Minutes of TWiki Kampala Release Meeting, 2013-12-05

Logistics, Participants, IRC log

• Date: Thursday, 2013-12-05 23:00 GMT (Convert to your time zone)
• Location: TWiki IRC channel #twiki_release on Freenode IRC (web-based IRC)

• Previous release meeting: KampalaReleaseMeeting2013x11x21
• Next release meeting: KampalaReleaseMeeting2013x12x19

• Log of IRC meeting: KampalaMeetingLog2013x12x05.txt

• Participants
  • PeterThoeny ( PeterThoeny )
  • HideyoImazu ( himazu )
  • SteveCooper ( SteveCooper )
  • DipuDeshmukh ( dipu )
  • ImonDeshmukh ( Khan__ )
  • TomCrane ( TomCrane )
  • JiahaoWang ( jiahao )
  • TimotheLitt ( timothe )
  • JonForrest ( nobozo_ )
  • VickiBrown ( Vicki )
  • MichaelGulitz ( MichaelGulitz )
  • MichaelSevero ( msevero )
  • MahiroAndo ( MahiroAndo )
  • YaojunFei ( YaojunFei )
  • ThomasGutzmann ( ThomasGutzmann )
  • PeterJones ( PeterJones)
  • RichMorin ( Vicki )
  • EnriqueCadalso ( EnriqueCadalso )
  • IanKluft ( ko6yq-lt )
• Facilitated by PeterThoeny
• Notes taken by PeterThoeny

0. TWiki Application Packaging Standard

• Desired outcome: Dipu understands how to package his Zermatt application
• See TWikiAppInstaller

• Dipu of Automature created Zermatt, and extensive TWiki application to manage software QA.
• Currently a commercial product released as a VMware appliance running Ubuntu
• He now offers to open-source it - thank you!
• For now package as add-on or contrib, later as a TWiki app - see log for detail.

1. Feature Requests for Kampala Release

• Desired outcome: Discuss and decide on pending feature request that need attention
• See TWikiFeatureProposals

• ProtectPredefinedVariables - now in SVN trunk and 6.0 release
• DemoteUserPreferences - now in SVN trunk and 6.0 release
• DefaultMobileSkin - needs some TLC

2. Extensions

• Desired outcome: Get everyone in sync, coordinate enhancements
• See WebChanges in Plugins web

• VarCachePlugin: Enhanced to have per-variable control on what gets cached and what not
• EditTablePlugin: Yaojun enhanced and fixed it
• LdapPlugin: Patch posted with bug fix at TWikibug:Item7395 - Hideyo-san plans to check and incorporate
• HeadlinesPlugin: Fixed issue when [ and ] were present in data stream
• AutoSectionsPlugin: Fixes and enhancements; Mahiro-san will add WYSIWYG support

3. Review Urgent and Not So Urgent Bugs

• Desired outcome: Identify must fixes
• See TWikibug:ReleaseBlocker and TWikibug:DetailedItemsQuery

• skipped

4. Miscellaneous

• none

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