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[Sid Payton <sidpayton@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the overview.
May I ask what the online scopes generator is?
Jan
Am 12.02.2016 6:23 nachm. schrieb "Daniel Holbach" <
daniel.holbach@xxxxxxxxxx>:

> [Originally just sent to ubuntu-news-team and ubuntu-community-team
> lists, I forgot this one.]
>
> Hello,
>
> it's been a while since the last status update. Not because we've been
> slacking off and nothing happened, but because we forgot to send out
> these notes. No worries though, you get to read a much longer update
> this time around. :-)
>
>
> # Weeks 1-6 highlights
>
> ## Developer portal
>
> - Javascript Scopes API docs published
> - Markdown importer progress: mimic github markdown more closely, link
> rewriting, image handling and many small bugs fixed
> - New tests added
> - Upgrade to Django 1.8 + new major CMS version in the tubes
> - Working prototype of the online scopes generator
> - Started the integration of a snippets database
> - Deployments only in January, due to various stack issues and an IP
> range change slowing down the testing process
> - Javascript Scopes APIs published
>
>
> ## App development
>
> - Review big MP [1] (second one [2]) reorganising click-reviewers-tools
> to deal with 16.04 snaps too.
> - Scopes Showdown [3] announced
> - In-App Payments pilot program started
> - Fix a bug [4] where the review tools identify .mo files as “compiled
> code”.
> - Looked into an issue [5] where the review tools don’t find external
> symlinks.
>
> [1]
>
> https://code.launchpad.net/~jdstrand/click-reviewers-tools/crt.cleanup/+merge/284684
> [2]
>
> https://code.launchpad.net/~jdstrand/click-reviewers-tools/refactor/+merge/285542
> [3] https://developer.ubuntu.com/showdown/
> [4] https://bugs.launchpad.net/click-reviewers-tools/+bug/1530894
> [5] https://bugs.launchpad.net/click-reviewers-tools/+bug/1523384
>
>
>
>
> ## Snappy
> - Integrated more guides into official snapcraft and snappy docs,
> including most of the Snappy App Developer Manual. Almost finished, last
> big chunk missing are the security docs (need update from 15.04 → 16.04).
> - Planned and announced more Snappy Clinics [1].
> - Wrote code [2] to automatically generate reference from snapcraft’s
> help command.
> - Reviewed website together with Didier Roche.
>
> [1] https://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2016/02/long-time-no-snappy-clinic/
> [2] https://github.com/ubuntu-core/snapcraft/pull/318
>
>
>
> ## General community
> - UbuCon summit! (Trip report [1])
> - Helped Martin Wimpress with applying for upload rights.
> - Patch pilot session [2].
> - Published trip report for UbuCon Summit / SCaLE14x.
> - Scopes Showdown sessions and support, with a lot of 1 on 1
> interaction, come to #ubuntu-app-devel and ask away!
> - Announced intent to participate in GSoC [3], started planning.
> - Started discussions with UbuCon Europe organisers.
> - Started UOS 16.05 planning.
> - Announced Winners of Google Code In
> - Kicked off Google Summer of Code Application
> - 200+ Videos from long-past UDS events uploaded to YouTube after
> video.ubuntu.com video hosting site was mothballed. Currently set
> unlisted. More news on these later.
> - Asked developers to encourage people whose work they’ve sponsored.
> Looking at team group chats (“irc alternatives” such as Mattermost,
> Slack, etc.).
> - Added http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu-flavours to aid discovery
> of official flavours
> - Began coordinating Fairphone 2 port
>
> [1]
> https://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2016/02/trip-report-ubucon-summit-scale14x/
> [2]
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2016-February/039160.html
> [3] https://community.ubuntu.com/contribute/google-summer-of-code/
>
>
>
> ## Core Apps
>
> - Comprehensive UX review of multiple applications running on new tablet
> hardware uncovered a significant number of papercut size bugs in some of
> our apps. Work began on triage and fixing those.
> - Updated Terminal, File Manager, Calendar, Shorts & DocViewer were
> uploaded to the click store containing numerous fixes
> - Added Presentation mode for PDFs in DocViewer
> - Discussions regarding Dekko becoming the default Email client on
> device are ongoing. Wider testing across various IMAP mail services
> around the world would be most welcome, as always
> - Work began on adding streaming support to the Music app and platform
> Numerous bugs fixed in the Terminal app with contributions from new
> developers, Evan and Bart - thanks guys!
>
>
> Thanks everyone for your hard work!
>
> Have a great weekend,
>  Daniel
>
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