19:00:04 <poelcat> #startmeeting Fedora 14 Beta Release Readiness Meeting
19:00:04 <zodbot> Meeting started Thu Sep 23 19:00:04 2010 UTC.  The chair is poelcat. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot.
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19:00:32 <poelcat> who do we have today?
19:00:40 * nirik is around
19:00:47 * rbergeron is here... though running to fridge to get a caffeination injection
19:01:01 <poelcat> hi nirik rbergeron
19:01:51 <rbergeron> howdy :)
19:02:07 <poelcat> ping jlaska adamw Sparks spot mmcgrath dgilmore
19:02:34 <poelcat> ke4qqq: as well
19:02:52 * poelcat doesn't see nicks for sijis or noriko
19:03:21 * jsmith-mobile kurks
19:03:30 <rbergeron> sijis is sijis
19:03:46 <rbergeron> jsmith-mobile: shall i call you captain kurk?
19:03:47 <rbergeron> lol
19:04:25 * sijis is late but here
19:04:34 <rbergeron> lol
19:04:41 <poelcat> sijis: hi, we're still waiting for others too
19:05:00 <sijis> poelcat: ah.. ok.
19:05:05 <poelcat> this could be a short meeting w/o docs, qa, releng, or infrastructure
19:05:25 <sijis> oh, okay.
19:05:32 <rbergeron> indeed
19:06:12 <poelcat> let's wait one more minute and then jump in
19:08:05 * ke4qqq is here
19:08:11 <poelcat> #info attendees: nirik rbergeron jsmith-mobile sijis ke4qqq
19:08:25 <poelcat> #topic Marketing
19:08:33 <poelcat> let's start with the groups we have and go from there
19:08:47 <poelcat> rbergeron: how are looking for the release day and how can we help?
19:08:49 <rbergeron> I'm working on the beta announcement, other than that we're ready. :)
19:09:18 <poelcat> anyone have questions or comments for marketing?
19:09:18 <rbergeron> that should be done today (and by that i mean tonight).
19:09:45 <jsmith-mobile> no questions from me
19:09:50 <poelcat> rbergeron: thank you
19:09:56 <rbergeron> thank you!
19:09:57 <poelcat> #topic Websites
19:10:06 <poelcat> sijis: how are things going?
19:10:24 <sijis> i just realized today that i need to put the beta banner up
19:10:36 <poelcat> :)
19:10:37 <sijis> we need to adjust that timeframe for next release
19:10:52 <poelcat> sijis: is there a problem with the published schedule?
19:11:02 <sijis> i'll do that banner stuff tonight and may need some help from someone in design (updating the image)
19:11:02 * poelcat always happy to help there
19:11:18 <poelcat> mizmo: ping
19:11:21 <mizmo> hey poelcat
19:11:31 <mizmo> alexander posted a new beta banner up last week or so, it looks awesome
19:11:37 <dgilmore> poelcat: yes
19:11:41 <sijis> poelcat: well .. sorta. typically we put the beta banner up on the beta release day
19:12:00 <sijis> however, we also put the countdown for GA (when its 30 days away)
19:12:26 <sijis> i guess. when i initially thought of it... it was overlapping. whener the beta banner will be hidden by the GA countdown
19:12:45 <poelcat> sijis: what can we help you coordinate here?
19:12:52 <sijis> mizmo: i think the beta banner did have a number on it, right?
19:12:57 * sijis is trying to look for it
19:13:22 <Schendje> sijis: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F14_Artwork_Banners_Submissions#Beta_Banner_Submissions
19:13:29 <mizmo> u beat me Schendje  :)
19:13:31 <mizmo> it's the box one
19:13:39 <mizmo> there is a number
19:13:40 <sijis> ok i see.
19:14:10 <sijis> well. my thought is that i put up the beta banner on the 28th. but the GA countdown would start on the 2nd
19:14:25 <poelcat> makes sense to me
19:14:26 <sijis> that's only 4-5 days of a button pushing folks to download beta
19:14:45 <poelcat> sijis: can we have both? :)
19:15:06 <sijis> we'll be rotating the banners.. but GA countdown will have a higher weight
19:15:27 * mmcgrath is around btw
19:15:47 <sijis> poelcat: yes, we can. just that beta sorta gets lost a little. that's all
19:16:14 * spot is also lurking
19:16:37 <poelcat> sijis: how is the overall redesign of the website coming?
19:16:51 <sijis> anyhow... yes, we are all good for the 28th (beta)
19:17:16 <mizmo> we have all the mockups done, it's just filling in the framework now
19:17:22 <mizmo> sijis has done a pretty awesome job so far
19:17:24 <sijis> wedredesign is coming along great! putting in the color on the site and Schendje is gonna be helping out too
19:17:25 <mizmo> http://stg.fedoraproject.org
19:17:31 <mizmo> FIRE ALARM
19:17:33 <mizmo> :-ppppppp
19:18:53 <sijis> i love the green.. its soo bright :)
19:19:08 <Schendje> we should keep it, instead of actual banners
19:19:32 <poelcat> anything else from websites team?
19:19:44 <sijis> nope. that's it. anyone have a question?
19:20:34 <poelcat> sijis: thanks
19:20:38 <poelcat> #topic Design
19:20:44 <poelcat> mizmo: how are things looking
19:20:49 <poelcat> and how can we help?
19:22:21 <poelcat> did we lose the mizmo?
19:22:36 * mmcgrath suspects FIRE ALARM might have not been a joke :)
19:22:53 <poelcat> okay, we'll come back to Design
19:22:57 <poelcat> #topic Infrastructure
19:23:02 <poelcat> mmcgrath: tag, you're it
19:23:09 <rbergeron> yes, there is a fire alarm in westford right now
19:23:41 <mmcgrath> Things should be ok.  I had one question for sijis
19:23:54 <mmcgrath> sijis: just to confirm, we are or are not using the 'new site' for the beta?
19:24:37 <sijis> we are not
19:24:54 <mmcgrath> k, other then that we have a few more things we need to do (we'll be discusing at our next meeting)
19:24:57 <sijis> we would be close but not quite there
19:24:58 <mmcgrath> which is directly after this one :)
19:25:11 <mmcgrath> but I don't forsee any oddities there, we're good to go
19:25:27 <poelcat> mmcgrath: and i bet you're glad you only had a 2 week change freeze! :)
19:25:34 <mmcgrath> always
19:25:36 <mmcgrath> nice and quick
19:25:43 <poelcat> we'll see if we can't keep repeating that!
19:25:45 <mmcgrath> :)
19:25:52 <poelcat> any questions for mmcgrath ?
19:26:08 <dgilmore> none
19:26:50 <poelcat> thanks mmcgrath
19:26:56 <poelcat> #topic Release Engineering
19:27:04 <dgilmore> im staging now
19:27:05 <poelcat> dgilmore: how's the bits looking for release day?
19:27:22 <dgilmore> bits will be available for mirrors inside an hour
19:27:30 <poelcat> awesome
19:27:33 <poelcat> is that a record?
19:27:33 <mizmo> poelcat, sorry im back, they evacuated the building
19:27:38 <dgilmore> they will have plenty of time to sync
19:27:45 <dgilmore> poelcat: no idea
19:28:04 <sijis> mizmo: i thoguht FIRE ALARM was for the website :)
19:28:09 <mizmo> oh no lol
19:28:14 <mizmo> we literally got evacuated
19:28:24 <mizmo> it was either a drill or an itanium, ha ha ha
19:28:25 <poelcat> dgilmore: any other things we all need to from releng for release day, etc?
19:28:44 <dgilmore> poelcat: just flip permissions and make the torrents
19:28:57 <sijis> dgilmore: when will the ISO's be done for beta?
19:28:58 <poelcat> sounds good
19:28:58 <dgilmore> but we are looking good
19:29:07 <dgilmore> sijis: they are long done
19:29:11 <poelcat> dgilmore: excellent
19:29:15 <poelcat> any questions for releng ?
19:29:31 <sijis> dgilmore: ah, okay. just wanna double/triple check those filenames this time around
19:29:40 <dgilmore> sijis: ok
19:29:58 <poelcat> if not back to mizmo and the design team
19:30:03 <poelcat> #topic Design
19:30:20 <mizmo> re design we're in better shape at beta time then we have been any other release
19:30:21 <poelcat> mizmo: how are things for the Beta and what can we help you with?
19:30:26 <poelcat> yay!
19:30:31 <mizmo> all the splashes are in (anaconda / syslinux / firstboot / etc)
19:30:34 * poelcat starting to see a trend here
19:30:34 <mizmo> we have a strong wallpaper
19:30:47 <mizmo> getting the last bits ready for final release should be way less stressful than in past releases
19:30:50 <mizmo> so we are good
19:31:01 <mizmo> i can't think of anything we are blocking or are being blocked on
19:31:19 <poelcat> awesome
19:31:23 <poelcat> any questions for design
19:31:47 <mizmo> we are looking from any beta testers feedback on both the default beta wallpaper & the supplemental wallpapers (the latter is new this release)
19:31:47 <jsmith-mobile> thanks, mizmo
19:32:18 <jsmith-mobile> papers rock!!
19:32:38 <jsmith-mobile> supplemental papers rock!!
19:32:50 <mizmo> hehe yay
19:33:04 <poelcat> mizmo: thank you (and forgot to thank dgilmore too)
19:33:09 <poelcat> #topic Ambassadors
19:33:19 <poelcat> ke4qqq: how are the ambassadors doing?
19:33:27 <poelcat> do you all have what you need?
19:33:48 <ke4qqq> doing well - and we are discussing media production actively, but not really blocking on anyone and hopefully not blocking anyone else
19:33:56 <ke4qqq> nothing really to add at this stage.
19:34:22 <poelcat> any questions or discussion for ambassadors?
19:35:29 <poelcat> ke4qqq: thank you
19:35:36 <poelcat> #topic All Other Teams
19:35:47 <poelcat> anyone from docs, translation, or QA?
19:36:03 <poelcat> or anything to add from nirik or spot ?
19:36:23 * nirik doesn't have anything. Looking good from here.
19:38:38 <poelcat> nirik: thanks
19:38:49 <poelcat> too bad we don't have anyone from docs, translation, or QA
19:38:59 <poelcat> i'll follow up with them on the mailing lists
19:39:05 <poelcat> #topic open discussion
19:39:19 <poelcat> anything folks would like to discuss before closing?
19:39:28 * nirik is looking forward to a nice smooth beta.
19:39:36 * rbergeron too :)
19:40:24 <sijis> yup.
19:41:05 * poelcat closing in 60 seconds
19:42:05 <poelcat> thanks everyone!
19:42:07 <poelcat> #endmeeting