Feature Freeze in place; Alpha 5 freeze ahead

Hello Ubuntu developers,

The Feature Freeze is now in effect for Intrepid.  From now until release,
the focus is on polishing and bug fixing.

If you do believe that a new package, a new upstream version of a package,
or a new feature is needed for the release and will not introduce more
problems than it fixes, please follow the Freeze Exception Process by filing
bugs and subscribing ubuntu-release or motu-release as appropriate.

  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess

Please also make sure that specs assigned to you for Intrepid are updated
to their current status (which should be at least Beta Available if
not Deferred, or unless granted freeze exception).

  https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/

Our next testing milestone, Intrepid Alpha 5, is scheduled for next
Thursday, September 4.  Intrepid Alpha 5 will again use a "soft freeze" for
main[1].  This means that developers are asked to refrain from uploading
packages between Tuesday and Thursday which don't bring us closer to
releasing the alpha, so that these days can be used for settling the archive
and fixing any remaining showstoppers.

The list of bugs targeted for alpha-5 can be found at:

  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/+bugs?field.milestone%3Alist=1323

Per a previous announcement on this list[2] and the policy at