Meeting 2012 06 08¶

Quorum Board of Directors Meeting for June 8th 2012.

Board Members Present: - Chair - Karianna - Admin - Andrew - Code - James - PR - Papa

[14:13] <@[Admin]Andrew> Since you're here Kar, you can be Chair ;)
[14:13] Heh
[14:13] Fantastic - that's two huge milestones - congratulations
[14:14] Thanks, so since there's only a few of us, Andrew do you want to start with data and admin?
[14:14] <@[Admin]Andrew> Certainly
[14:15] <@[Admin]Andrew> Admin hasn't been too busy recently. Mainly the tracker subteam - Fixing user submitted trackers, recategorizing things, and weeding slowly through older trackers.
[14:16] <@[Admin]Andrew> Web - Haven't done anything here - Sadly the big program that seemed to be an answer isn't supported by our host at this point and time and is on the back burner. :(
[14:16] <@[Admin]Andrew> Release - I'll leave that to James. Onto Content:
[14:17] <@[Admin]Andrew> Data - Been tackling bugs and freqs when they pop up. Reviewing has been good, waiting for the next batch before we go to beta... (Been lighting a fire under a few monkeys)
[14:18] <@[Admin]Andrew> Docs - Eric has been pushing out a few trackers - He's working on two LST Classes at this time.
[14:18] *** PapaDRB has joined #pcgen
[14:18] <@[Admin]Andrew> OS - Have a few sub projects here -
[14:18] *** PapaDRB is now known as [PR_2nd}PapaDRB
[14:19] *** [PR_2nd}PapaDRB is now known as PapaDRB
[14:19] <@[Admin]Andrew> Condensed Header version without a Thumbnail and maybe one line of info; the other is completed and that's the Condensed Spell Sheet. Finally, the newest of the bunch is the COMPANION preview.
[14:19] Good to see the lst classes concluding...
[14:19] *** PapaDRB is now known as [PR_2nd]PapaDRB
[14:19] <@[Admin]Andrew> Other than that, I had a Web Issue where someone was spamming us with Files
[14:20] <@[Admin]Andrew> I shut it down for good, and put out a notice for the new procedures since I can't moderate file uploads.
[14:20] <[PR_2nd]PapaDRB> sorry I am late
[14:20] <@[Admin]Andrew> It makes more sense to me to push the files into a JIRA so the issue is open and closed - easy to know where something stands.
[14:20] Saw that probably a good thing to attach files to Jiras anyhow
[14:21] <@[Admin]Andrew> and easier to get feedback as well.
[14:21] Is there a backlog of files to transfer in that case?
[14:21] Yeah I think that makes sense too
[14:21] <@[Admin]Andrew> That's Admin and Content in a nutshell.
[14:21] <@[Admin]Andrew> Yeah, we have a backlog I need to look at, but sadly, it's a blackhole since people will upload but not follow through.
[14:22] Ok well I guess we can simply close those
[14:22] <@[Admin]Andrew> I can email the people, but I never know if they get it or not.
[14:22] <@[Admin]Andrew> Any questions?
[14:23] None from me
[14:23] I think if there is no reply then close it, we have more than enough tvwork on :-)
[14:23] <@[Admin]Andrew> hands the talking stick over to Papa ;)
[14:23] <@[Admin]Andrew> Will do
[14:24] <[PR_2nd]PapaDRB> Lost windows on my laptop last week, and finally am back. Did a new release get pushed out?
[14:24] <@[Admin]Andrew> Only 5.17.4
[14:24] 5.17.14 that is
[14:25] <[PR_2nd]PapaDRB> Ok, then from a pr standpoint nothing to report.
[14:25] <[PR_2nd]PapaDRB> I will wait till a RC is ready adn then splash it everywheere
[14:25] <@[Admin]Andrew> Our FB has likes ;)
[14:26] A few a week I notice
[14:28] Onto james then I guess
[14:29] ok
[14:29] Code Report for a chilly Canberra morning
[14:29] Feature Requests: 18 created and 10 resolved
[14:29] New Tags: 2 created and 4 resolved
[14:29] Bugs: 15 created and 11 resolved
[14:29] Focus continues on the new user interface, with bugs being fixed as they come up and knocking off requests for enhancements as much as possible also.
[14:29] Work has started on the temporary bonuses tab and that will be in the next release. The look is a bit different to the old tab, with the new one more consistent with the other tabs. It will look a bit like Templates in layout with side by side lsts of available mods and those selected. Activation/deactivation can be done on the character sheet tab too, much like the old UI.
[14:29] The other three issues blocking the beta are all progressing in the background. They are [CODE-527] - Implement I18n on new UI tabs, [CODE-1140] - Implement Choosers in the new UI, and [CODE-1103] - Release of Java 7 compatible version of Lobo browser
[14:30] Next release will be next weekend, probably 17 June.
[14:30] I'm hoping that will be the second last alpha
[14:30] Any questions?
[14:30] Why is i18n impt?
[14:30] <[PR_2nd]PapaDRB> no
[14:31] I don;t want us to go backwards on the oil8n front - we had much of the UI translated and when the new UI was first put together it was all hard coded again
[14:31] I;ve been gradually fixing that up as I go
[14:31] Ok
[14:31] On the lobo front, I guess we might have to release for them
[14:32] It will likely tbe a sufficient thing though - we might still have a few message left that aren't in the bundles
[14:32] Yeah I'm expecting to, but my system isn;t set up like theirsm, hence the delay
[14:32] I forget are they ant or maven based?
[14:32] I might just have to cope with the directories in places I don't like temporarily and get it doen :)
[14:33] ant IIRC
[14:33] with hard coded file paths
[14:33] <@[Admin]Andrew> Anything we should ramp up the international group to assist with?
[14:33] Yuck
[14:34] Well, once the beta is out it would be a great time for them to leap in and look at the translations
[14:34] <@[Admin]Andrew> So realistically, we looking at a Beta Mid-July or there abouts?
[14:34] I've retained the translations from the old UI - no sense in throwing th work out, but it will need to be updated
[14:34] Yeah that ws about where I was aiming at
[14:35] Ok, and the choosers, was that a Tom dependant thing?
[14:35] <@[Admin]Andrew> I'll throw a message on the international group letting them know we'll be needing them around July/August when we go Beta then
[14:37] Ok, I guess that's it then, getting very close!
[14:37] No the choosers structure is in - see the metamagic chooser on the spell lists tab, but it needs to be ported back to the other choosers
[14:37] Awesome will try it out
[14:37] The UI is very similar to languages
[14:38] but supports the extra things like select values etc
[14:38] Yep, we are pretty close now
[14:39] Thanks for all the hard work... I love the product :)
[14:39] Thanks Tab!
[14:40] * James[Code_SB] hand talking stick back to kar
[14:40] Cool :-), any other business? I looked at 5e, rules so far seem easy to implement
[14:40] Nice
[14:40] <@[Admin]Andrew> Yeah, if they are OGL or not, we support it either way.
[14:40] Any word on the licensing?
[14:41] <@[Admin]Andrew> I haven't heard anything yet.
[14:41] Not yet officially but hints were that it would be like OGL
[14:41] That would be great
[14:42] We might need to contact them and ask for an official st
[14:44] Ok, unless there's anything else I'll bang the gavel and hand it back to Andrew, thanks for letting me stop by!
[14:44] *** Tab has quit IRC: Quit: Page closed
[14:44] Great to see you
[14:44] <@[Admin]Andrew> Thanks for hanging out
[14:45] Very happy to :)
[14:46] Night all

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