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 (#ubuntu-motu for MOTU, #ubuntu-bugs for Bug Squad, #ubuntu-devel for general development; all on irc.freenode.net), where you can ask for help and mentoring on things you want to get involved in. Regards m. On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 03:43 -0400, Tim Hull wrote: > 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 compared to the world of RPMs or building > everything from source. However, I have been frustrated by Debian's > somewhat-slow pace of development, occasional hostility towards new > users (both in the system sense and community sense), and the "free > software or no software" mentality some have in the world-of-Debian. > I do, however, greatly appreciate and respect the contributions the > Debian Project has made - it's truly quite amazing for an > all-volunteer project. > > Now, Ubuntu has taken the Debian base and added many things to it that > I like - regular releases, support for hardware that doesn't have 100% > Free drivers, ease of use, and a general friendliness towards new > users in general. As such, I have been following Ubuntu since it > first came out. However, though Ubuntu has done a great job overall, > I still see many issues that need desperate attention - laptop > support, iPod support, and ease of application installs/upgrades > outside of distribution releases, to name a few. As a result, I have > ended up flip-flopping between Ubuntu and Mac OS X - which I actually > started using after I got sick of Windows and couldn't get ACPI going > well in the very early days of Ubuntu. On OS X, however, I sorely > miss the sense of community and the world of open source/free software > from Ubuntu. > > Anyway, I am very interested in helping out with Ubuntu in any way I > can. While I can't code C very well, I have extensive experience > beta-testing software for a couple proprietary OS vendors. I also > have a large amount of general experience, and have managed to do > things as weird as putting the home partition on an HFS+ volume (to > keep files in sync with OS X). Also, I have begun filing bugs in > Launchpad for Ubuntu. However, I feel like I can do much more - as in > many of these cases, I have pinpointed the source of the problem and > feel that something could be done about it. Additionally, in using > Ubuntu I have come up with many of my own ideas for improvements. > Filing a bug in Launchpad, however, doesn't seem to result in much in > any of these areas. > > How can I get involved? I've seen some things about the Bug Squad, > the Laptop Testing Team, and Masters of the Universe, and I'm not > exactly sure how it all works. In particular, I'm interested in > helping report and fix bugs (though not in the raw, in-depth coding > sense), possibly packaging some software (I noticed xcalib - a useful > CLI tool for adjusting your color profile/gamma in X using a profile - > isn't packaged), and helping identify issues with Ubuntu and possible > solutions to them (such as the afore-mentioned iPod support). > > One issue of mine is that I am somewhat limited in my testing hardware > - currently I have one system - a MacBook - and have waffled between > running Ubuntu natively and on VMware in Mac OS (mostly due to power > management issues). At the moment, I don't run Ubuntu full-time, but I > hope things mature to the point where I feel I can do so without > giving up anything. Furthermore, I want to help towards that goal. > > Comments, suggestions, etc welcome... I'm curious from hearing from > Ubuntu developers on this.. > > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
