Ubuntu Express - Partitioning tool
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/ue-partitioning-tool https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuExpress/PartitioningTool A partitioning tool for Ubuntu Express. For automatic partitioning, we would like to share code with the existing installer component (partman). This will be best accomplished by providing it as an installable binary package (in addition to an installer component), so that it can be added to the live seed and used in a standard environment. partman uses debconf progress indicators, so some consideration is required in order to provide a consistent progress bar in the installation tool. Ubuntu Express - Base System Configuration https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/ubuntu-express-base-system https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuExpress/BaseSystemConfiguration The Ubuntu Express installer needs to configure the base system, to create a user and set a password. Live CD performance improvements https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/live-cd-performance https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveCDPerformance The Ubuntu live CD is slow to boot and run. In addition to the performance benefits provided by http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3672, the simplified live CD infrastructure, and squashfs/unionfs, further profiling and optimization should be done. Unionfs support in the live CD https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/livecd-unionfs https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveCDUnionFS As of Ubuntu 5.10, the live CD uses device-mapper snapshots to provide the functionality of a writable filesystem. Because unionfs provides more flexibility (e.g., use of read-only filesystems for the underlying layer), it should also be available as an experimental option, and evaluated as a possible replacement if it reaches a reasonable level of stability and robustness. Make ubuntu authenticate against Network Authentication services https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/network-authentication https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NetworkAuthentication There are many different kinds of network authentication in use today. Ubuntu should be easily configured to use any of these out of the box, without asking any questions for the default local configuration. In order to accomplish this, there should be a single utility, similar to Fedora's authconfig, that interfaces with package-specific configuration scripts. Specifically, OpenLDAP and Active Directory should be supported Hide admin tools and options to users not in the 'sudoers' file https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/hide-admin-tools-to-users https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HideAdminToolsToUsers Normal users who are NOT included in the /etc/sudoers file should not have by default the admin tools included in their menus, nor get update-notifier messages in the notification area of the panel, and so on. It can be confusing if they try to access these functions and then they are not able to do what they believed. This mechanism should be general enough to filter menu items based on other criteria, such as group membership Replace the current gstreamer backend esound with something better https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/gstreamer-audio-backend https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GstreamerAudioBackend Breezy sets up and uses esound for all Gnome-related sound output. esound provides a sound card independent mixing daemon. However, users report many bugs in esound that do not happen when using ALSA directly. In addition, esound has a high latency which makes it unsuitable for video playback. Rhythmbox iPod integration should Just Work without configuration https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/rhythmbox-ipod https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RhythmboxIpod When an iPod is connected to the system, Rhythmbox should automatically notice it and make the contents available through its user interface. Best practices for handling bugs https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/best-practices-bugs https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BestPracticesBugs Gather and document best practices for handling bugs, extending and enhancing http://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs Scott -- Scott James Remnant [hidden email] -- ubuntu-devel-announce mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce |
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