Re: git workflows for general Ubuntu development

2016-11-15 Thread Robie Basak
I've replied in much more detail on the vcs-pkg-discuss list[1]. On these specific questions: On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 09:57:56AM +1300, Michael Hudson-Doyle wrote: > This is pretty exciting! Do you think your work will fulfil the goals of > the UDD project or is there still some stuff that's out

Re: git workflows for general Ubuntu development

2016-11-14 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 04:58:44PM -0800, Nish Aravamudan wrote: > 2) dgit does not fully meet our needs at this time. It's going to be > something Robie covers in more detail in the UOS session, but hopefully > he'll be able to respond here, as well. I think there's the follow-up question here of

Re: git workflows for general Ubuntu development

2016-11-14 Thread Nish Aravamudan
On 15.11.2016 [09:57:56 +1300], Michael Hudson-Doyle wrote: > On 15 November 2016 at 01:51, Robie Basak wrote: > > > On the server team, we've been working on a process that uses git to do > > our "Ubuntu merges". As a consequence, we now have a mechanism that can > > import package histories int

Re: git workflows for general Ubuntu development

2016-11-14 Thread Michael Hudson-Doyle
On 15 November 2016 at 01:51, Robie Basak wrote: > On the server team, we've been working on a process that uses git to do > our "Ubuntu merges". As a consequence, we now have a mechanism that can > import package histories into git on Launchpad. We think that this work > opens up a bunch of new

git workflows for general Ubuntu development

2016-11-14 Thread Robie Basak
On the server team, we've been working on a process that uses git to do our "Ubuntu merges". As a consequence, we now have a mechanism that can import package histories into git on Launchpad. We think that this work opens up a bunch of new possibilities, such as for drive-by contributors submitting

Is that possible to let ZTE collaborate with the Ubuntu development community to make Ubuntu Phones

2016-08-15 Thread Xiaodong Qi
Dear developers, I naively started an idea proposal for ZTE to support Ubuntu Touch OS on their CSX program. See the Idea Proposal Thread at https://community.zteusa.com/ideas/1869. The CSX program basically allows community users to shape the next phone model of ZTE. To be accepted, the idea has

Re: Ubuntu development - joining...

2007-11-03 Thread Tim Hull
> The best approach is to search a project/issue that you are interested > in, which seems to be improving the laptop experience. There is also a > lengthy document from Andreas Lloyd which lots of contacts: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ContributeToUbuntu Thanks for the info. The Ubuntu membership

Re: Ubuntu development - joining...

2007-11-03 Thread Sebastian Heinlein
Am Samstag, den 03.11.2007, 17:42 -0400 schrieb Tim Hull: > Hi, Hello Tim, > I have been generally lurking around Ubuntu development for several > months now (since about the Feisty release), and previously had done > the same around the Warty/Hoary time period. Though I have found

Re: Ubuntu development - joining...

2007-11-03 Thread Emmet Hikory
On 11/4/07, Tim Hull wrote: > Anyway, stemming from the issues I've been having, I've been quite > interested in becoming involved in Ubuntu development. However, so far, my > attempts have seemed futile. For one thing, I noticed a few bugs several > weeks before Guts

Ubuntu development - joining...

2007-11-03 Thread Tim Hull
Hi, I have been generally lurking around Ubuntu development for several months now (since about the Feisty release), and previously had done the same around the Warty/Hoary time period. Though I have found Ubuntu to be superior to other Linux distributions (save for maybe Debian, except that it

Re: Ubuntu development...

2007-08-28 Thread Scott James Remnant
whilst *still* supporting software compiled for warty. Our packaging system is more strict about this, of course; but that's not a problem with glibc. Scott -- Scott James Remnant Ubuntu Development Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message pa

Re: Ubuntu development...

2007-08-25 Thread Christopher James Halse Rogers
On Sun, 2007-08-26 at 05:41 +0100, Chris Warburton wrote: > On Sun, 2007-08-26 at 00:26 -0400, Tim Hull wrote: > > > 2. The current default fonts look dreadfully ugly. For one thing, they > > are MASSIVE (on Gutsy at least), and they use a type of hinting which > > makes them look quite ugly when

Re: Ubuntu development...

2007-08-25 Thread Joel Bryan Juliano
On 8/26/07, Chris Warburton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, 2007-08-26 at 00:26 -0400, Tim Hull wrote: > > > 2. The current default fonts look dreadfully ugly. For one thing, they > > are MASSIVE (on Gutsy at least), and they use a type of hinting which > > makes them look quite ugly when

Re: Ubuntu development...

2007-08-25 Thread Chris Warburton
On Sun, 2007-08-26 at 00:26 -0400, Tim Hull wrote: > 2. The current default fonts look dreadfully ugly. For one thing, they > are MASSIVE (on Gutsy at least), and they use a type of hinting which > makes them look quite ugly when compared to OS X. What I suggest here > is to 1) revert the auto-DP

Re: Ubuntu development...

2007-08-25 Thread Tim Hull
On 8/25/07, Sarah Hobbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Heya! > > Wow, that previous response was quite harsh - that was probably why it > was sent off-list. Just realized that. I'm still unsure which key components you want to change, or how yo

Re: Ubuntu development...

2007-08-25 Thread Sarah Hobbs
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Heya! Wow, that previous response was quite harsh - that was probably why it was sent off-list. Tim Hull wrote: > I do follow up - in fact, I've often posted additional info on my bug > reports as to the origin of the issue/suggestions as to what cou

Re: Ubuntu development...

2007-08-25 Thread Jonathan Jesse
On Saturday 25 August 2007 12:57:21 Tim Hull wrote: > > The fact that you submit bug reports and do not follow up / patch them > > yourself > > shows a severe disinterest in *really* helping ubuntu and (like most > > new devel's in all projects) just want to focus on the hot-dog stuff. > > I do fol

Re: Ubuntu development...

2007-08-25 Thread Tim Hull
> > The fact that you submit bug reports and do not follow up / patch them > yourself > shows a severe disinterest in *really* helping ubuntu and (like most > new devel's in all projects) just want to focus on the hot-dog stuff. I do follow up - in fact, I've often posted additional info on my bu

Re: Ubuntu development...

2007-08-24 Thread Murat Gunes
On Fri, 2007-08-24 at 18:54 +0100, Chris Warburton wrote: > I'd try making a spec page on the Ubuntu wiki > ( https://wiki.ubuntu.com ), something like > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OutOfBoxIpodSupport (I just made that up, it > will be a blank page), along with an entry in Launchpad. Say exactly > wha

Re: Ubuntu development...

2007-08-24 Thread Chris Warburton
On Fri, 2007-08-24 at 13:42 -0400, Tim Hull wrote: > I'm curious - where can I help out? I do file some bugs on launchpad, > but hardly ever get any followup - understandable, given that many of > the issues at hand aren't bugs per se. I have indeed come up with > some specific ideas to help res

Ubuntu development...

2007-08-24 Thread Tim Hull
ebian-based distributions - RPMs I can't stand, and don't even get me started on Gentoo. Anyway, I'm somewhat interested in Ubuntu development. However, while I have been able to uncover plenty of info about MOTU, that's not where most of my interest lies. My interest lie

Re: Getting involved in Ubuntu development/testing...

2007-07-16 Thread Murat Gunes
Hi, The following will probably help you get started: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/packagingguide/C/ It's also a good idea to be present in the IRC channels of the teams you want to work with

Getting involved in Ubuntu development/testing...

2007-07-16 Thread Tim Hull
For the past several years, I have dabbled in Linux/GNU/open source/free software, starting in 1999 when I managed my first Linux install, which was Debian 2.0 (now THAT was dependency hell - no apt back then). Since then, I have always been partial to the "Debian way" of doing things, as compare

Use of Python in Ubuntu development

2007-06-03 Thread Tennessee Leeuwenburg
Hello, My name is Tennessee Leeuwenburg. I am the Editor-In-Chief of The Python Papers (http://pythonpapers.org), a free online journal covering Python in the community, industry and academia. It was brought to my attention that the Ubuntu development bounties page notes that development in