Ways to contribute to ubuntu.

1. ILUGC
Ubuntu – thousands of projects,
millions of users – how it all works
T Shrinivasan
tshrinivasan@gmail.com
http://ilugc.in

2. Getting Involved into the
Ubuntu community

3. The two way of ”doing Community”

4. The virtual way...
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mailing lists: lists.ubuntu.com
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documentation: wiki.ubuntu.com
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blogs: planet.ubuntu.com
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launchpad: launchpad.net/ubuntu
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code of conduct: www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct
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5. The ”real life” way...
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LoCo teams: wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeams
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BuildingCommunity: wiki.ubuntu.com/BuildingCommunity
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6. Getting ”Ubuntu member”
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apply for membership: wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership
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Receive: voting privileges
@ubuntu.com mail address
ubuntu irc cloak
blog syndication
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7. bugs & development
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Bugs
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What are we up against?
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Ubuntu gets as many bugs reported against it as
OpenOffice, Mozilla, Gnome, and KDE combined.

8. bugs & development
Triaging Bugs
New Confirmed Triaged
Incomplete Invalid

9. bugs & development
Getting more information

10. bugs & development
Getting more information
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at ../Objects/methodobject.c:85
meth = (PyCFunction) 0
self = (PyObject *) 0xd0a648
size = <value optimized out>
#3 0x06b0445e in PyEval_EvalFrameEx (f=0xa23dbdc, throwflag=0)
at ../Python/ceval.c:3750
sp = (PyObject **) 0xa23dd30
stack_pointer = <value optimized out>
next_instr = (unsigned char *) 0xa0d1853 "d002"
opcode = <value optimized out>
oparg = <value optimized out>
why = 170242732
err = <value optimized out>
x = <value optimized out>
v = <value optimized out>
w = <value optimized out>
u = <value optimized out>
t = <value optimized out>
stream = <value optimized out>
freevars = (PyObject **) 0xa23dd2c
retval = (PyObject *) 0x0
tstate = (PyThreadState *) 0x9b54620
co = (PyCodeObject *) 0xa197698
instr_ub = -1

11. bugs & development
Getting people excited!
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Hug Days
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Global Bug Jam
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Adopt-An-Upstream
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5-a-day

12. bugs & development
Getting fixes in!
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Attach patch to bug report
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Subscribe ”ubuntu-sponsors”
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Done

13. bugs & development
Releasing Ubuntu

14. bugs & development
Releasing Ubuntu

15. bugs & development
Releasing Ubuntu

16. bugs & development
Joining the development team
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Work with Sponsors
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Apply for upload rights
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Done

17. ubuntu translations
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Why translate Ubuntu?
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How translations get
into Ubuntu
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Introducing Launchpad
Translations
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Just translate!
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Translation teams
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Upstream relations

18. ubuntu translations
Why translate Ubuntu?

19. ubuntu translations
Why translate Ubuntu?
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Fix translation bugs in
time for an Ubuntu
release
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Backport upstream
translations
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Harmonize translations
accross Ubuntu
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Native applications

20. ubuntu translations
How translations get into Ubuntu
upstream projects
ubuntu language pack
langpack­o­matic
source package

21. ubuntu translations
launchpad
translations
upstream
VCS
How translations get into Ubuntu

22. ubuntu translations
Intoducing Launchpad Translations
Demo!

23. ubuntu translations
Upstream relations
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Danger of wasted time by
duplication of work
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No standard way to provide
translations back
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Easy export of translations
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Many Ubuntu translators are
also upstream translators
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The ideal solution:
Upstream uses Launchpad

24. An example Launchpad workflow
From bug-fix to new binaries in 10 minutes
Launchpad workflow

25. Branch, fix, push
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bzr branch lp:learning-tools bug542700-fix-title
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...test and fix bug...
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bzr commit --fixes lp:542700
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bzr push

26. Link your branch

27. Propose for merging

28. Propose for merging

29. Bug with merge proposal

30. The story of a merge
 https://code.edge.launchpad.net/~stevenk/launchpad/fixes-bug-529950/+merge/21546

31. Launchpad's build service

32. Your personal archive

33. Ubuntu and Debian and Upstream
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We are not alone

34. Ubuntu and Debian and Upstream
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Ubuntu has
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11,000 source packages unchanged from Debian
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3,000 source packages modified from Debian
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2,000 packages directly taken from upstream
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Debian has more developers
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Around 1000 Debian developers
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170 Ubuntu developers

35. Ubuntu and Debian and Upstream
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Being a good downstream
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Testing and deliver to the users
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Translations
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Forward bug reports to upstream
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Forward patches to upstream
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Package new upstream versions

36. Ubuntu and Debian and Upstream
 Upstream Report
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/upstreamreport

37. Ubuntu and Debian and Upstream
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Forwarding Patches upstream
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Check trunk branch
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Test patch against trunk
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Attach patch upstream
bug report
Description: Add eclipse manpage
Author: Pablo Duboue <pablo.duboue@gmail.com>
Bug: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=30107
Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/494065
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eclipse.1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,616 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+ <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
+<!-- lifted from troff+man by doclifter -->
+<refentry id='eclipse1'>
+<refmeta>
+<refentrytitle>eclipse</refentrytitle>
+<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+</refmeta>
+<refnamediv id='name'>
+<refname>eclipse</refname>
+<refpurpose>extensible tool platform and Java IDE</refpurpose>
+</refnamediv>
+<!-- body begins here -->
+<refsynopsisdiv id='synopsis'>
+<cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>eclipse</command>
+ <arg choice='opt'><arg choice='plain'><replaceable>platform</replaceable>
+ <arg choice='opt'><arg choice='plain'><option>-vmargs </option></arg><ar
choice='plain'><replaceable>arguments</replaceable></arg></arg></arg>
+</cmdsynopsis>
+</refsynopsisdiv>
+
+
+<refsect1 id='description'><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+<para>
+The <command>Eclipse</command> Platform is an open and

38. Ubuntu and Debian and Upstream
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Adopt-An-Upstream Initiative
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Bridging the gap
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Keeping track of upstream
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Triage and forward Ubuntu bugs
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Coordinate new upstream releases
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Become an Ubuntu developer
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More details: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Upstream/Adopt

39. Ubuntu Global Jam
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Working Together to Improve Ubuntu
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Bugs
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Packaging
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Traslation
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Documentation
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Support
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Testing
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https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam

40. Packaging

41. Documentation
http://wiki.ubuntu.com

42. Testing
http://qa.ubuntu.com
http://qa.ubuntu.com/getting-involved

43. Support
Forums http://ubuntuforums.com
IRC #ubuntu irc.ubuntu.com
Mailing List
AskUbuntu http://askubuntu.com/

44. Contribute to Ubuntu
Questions?

45. Contribute to Ubuntu
Thanks!