Monthly Archives: May 2010

NGO Team during Maverick

I’m very happy with the plans of the Ubuntu NGO team this cycle. In short we want to: have more regular meetings – once a month get an overview of NGO-related blueprints in maverick (http://hexmode.openweblog.com/538142.html) come up with specific questions … Continue reading

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Archive / Permissions Reorg confusion

For a few development cycles we have been working on reorganising the Ubuntu archive and developer permissions. There were a lot of changes that were suggested and discussed and it proved to be quite a bit of work. We completed … Continue reading

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Debian and Ubuntu

I was particularly happy that Stefano Zacchiroli, the Debian Project Leader, was at the last Ubuntu Developer Summit in Brussels. He’s a great guy. Also was I quite happy with the discussion at UDS and the notes we all took … Continue reading

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Want to get involved in Ubuntu Development?

I’ll do these sessions today and tomorrow: Thursday, 6th May, 06:00 UTC: Packaging and MOTU Q&A – Ask all the questions about Packaging and/or MOTU you like! Friday, 7th May 15:00 UTC, Getting Started with Ubuntu Development – get a development environment … Continue reading

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Reviewing patches for fun and profit

Today’s the day! We’ll get together and review heaps and heaps of Ubuntu patches. If you’re not afraid of looking at code, testing out things, talking to people and enjoy making Ubuntu better and having a lot of fun, this … Continue reading

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Ubuntu Open Week starting: today!

Awesome awesome awesome! Today, in less than hour Ubuntu Open Week will start. This is an awesome opportunity to learn more about Ubuntu, its teams, its people and what’s going on in the project. If you always wanted to get … Continue reading

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