Author Archives: boredandblogging

Week Long Hackfest Ends …

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-02-06

Jane brings us one last report of the “distro sprint” in London, UK, which concluded this past week. As you can see from her past reports, much work was accomplished by the core team this week. Expect to see a great deal of these improvements in the next development snapshot, which has yet to be […]

(Even) More Development Updates

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-02-04

The core team continues to drive development of Ubuntu forward, as Jane continues to keep us updated on the work being done in London. Summaries for Day 4 and Day 5 have been posted, as well as a video of Scott James Remnant's presentation on the kernel, titled New World Order. (Yes, that is a […]

Sprinting to the Dapper Drake

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-02-02

This week the core team has been working out of the Novotel London Excel Hotel, in London, UK, to crank out feature goals for the next release of Ubuntu, version 6.04, aka “Dapper Drake”. Known as a “sprint”, this meeting is decidedly boring from an outsider perspective; no fancy presentations, meetings, or fanfare, just a […]

Dapper status, and new members, oh my!

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-01-26

We've got two updates for you today, as Jane Weideman dutifully brings us the current development report for the Dapper Drake. Twenty-five specifications have been fully completed, as the core team continues to drive towards release in April. The human status clock, Dennis Kaarsemaker, also brings us the latest status report from the Community Council. […]

New Updater Program Needs Testers

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-01-20

Michael Vogt has put in a call for testing for the new upgrade tool for Ubuntu. The general idea is that when a new version of Ubuntu is released, that there should be an easy way to upgrade without manually editing text files. Ruben Vermeersch asked if this tool would be pushed to breezy so […]