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Ubuntu 7.04 planning begins

[Posted October 18, 2006 by corbet]

From:  Mark Shuttleworth <mark-AT-canonical.com>
To:  ubuntu-devel-announce-AT-lists.ubuntu.com
Subject:  Planning for Ubuntu 7.04 - the "Feisty Fawn"
Date:  Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:48:22 +0100

Salve, Ubuntero's

With the final release of Ubuntu 6.10 approaching, and apparently set 
to be spot on schedule October 26th, we're starting to look beyond
it to Ubuntu 7.04, scheduled for release on 19 April 2007.

In the next cycle we'll expand on the brand new infrastructure that has
landed in Edgy as well as branching out in some exciting new directions.
This combination of courage and restlessness is also found in a young deer
that sets out to explore a world that is new and exciting - seeing the 
world through eyes unprejudiced by what has gone before.

In that spirit, the release will be be code named "The Feisty Fawn".

The main themes for feature development in this release will be 
improvements to hardware support in the laptop, desktop and high-end
server market, and aggressive adoption of emerging desktop technologies. 
Ubuntu's Feisty release will put the spotlight on multimedia enablement
and desktop effects. We expect this to be a very gratifying release for 
both users and developers. Detailed planning will take place at the 
developer summit next month in Mountain View, California. Please join
us there to help shape the Feisty Fawn!

   https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperSummitMountainView

This will be our sixth release, marking the third anniversary of the
project's inception, and will be a return to our standard six-month release
schedule following the shortened catch-up cycle used for 6.10.

Edgy has been a wild ride, with some remarkable achievements (nothing
like re-inventing and substantially improving on init!). Feisty will
be a little more focused on features that are very visible to end-users.

We welcome new participants in our community - whatever your talent we
look forward to working with you! Jono Bacon, our new community lead,
will find a way to make sure your contribution is well received.

Mark



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Ubuntu 7.04 planning begins

Posted Oct 18, 2006 21:00 UTC (Wed) by alspnost (guest, #2763) [Link] (6 responses)

Damn - I was hoping it would be "Froozied FruitFly" ....

Ubuntu 7.04 planning begins

Posted Oct 18, 2006 23:48 UTC (Wed) by Felix_the_Mac (guest, #32242) [Link] (5 responses)

Flying Frog
Furious Fox
Feathered Friend
Fillet o' Fish
Fiendish Flamingo

:-)

Ubuntu 7.04 planning begins

Posted Oct 19, 2006 5:00 UTC (Thu) by sbergman27 (guest, #10767) [Link] (1 responses)

> Fillet o' Fish

Err, for PR purposes, I think it is a sort of an implicit requirement that the referenced animal be alive, and not on a sesame seed bun with mayonaise and lettuce.

Then again, Western Digital did OK with Caviar, so who am I to criticize?

Ubuntu 7.04 planning begins

Posted Oct 19, 2006 14:50 UTC (Thu) by wilreichert (guest, #17680) [Link]

Guess that takes Freeze-dried Ferret out of the running then.

Ubuntu 7.04 planning begins

Posted Oct 19, 2006 10:00 UTC (Thu) by brother_rat (subscriber, #1895) [Link] (2 responses)

So what comes after Zany Zebra?

Ubuntu 7.04 planning begins

Posted Oct 19, 2006 10:36 UTC (Thu) by cortana (subscriber, #24596) [Link] (1 responses)

Aambulatory Aardvark!

Ubuntu 7.04 planning begins

Posted Oct 19, 2006 14:09 UTC (Thu) by tjc (guest, #137) [Link]

For Notebooks?

XGL/AIGLX

Posted Oct 18, 2006 23:54 UTC (Wed) by Felix_the_Mac (guest, #32242) [Link] (4 responses)

I hope they include both XXGL and AIGLX as Mandriva has done.
Seems like the sensible way to provide for the variety of hardware out there.

XGL/AIGLX

Posted Oct 19, 2006 0:23 UTC (Thu) by pjdc (guest, #6906) [Link] (1 responses)

Xgl shows up in the package search but it's tagged "universe", whatever that means.

http://packages.ubuntu.com/edgy/x11/xserver-xgl

XGL/AIGLX

Posted Oct 19, 2006 3:07 UTC (Thu) by elanthis (guest, #6227) [Link]

"universe" means it's not part of the core, supported software.

XGL/AIGLX

Posted Oct 19, 2006 10:02 UTC (Thu) by drag (guest, #31333) [Link] (1 responses)

AIGLX should be included by default in newer versions of X.org. It's something that is built into the standard X server.

XGL/AIGLX

Posted Oct 19, 2006 13:34 UTC (Thu) by micampe (guest, #4384) [Link]

AIGLX is already included and enabled by default in Edgy (aka 6.10).

Spotlight on multimedia

Posted Oct 19, 2006 1:31 UTC (Thu) by bignose (subscriber, #40) [Link] (7 responses)

> Ubuntu's Feisty release will put the spotlight on multimedia enablement
> and desktop effects.

Let's hope it does so without compromising user's freedom. The last thing we need is yet another "here's your OS that calls itself free but has essential software that ties you to a single vendor for improvements".

Spotlight on multimedia

Posted Oct 19, 2006 4:01 UTC (Thu) by beoba (guest, #16942) [Link] (1 responses)

They've been quite good about that so far. At least in my experience.

Spotlight on multimedia

Posted Oct 19, 2006 19:27 UTC (Thu) by beoba (guest, #16942) [Link]

To clarify: Non-free packages are available in the 'multiverse' category. Multiverse is disabled by default, but people who really like their VLC (I do) still have the option of getting those packages without having to manually sidestep apt.

Noticing how Ubuntu is still maintaining a good relationship with Debian(?), I doubt that their philosophy will be changing any time soon.

Spotlight on multimedia

Posted Oct 19, 2006 5:11 UTC (Thu) by sbergman27 (guest, #10767) [Link] (4 responses)

> Let's hope it does so without compromising user's freedom. The last thing we need is yet another "here's your OS that calls itself free but has essential software that ties you to a single vendor for improvements".

Much better to simply deny the users the ability to view or hear multimedia content unless it is ogg vorbis or ogg theora.

Spotlight on multimedia

Posted Oct 19, 2006 6:30 UTC (Thu) by bignose (subscriber, #40) [Link] (2 responses)

> > The last thing we need is yet another "here's your OS that calls itself
> > free but has essential software that ties you to a single vendor for
> > improvements".

> Much better to simply deny the users the ability to view or hear
> multimedia content unless it is ogg vorbis or ogg theora.

Always remember who is doing the denying in these cases. Free software is an *increase* in freedom above the default; copyleft is a *guarantee* of that freedom. But software freedoms can be denied by external legal barriers, outside the control of those who provide the free software.

The holders of idea patents on media formats are denying free-software implementations of those formats. That's where the pressure needs to be applied.

Spotlight on multimedia

Posted Oct 19, 2006 18:52 UTC (Thu) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link] (1 responses)

"Free software is an *increase* in freedom above the default."

Yeah, and a huge decrease in usability and functionality. How's the Hurd treating you? I assume you're running LinuxBIOS and have the source code and toolchains for the firmware on all the devices you're using. Do you have any time left over for getting work done?

In other words, "free" is not black and white like you seem to imply. I do not share your definition because, frankly, it doesn't sound very free to me. It seems to have a lot of restrictions doesn't it?

Spotlight on multimedia

Posted Oct 19, 2006 19:25 UTC (Thu) by beoba (guest, #16942) [Link]

Yes, but the restrictions are self-enforced. I had the option of eating 4 hamburgers for lunch, but I instead restricted myself to a soup and salad, because I know that my choice would ultimately be better for me in the long run.

While I don't currently use LinuxBIOS or anything of that nature, I appreciate their reason for existence: Should *something* happen in the future that makes them a better choice than the current defaults, then they will be available, and we won't have to start from scratch.

Spotlight on multimedia

Posted Oct 19, 2006 10:05 UTC (Thu) by drag (guest, #31333) [Link]

I don't think that Debian or Ubuntu or any other distro is denying anybody anything.

Users are free to use whatever codecs that will run on Linux systems and I don't think anybody is doing anything to stop them other then governments and media corporations.

Or is it that Fedora or Kubuntu is denying you your right to play Quake3 becuase they didn't include it by default?

Ubuntu 7.04 planning begins

Posted Oct 19, 2006 2:27 UTC (Thu) by richo123 (guest, #24309) [Link]

Sorry just can't help myself:
Feisty Fawn
F***ing Fantastic!


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