Difference between revisions of "20090519Minutes"

Latest revision as of 15:03, 23 August 2009

Meeting chair: jimbodude

Minutes prepared by: jimbodude

Attendance

Active participants

• dlewis
• jimbodude
• jondecker76
• possy
• tkmedia
• totallymaxed
• TSCHAK
• Zaerc

Topics and Discussion

• Meeting began at 10:04 EDT
• The agenda from the previous meeting were informally accepted
• Creation of a standardized testing methodology has been deferred until after the 0810 release
• A formal 0810 release date was not chosen
  • This release will have many blockers and pitfalls
  • The discussion of a formal release date is deferred until 0810 Beta release
• The Bug Reporting article will be made more LinuxMCE specific by jimbodude
• possy is managing release milestones - no major news there
• Critical defects
  • IR/GSD Bugs
    • jondecker76 is working on these
  • MythTV instability (Trac #195)
    • Causes are being investigated by jondecker76
• Critical outstanding features
  • Re-enable Remote Assistance
  • Create a deb package for Orbiter
  • DVD Installer
    • It was decided that this feature is a blocker for beta - mostly because of the need to test thoroughly before release
    • The current DVD installer method, which involves VMWare, is not acceptable for 0810
    • A new method using packages cached on DVD should be created
    • totallymaxed will be heading up this effort
• PVR Recording File Structure
  • All recordings (MythTV or VDR) will be stored in /home/public/data/pvr - the usual symlinks will be created for each storage device
  • MythTV will have storage groups for each user's directory (including 'public') on each storage device
  • jondecker76 is heading up this effort
• LinuxMCE-specific Installation Numbers
  • Currently, installation numbers are generated by a script running on Pluto's website
  • A new installation number generation script will be created and run from a server controlled by LinuxMCE
  • New installation numbers will be assigned starting at "1000000"
• LinuxMCE 501c3 Status
  • After a few additional signatures, the form will be sent for filing
  • dlewis and TCSHAK are following up with this
• LinuxFund
  • In order to be considered, we must pick focus areas
    • Orbiter alternatives
    • Media Plug-in debugging/improvements
  • dlewis will follow up with this
• Google Summer of Code
  • dlewis will look into getting LinuxMCE on the list for next summer
• Future meeting scheduling
  • A mailing list will be created to facilitate asynchronous communication
  • This will help in both meeting scheduling and general communication
  • Contact jimbodude on the forum, IRC, or by wiki-e-mail with your e-mail address if you want to be on it
• Meeting ended at 11:48 EDT