Mir & Unity8 UI weekly May 17, 2013

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Unity8 & Mir Weekly Report
May 17, 2013

Current Team Theme

• Integrate Unity8 onto Mir
  
• Improve Unity8 testing & code cleanup post MWC
• Mir build out to support Unity8
• As always  live action here
  
• https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/client-1303-unity-ui-iteration-0
• https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/client-1303-mir-phone-iteration-0
• and all the dependent blueprints
  

Acheived this week

• Unity8 on Mir
  
• not landed, but in developement, achieved Unity8 running in process on Mir
• instructions to recreate being shared on mir-devel mailing list, note its pure development here, updated frequently here http://studio.sketchpad.cc/gmY0M6iqeh
• Mir
• landed in process android (internal clients)
• removed the use of surface for internal clients, go straight to egldisplay
• also in process for input as well
  
• added some egl config logging & lttng hooks for reporting
• concluded mir stress test discussions in vUDS, going to focus on multi client stress as a pilot
• fixed bug 1170643, proper release of resources on shutdown
• only cursory study on composition bypass
  
• review cycles on surface stack & surface move MPs
  
• Unity8 UI
  
• Landed bootstrap code for notifications in phablet, added some negative testing
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN-Vu28OQHI
• Landed edge hints for launcher at the lock screen, started folding icon work on launcher
• landed user story of accessing indicators from lock screen on phablet
  
• added some tests for system components like slider menu, progress bar, button menu etc
• dash bar & panel ui work done, but blocked on some sdk bugs
  
• Continued investigation into Qt bug effecting memory use, analyzed potential rewrite of listviewwithpageheader as a potential to solve; preference is to solve the bug in Qt
• created a way to send touch events from qml test code, part of our effort to have shell/app event filter mechanism for edge touches
  
• Some additional development/ui tweaks to infographic/greeter
• had some engineering/design discussion over indicator prototypes 
• some additional work on splitting out the greeter into a separate bin
  

Shooting for next week

• Mir
• continue work supporting Unity8-mir, clean up toward landing
• continue study, start effort on composition bypass
• continue surface stack order & surface moving
• continue work on getting multi client stress tests in place for Mir
• Unity8 UI 
• Iand Infographics (may iterate with design, but land what we have)
• Continue shell-mir integration work
  
• Work on design sign off for notifications (or iterate)
  
• Continue discussion w/ design on indicator, & effort on date/time picker widgets
  
• Work with design on launcher folding icons
• Land phablet greeter in lightdm flow (includes no-password or one-password login, user backgrounds, and demo infographics) 
• continue event filter effort shell/app; land edgedraggesture for launcher
• continue investigation into mem use associated with listviewwithpageheader (LVWPH as you might see it in the bp's)
• visit with design on hint for indicators on lock screen (may remove single tap)
  
• again waiting for some straggling MP's to close out, but expect to close testing bp
• https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/client-1303-unity-ui-testing

Risks and Issues

• ongoing changes from usability testing/design iterations, need to lock down by june