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PreliminaryBlueprintsDraft1304

Contents

Assembling blueprints here for the 13.04 cycle.

Resources

Previous Blueprints

Brainstorming at ubuntu-studio-devel mail list

Blueprints Draft for 13.04

R-Documentation

User documentation

Migrating from other OS's (Windows, Mac) ADDED
Hardware Support (possible hardware matrix for audio devices) ADDED
System configuration (drivers, codecs, monitor calibration) ADDED
Workflows ADDED Audio ADDED Graphics ADDED Video ADDED Photography ADDED Publishing ADDED
tutorial videos - identify a select few and make them and host on youtube ADDED
tutorials/walkthroughs - can be videos, libre office, html formats. ship on image. for important, core items. Covered by user guide
help/faq shipped on image - can be text file or html or whatever ADDED
user docs - in the wiki or the website, we should pick one and do it (currently being developed at the community wiki) ADDED

Migrating from other OS's (Windows, Mac) ADDED

Hardware Support (possible hardware matrix for audio devices) ADDED

System configuration (drivers, codecs, monitor calibration) ADDED

Workflows ADDED

Audio ADDED
Graphics ADDED
Video ADDED
Photography ADDED
Publishing ADDED

Audio ADDED

Graphics ADDED

Video ADDED

Photography ADDED

Publishing ADDED

tutorial videos - identify a select few and make them and host on youtube ADDED

tutorials/walkthroughs - can be videos, libre office, html formats. ship on image. for important, core items. Covered by user guide

help/faq shipped on image - can be text file or html or whatever ADDED

user docs - in the wiki or the website, we should pick one and do it (currently being developed at the community wiki) ADDED

Document all steps of Ubuntu Studio development ADDED
Create reference for all development tasks ADDED
Create database of all Ubuntu Studio related sources ADDED
dev docs - reconcile "contribute to development" and kaj's pages (When developer documentation is mature enough, integrate it with the support section on the website) ADDED
mission statement - create one that define and documents target audience, use cases, hardware supported (something like this? UbuntuStudio/DeveloperDocumentation#The_purpose_of_Ubuntu_Studio) ADDED

Document all steps of Ubuntu Studio development ADDED

Create reference for all development tasks ADDED

Create database of all Ubuntu Studio related sources ADDED

dev docs - reconcile "contribute to development" and kaj's pages (When developer documentation is mature enough, integrate it with the support section on the website) ADDED

mission statement - create one that define and documents target audience, use cases, hardware supported (something like this? UbuntuStudio/DeveloperDocumentation#The_purpose_of_Ubuntu_Studio) ADDED

testing documentation

create docs that walk new people into helping with testing ADDED
hardware testing/documentation - we should prioritize which hardware we want to support, test it, fix it (if required and possible), and document all. do we support firewire? usb? (covered by user docs, and the possible HW matrix)

create docs that walk new people into helping with testing ADDED

hardware testing/documentation - we should prioritize which hardware we want to support, test it, fix it (if required and possible), and document all. do we support firewire? usb? (covered by user docs, and the possible HW matrix)

Public Relations

list of places to make announcements, hashtags to use, standard announcement verbiage, and links to various resources like banners/other graphics ADDED
Find ways to attract developers to Ubuntu Studio ADDED
Start making routine news postings on social channels/websites/mail lists ADDED

list of places to make announcements, hashtags to use, standard announcement verbiage, and links to various resources like banners/other graphics ADDED

Find ways to attract developers to Ubuntu Studio ADDED

Start making routine news postings on social channels/websites/mail lists ADDED

R-Workflows and Metas

Fix upgrade so that photography and publishing metas are included (LP #1066401)
SRU the above to 12.10
Change GRUB config to label our partition a Ubuntu Studio with the kernel type (generic or lowlatency)

Fix upgrade so that photography and publishing metas are included (LP #1066401)

SRU the above to 12.10

Change GRUB config to label our partition a Ubuntu Studio with the kernel type (generic or lowlatency)

Audio

Possibly add LMMS to seeds ADDED
Possibly replace XFCE mixer with qasmixer (or just adding it to the mix) ADDED
Decide whether to add volti (volume control in systray for alsa) ADDED
default jack settings - set reasonable, yet sane, default jack settings ADDED
audio plugins - we ship a large amount, can this be cleaned up ADDED
audio plugins - can we create a list of popular ones with example settings ADDED
Add audio group as a default group for newly created users (not only the first user) ADDED

Possibly add LMMS to seeds ADDED

Possibly replace XFCE mixer with qasmixer (or just adding it to the mix) ADDED

Decide whether to add volti (volume control in systray for alsa) ADDED

default jack settings - set reasonable, yet sane, default jack settings ADDED

audio plugins - we ship a large amount, can this be cleaned up ADDED

audio plugins - can we create a list of popular ones with example settings ADDED

Add audio group as a default group for newly created users (not only the first user) ADDED

Video

Add a screencast application ADDED

Add a screencast application ADDED

R-PerformanceTesting (used to be "performance")

Testing system tweaks for the different workflows

Finish audio-testing script (ailo) ADDED

Finish audio-testing script (ailo) ADDED

R-ISO

ubiquity plugin - allows users to choose which packages to install during installation ADDED
Make wubi.exe also support Ubuntu Studio (bug #1070682) ADDED

ubiquity plugin - allows users to choose which packages to install during installation ADDED

Make wubi.exe also support Ubuntu Studio (bug #1070682) ADDED

R-Artwork

Ask for user contributed artwork on the website (wallpaper at the very least) ADDED

Ask for user contributed artwork on the website (wallpaper at the very least) ADDED

R-SoftwareDevelopment

StartupSystemCheckScript

Startup System Check Script: Idea: set audio device for jack at first login (will require persistent card selection, based on name: how does Pulseaudio do it?) ADDED
Startup System Check Script: "first start" notifications - can point out help/faq doc, tutorials, walkthrough, etc locations or important settings ADDED
Startup System Check Script: Check the system for settings needed for good performance. If something is lacking, send notification. ADDED

Startup System Check Script: Idea: set audio device for jack at first login (will require persistent card selection, based on name: how does Pulseaudio do it?) ADDED

Startup System Check Script: "first start" notifications - can point out help/faq doc, tutorials, walkthrough, etc locations or important settings ADDED

Startup System Check Script: Check the system for settings needed for good performance. If something is lacking, send notification. ADDED

UbuntuStudioControls

Ubuntu Studio Controls: Option to keep it in the systray with a dropdown menu ADDED
Ubuntu Studio Controls: Administer user realtime privilege (not only currently logged in user) ADDED
Ubuntu Studio Controls: Killall jack button, killall pulseaudio button ADDED
Ubuntu Studio Controls: Make settings for graphics and videos (as done here) ADDED

Ubuntu Studio Controls: Option to keep it in the systray with a dropdown menu ADDED

Ubuntu Studio Controls: Administer user realtime privilege (not only currently logged in user) ADDED

Ubuntu Studio Controls: Killall jack button, killall pulseaudio button ADDED

Ubuntu Studio Controls: Make settings for graphics and videos (as done here) ADDED

WorkflowApplication

workflow manager: (for installing/removing work flows) ADDED
workflow assistant: (for starting applications within a work flow) ADDED
workflowpanel: UI changes depending on workflow in use ADDED

workflow manager: (for installing/removing work flows) ADDED

workflow assistant: (for starting applications within a work flow) ADDED

workflowpanel: UI changes depending on workflow in use ADDED

R-Misc

Decide how to handle ubuntustudio-bugs team and mail list ADDED
lowlatency kernel - finish coordination with UKT and start maintaining it (underway) ADDED
start having meetings ADDED
"support" sub-menu in the desktop main menu TODO: VERIFY THIS ISN'T DONE ALREADY OR FLESH IT OUT MORE ADDED
multihead - improve the persistance or document how to fix it ADDED
backports team - start backporting to precise ADDED

Decide how to handle ubuntustudio-bugs team and mail list ADDED

lowlatency kernel - finish coordination with UKT and start maintaining it (underway) ADDED

start having meetings ADDED

"support" sub-menu in the desktop main menu TODO: VERIFY THIS ISN'T DONE ALREADY OR FLESH IT OUT MORE ADDED

multihead - improve the persistance or document how to fix it ADDED

backports team - start backporting to precise ADDED

UbuntuStudio/PreliminaryBlueprintsDraft1304 (last edited 2012-10-27 15:11:25 by h-161-160)