Re: [Cooker] planning for mdv2008?

[Saint-Michel Laurent]

Hi,
> > end sep'07: make final when install/upgrade bugs are fixed.
>
> Likely we are coming back to a 6 months release cycle (4 months if I
> manage to convince everybody, but unlikely).

I know it is difficult to foreseen the future espcially in free software 
environnement but that are the main objective in erm of software and idea for 
both 2007.1 and 200.8? 

I mean, we have now in 2007.0 : 
- a pretty new kernel 
- a new X windows 
- up to date gnome and kde and all 
- fancy 3d deskstop
- and probably all kind of thing I forgot

So that are the objective of 2007.1 and 2008.0. From my point of view, I 'll 
say : 

* for 2007.1 (in about 6 months):
Base : 
- update kernel up to like 2.6.18 than freeze
- update all server (apache, mysql, ...) to their last stable realease if the 
realease appear whithin 2 months, freeze except bugs, security, ...

Productivity (or so)
- up to date gnome and kde minus one month
- up to date OpenOffice minus one month
- up to date fancy stuff (to be listed) 

Work in progress :
- finish rpmdrake
- integrate all errats and security works
- finalize the build process and control process


* for 2008.0 (in about a year)
Base :
- update kernel up to 2007.1 one or, if necessary to the last one after 2007.1
- update all server (apache, mysql, ...) to their lastest realease if the 
realease appear whithin 2 months, freeze except bugs, security, ...

Productivity (or so)
- integrate kde 4.0 if possible
- update the other projects to their last realease
- up to date fancy stuff (to be listed) 

Work in progress :
- integrate the drak soft
- integrate all errats and security works

These are just examples, the idea is to make 2007.0 - > cooker -> 2007.1 with 
a limited objective in both terms of new products integration and new 
software integration and use contrib as a sandbox for future 2008.0. 

In other words, the breakages or big upgrade, like the Xorg6.9 ->7.0 upgrade, 
shall be reported after the realease of 2007.1 because : 

- it happends for 2006.0 -> 2007.0 transition like that anyway (xorg have been 
integrated quite recently in the time frame, the same for drak3d);

- it will show a perspective for the users (I use now a 2007.0, then in six 
months , I 'll get just a set of update and thus not problem);

- it will be easier (i think) to stabilise and thus reduce the pressure on the 
packagers. Besides, having a quite stable basis during 6 months, will 
increase the quality of the dev. done on the tools provided by MDV and 
contributors because the delta between 2007.0 and 2007.1 will make dev. on 
2007.0 work without much change (reduce backport).

To speak about the future, here is the list of the tools, ideas, ... I would 
like to have integrated in 2008 :
* for business : 
- a really fast PDF reader
- a default PDF printer installed for both gnome and KDE
- an equivalent to ACROBAT to manipulate the PDF files
(did I insist on PDF ;) )

* for users : 
- a more clear and integrated mcc especially on the network aspect. 
- an easier way to create shares with other users (in windows network)
- propose both a more radical look and feel on gnome and KDE and a classic 
one.

* for technical matters
- unify the sound system using alsa or aoss or arts or ... , this is one of 
the last PITA on linux

- provide an easy and working firewall ( easy easy, stupidly easy) with 
integration with other services (for example open a SMB serrver on private 
network, open the firewall ports only on the private network)

- provide a drakpme (pme=french definition of small compagny) that allow to 
install and configure a small network with the following capacities :
	- samba shares
	- backup
	- user management
	- printer shares
	- fax server 
	- VPN server 
	- firewall
	-virii scan
and provide an easy way for people to install win computers around (install 
this stuff, configure that, ....) . All that based on scenario for ease on 
installation.

I am even thinking that the supply of computers with this kind of drakpme can 
be sold as a bundle without problem asI know lots of PME that are looking for 
this kind of "services + material" bundles.

Sorry for this long mail. 

Laurent