#xubuntu-devel Meeting

Meeting summary

1. gksu/do versus pkexec (ochosi, 10:09)
   1. we now have pkexec policy files for thunar and mousepad (bluesabre, 10:09)
   2. ACTION: slickymaster and knome will work on docs for pkexec (ochosi, 10:12)
   3. ACTION: bluesabre will send a call for translations for all our projects to the mailinglist (ochosi, 10:13)
   
   
2. Open Action Items (ochosi, 10:18)
   1. ACTION: marketing team to support xfce's bug bounty programme by informing people on website and social media (ochosi, 10:19)
   2. DONE: bluesabre to put list of xubuntu packageset packages on wiki (somebody beat me to it by adding the link) (bluesabre, 10:20)
   3. DONE: bluesabre to upload new xubuntu-default-settings (bluesabre, 10:20)
   4. DONE: bluesabre to enable clutter in parole, set as default in xubuntu-default-settings (bluesabre, 10:21)
   5. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Processes#Maintained_packages (bluesabre, 10:21:30)
   6. DONE: skellat to mail list to see if anyone wishes to identify specific low-hanging fruit tasks for the Global Jam (skellat, 10:21)
   
   
3. Team Updates (ochosi, 10:22)
   1. ochosi did a new release of the icon theme that adds support for the new power-manager amongst others (ochosi, 10:23)
   2. new versions of catfish, lightdm-gtk-greeter, xfce4-power-manager, xfce4-settings, light-locker-settings have landed (bluesabre, 10:25)
   3. ochosi talked to ubuntu devs about gtk3.12 affecting our default applications like evince. they will all remain in their gtk3.10 versions for 14.10, so we have nothing to worry about with headerbars and client-side decorations (ochosi, 10:26)
   4. outside of that, headerbars and CSD work well enough with xubuntu... with compositor on they are fine, with it off, they have an extra xfwm titlebar on top (bluesabre, 10:27)
   5. apt-offline is fixed in utopic, courtesy of Unit193 (bluesabre, 10:29)
   
   
4. Announcements (ochosi, 10:30)
   1. Beta1 freeze is in effect (ochosi, 10:30)
   2. Beta1 release on Thursday (knome, 10:31)
   3. Feature freeze is also in effect (bluesabre, 10:31)
   4. Following freezes: UI freeze Sept 11, Doc string freeze Sept 18 ... (knome, 10:32)
   5. Beta 1 is Thursday, we'll need iso testing, see elfy's mail: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-devel/2014-August/010387.html (bluesabre, 10:35)
   
   
5. Discussion (ochosi, 10:37)
   1. SUBTOPIC: Incentives to get more people to help with QA and testing (ochosi, 10:38)
   2. https://trello.com/c/835Pk6MH (bluesabre, 10:48:40)
   3. ACTION: elfy shall set up a page for the QA incentive programme, collecting proposals/ideas for rewards and a general outline of it (ochosi, 10:48)
   4. SUBTOPIC: Jenkins for image testing (ochosi, 10:49)
   5. SUBTOPIC: Trello and launchpad blueprints (again) (ochosi, 10:53)
   6. SUBTOPIC: UI Updates (bluesabre, 10:59)
   7. lightdm-gtk-greeter no longer supports proper centering, wondering if you guys think we should keep the "kinda-centered" layout, or consider others (bluesabre, 11:00)

Action items

1. slickymaster and knome will work on docs for pkexec
2. bluesabre will send a call for translations for all our projects to the mailinglist
3. marketing team to support xfce's bug bounty programme by informing people on website and social media
4. elfy shall set up a page for the QA incentive programme, collecting proposals/ideas for rewards and a general outline of it

Action items, by person

1. bluesabre
   1. bluesabre will send a call for translations for all our projects to the mailinglist
2. knome
   1. slickymaster and knome will work on docs for pkexec
3. UNASSIGNED
   1. marketing team to support xfce's bug bounty programme by informing people on website and social media
   2. elfy shall set up a page for the QA incentive programme, collecting proposals/ideas for rewards and a general outline of it

People present (lines said)

1. ochosi (139)
2. bluesabre (65)
3. knome (36)
4. slickymasterWork (26)
5. meetingology (12)
6. skellat (8)
7. xubutrello (1)
8. ubottu (1)