sort (removed or renamed features in some flavours) that would be
excellent. Ideally each flavour should have final copy for beta 1 —
frozen on August 30 — (barring maybe two or three strings) so
translations can be happening with beta 2. Otherwise we get
last-minute translation mistakes.

Exciting tip: if you have a note for translators, use an xml comment
like <!-- Use up to 60 characters here -->. Keep in mind this gets
duplicated a lot at the moment, so try to be concise, but it might be
useful where there are odd details like space constraints.

I will be using this list to point out deadlines and the like.
Shouldn't need much traffic, of course, but hopefully we can keep in
touch so everything works out neatly. For any questions, requests or
concerns this list is a good place to start: everyone who runs a
slideshow flavour is on here, unless they opted out :)

That's it. Pretty well as always, but with email.
Take care!

Dylan