Repository
About The Repository
The documentation sources for the project reside in Bazaar, a revision management system created by Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu. The repository is the hub of the core document development effort. Revision control helps us to work on the same files simultaneously without “clobbering” each others work. Any author wanting to contribute to the documentation effort can checkout their own branch or working copy of the documentation sources and make changes to this copy.
If you have never worked with a version control system, don't be nervous - you cannot break anything in the repository, only your local, working copy. This is because you will be working as an anonymous user and therefore do not have the permissions to change anything in the repository. Only people with commit access can make changes to the repository. People are given access once they have consistently provided contributions and demonstrated commitment.
Key Bzr Branches
A complete list of the key Doc Team Bazaar branches is available on Launchpad.
The key branches which will be of most interest are:
Name of Branch |
Description |
Ubuntu desktop help |
|
Xubuntu desktop help |
|
Ubuntu Server Guide |
Generally you should use the development version for each branch.
For details on setting up and contributing, please refer to either the Ubuntu Desktop Guide Single Page or the Ubuntu ServerGuide Single Page as appropriate. (xubuntu ?)
Additional information
See the Bazaar Documentation website for comprehensive documentation. There is also a useful quick-start guide.
Next steps
Once you have downloaded a branch, the next step is to view and edit the documents contained within it. Read on to the Editing page.
Some tips for people who have been granted permissions to upload directly to the system documentation branches (by becoming members of the ubuntu-core-doc team) can be found at the /Members page. If you are just getting started with Ubuntu documentation, you don't need to read that page yet.