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Month: November 2011

November Meeting ACTION LIST

From: Robert Xu <robxu9@...>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:58:46 -0500
Oh, come on, I needed a different name to call this :)

I threw up this list also on Etherpad so that we can mark done/not-done/etc.
And reevaluate next month.
http://trinity.etherpad.trinitydesktop.org/26

It's also on email if you can't access it; see below.

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#trinity-desktop-meeting: Trinity Desktop Environment - November
Developer Meeting - please have
http://trinity.etherpad.trinitydesktop.org/15 open so you can follow
along
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Meeting started by MutantTurkey at 16:39:33 UTC. The full logs are
available at
http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/lincomlinux/MeetBot/trinity-desktop-meeting/2011/trinity-desktop-meeting.2011-11-15-16.39.log.html


Meeting summary
---------------
* Roadmap  (MutantTurkey, 17:04:42)
  * LINK:
    http://www.trinitydesktop.org/wiki/bin/view/Developers/3_5_14_Roadmap
    (MutantTurkey, 17:05:33)
  * LINK:
    http://www.trinitydesktop.org/wiki/bin/view/Developers/3_5_14_Roadmap
    (MutantTurkey, 17:06:21)
  * all bugs should be reported and with patches for 3.5.13 in the bug
    tracker or on ML  (MutantTurkey, 17:07:36)
  * darrell will continue to help testing on slackware, this will help
    eliminate bugs.  (MutantTurkey, 17:09:09)

* Packagers  (MutantTurkey, 17:09:37)
  * Because of the migration to git, we will all need to rework our
    build specs  (MutantTurkey, 17:10:33)
  * Packagers will have 1 week to package binaries.  (MutantTurkey,
    17:11:05)
  * HELP: waiting for Ark devels to be ready, then Piki will go ahead
    and make packages  (MutantTurkey, 17:12:45)
  * darrell wants to have improved wiki regarding building packages
    (MutantTurkey, 17:13:07)
  * Darrell is also close to having packages ready for slack.
    (MutantTurkey, 17:13:16)
  * MutantTurkey has made Archlinux package available in the AUR.
    (MutantTurkey, 17:15:52)

* Dealing With Damage Control  (MutantTurkey, 17:16:31)
  * this is NOT us vsthem  (MutantTurkey, 17:18:16)
  * LINK: http://trinity.etherpad.trinitydesktop.org/22   (MutantTurkey,
    17:18:22)
  * ACTION: continue to improve FAQ page and then upload it to the
    website  (MutantTurkey, 17:18:44)
  * LINK: http://trinity.etherpad.trinitydesktop.org/24   (MutantTurkey,
    17:18:56)
  * Ignore martin and his bandits who seek to undermine trinity
    (MutantTurkey, 17:20:50)
  * ACTION: Add a kde4 vs trinity section to FAQ, explain alternatives
    (MutantTurkey, 17:21:38)
  * LINK: http://trinity.etherpad.trinitydesktop.org/24   (MutantTurkey,
    17:21:49)
  * ACTION: rzs19 will continue to  work on BLUEZ  (MutantTurkey,
    17:23:12)

* Release Goals  (MutantTurkey, 17:24:10)
  * main goals are; Bug squashing, Hald replacement, CMake conversion
    progress,  (MutantTurkey, 17:25:08)
  * secondary goals include bluetooth and Qt4 conversion  (MutantTurkey,
    17:26:13)
  * ACTION: samelian is working on a Upower interface  (MutantTurkey,
    17:27:14)
  * ACTION: reduce papercut bugs  (MutantTurkey, 17:27:21)
  * ACTION: fix all high priority bugs  (MutantTurkey, 17:28:20)
  * kdebindings is a less important goal current  (MutantTurkey,
    17:29:35)
  * massive KDE to TDE renaming is also occuring, this means kwin is
    twin and kdebase is tdebase, etc.  (MutantTurkey, 17:29:54)
  * ACTION: remove all kde references  (MutantTurkey, 17:30:11)
  * ACTION: merge kdebindings patches into git.  (MutantTurkey,
    17:30:40)
  * LINK: http://git.trinitydesktop.org/cgit   (MutantTurkey, 17:30:51)

* Binary Compat Issue  (MutantTurkey, 17:32:15)
  * LINK: http://trinity.etherpad.trinitydesktop.org/24   (MutantTurkey,
    17:33:28)
  * Please read the wiki page regarding binary compatability.
    (MutantTurkey, 17:33:39)
  * IDEA: go right to 3.6 and break compat  (MutantTurkey, 17:35:10)

* CMake Etherpad needs to be recreated  (MutantTurkey, 17:37:24)
  * our cmake progress tracker disappeared when etherpad crashed,
    someone needs to recreate this checklist  (MutantTurkey, 17:37:57)
  * ACTION: recreate checklist  (MutantTurkey, 17:38:02)

* Migration to Git  (MutantTurkey, 17:38:24)
  * we are currently migrating to git  (MutantTurkey, 17:39:09)
  * this will take until the beginning of december  (MutantTurkey,
    17:39:27)
  * ACTION: create documenation regarding git for developers and
    packagers  (MutantTurkey, 17:39:42)
  * LINK: http://trinitydesktop.org/cgit/   (MutantTurkey, 17:39:53)
  * Git is better than SVN for our needs, it will help keep things
    working more consistantly  (MutantTurkey, 17:40:57)
  * we will no longer be relying upon kde.org's SVN  (MutantTurkey,
    17:41:08)
  * this will open up the tree to other developers interested in getting
    involved  (MutantTurkey, 17:41:16)

* Website Improvements  (MutantTurkey, 17:42:48)
  * create a FAQ page  (MutantTurkey, 17:43:16)
  * ACTION: send in screenshots  (MutantTurkey, 17:43:26)
  * increase wiki integration  (MutantTurkey, 17:44:13)
  * ACTION: remove forum  (MutantTurkey, 17:44:26)
  * ACTION: have darrell audit our website  (MutantTurkey, 17:45:21)
  * ACTION: review site and make sure it is fufilling our needs
    (MutantTurkey, 17:45:33)
  * website is already simple php however, I wrote it.  (MutantTurkey,
    17:45:42)
  * IDEA: add website to our Git tree.  (MutantTurkey, 17:45:50)
  * ACTION: everyone send ideas to for website to ML  (MutantTurkey,
    17:46:39)

* artwork  (MutantTurkey, 17:47:35)
  * Strangelv is our ideas guy for artwork/marketing  (MutantTurkey,
    17:48:13)
  * ACTION: create new artwork for 3.5.14  (MutantTurkey, 17:49:40)
  * look through kde-looks to get info  (MutantTurkey, 17:49:46)
  * ACTION: have Strangelv look at making a mascot  (MutantTurkey,
    17:49:58)
  * IDEA: use a Clover or another 3 sided figure as mascot (maybe a
    trident?)  (MutantTurkey, 17:50:16)
  * Strangelv put together a bisic idea of a prototype  (MutantTurkey,
    17:50:44)
  * create a nice 30 second promo about trinity  (MutantTurkey,
    17:51:12)
  * IDEA: have a video of people talking about how they use trinity
    (MutantTurkey, 17:51:55)
  * slap MutantTurkey for being an idiot  (MutantTurkey, 17:52:25)

* version numbers  (MutantTurkey, 17:52:43)
  * IDEA: use R14.0.0 as next release  (MutantTurkey, 17:53:38)
  * IDEA: what about 4.0 or 3.6?  (MutantTurkey, 17:54:36)
  * AGREED: R14.0.0 is good  (MutantTurkey, 17:55:29)
  * ACTION: we need a clear explination for this  (MutantTurkey,
    17:55:47)
  * AGREED: we are not going to use an ubuntu-like date system
    (MutantTurkey, 17:56:59)
  * AGREED: we cannot use anything with a 4.  (MutantTurkey, 17:57:34)
  * ACTION: create a clear explaination AND a wiki page regarding our
    policy.  (MutantTurkey, 17:58:23)
  * the remaining 0.0's can be used for SRUs and bugfix releases
    (MutantTurkey, 17:59:12)
  * IDEA: major,bugfix,securitypatches  (MutantTurkey, 17:59:38)
  * AGREED: R14 it is  (MutantTurkey, 18:06:58)

* closing remarks  (MutantTurkey, 18:07:51)
  * thank you everyone for showing up!  (MutantTurkey, 18:08:18)
  * we will be conducting monthly meetings so see you in december
    (MutantTurkey, 18:08:36)

Meeting ended at 18:11:07 UTC.




Action Items
------------
* continue to improve FAQ page and then upload it to the website
* Add a kde4 vs trinity section to FAQ, explain alternatives
* rzs19 will continue to  work on BLUEZ
* samelian is working on a Upower interface
* reduce papercut bugs
* fix all high priority bugs
* remove all kde references
* merge kdebindings patches into git.
* recreate checklist
* create documenation regarding git for developers and packagers
* send in screenshots
* remove forum
* have darrell audit our website
* review site and make sure it is fufilling our needs
* everyone send ideas to for website to ML
* create new artwork for 3.5.14
* have Strangelv look at making a mascot
* we need a clear explination for this
* create a clear explaination AND a wiki page regarding our policy.




Action Items, by person
-----------------------
* darrell
  * have darrell audit our website
* rzs19
  * rzs19 will continue to  work on BLUEZ
* samelian
  * samelian is working on a Upower interface
* Strangelv
  * have Strangelv look at making a mascot
* **UNASSIGNED**
  * continue to improve FAQ page and then upload it to the website
  * Add a kde4 vs trinity section to FAQ, explain alternatives
  * reduce papercut bugs
  * fix all high priority bugs
  * remove all kde references
  * merge kdebindings patches into git.
  * recreate checklist
  * create documenation regarding git for developers and packagers
  * send in screenshots
  * remove forum
  * review site and make sure it is fufilling our needs
  * everyone send ideas to for website to ML
  * create new artwork for 3.5.14
  * we need a clear explination for this
  * create a clear explaination AND a wiki page regarding our policy.




People Present (lines said)
---------------------------
* MutantTurkey (251)
* kb9vqf-offsite (63)
* darrell (61)
* Z_God (59)
* Strangelv (50)
* Xu_R|School (19)
* Piki (13)
* rzs19 (10)
* samelian (9)
* msb (6)
* hoernerfranz (4)
* [lindaemon] (2)




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