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***MOTU School has been retired in favor of Packaging/Training*** - These pages remain just for historical record.

We are inviting YOU, yes we mean you, to join #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net.

Why?

We, the MOTUs and as well the core devs of Ubuntu, think it’s time to increase the level of education. Right now, it’s quite difficult to enter the world of debian packaging and development.

WE WANT TO CHANGE THIS!

And the best way to change this, is to have some lectures. Everybody who is interested to be involved in Ubuntu MOTU work and Ubuntu development and as well in Debian packaging is invited to join us. Even MOTUs and Core Devs are learning every day new ways to improve themselves. And if we can, you can as well.

About “Masters of the Universe”

The “Masters of the Universe” are responsible for Ubuntu's “Universe" and "Multiverse” repositories. We are a group of around 100 people who are doing volunteer work for Ubuntu. We are all Ubuntu Members and stick with the CoC. We try to fix every package in Universe/Multiverse, we try to help other people to get their software into the Ubuntu Software Repositories. We try to change the world. You will find the “MOTUs” in the #ubuntu-motu channel on irc.freenode.net.

Upcoming Sessions

There are no currently scheduled sessions. Check back for updates or subscribe to the page to get notifications.

Held Sessions

• 2005.12.10 Topic: Packaging without debhelper and/or CDBS
  Presenter: Andrew Mitchell

• 2006-07-25 Topic: How do I patch sources?
  Presenter: pitti

• 2006-07-28 Topic: Merging and Syncing Packages from Debian
  Presenter: Daniel T. Chen (crimsun)

• 2006-08-04 Topic: "How do I work on bugs?"
  Presenter: Simon Law (sfllaw)

• 2006-08-11 Topic: "How does one create a software package for Ubuntu?"
  Presenter: Jordan Mantha (LaserJock)

• Sessions during UbuntuOpenWeek:

  • Packaging 101 (Daniel Holbach)

  • Maintaining an Ubuntu Package (Jordan Mantha) : Monday and Thursday

  • Patching Packages (Martin Pitt) - Tuesday and Thursday

  • Ubuntu Ports (Jeff Bailey)

  • MOTU (Daniel Holbach) : Wednesday, Saturday

• 2006-12-21 Topic: "Common Packaging mistakes"
  Presenter: Stefan Potyra (sistpoty)

• 2008-01-17 Topic: "Library Packaging"
  Presenter: Stefan Potyra (sistpoty) and Steve Langasek (slangasek)

• 25-03-08 Topic: FTBFS (Fails to build from source)
  Presenter: James Westby

• 2008-06-03 Topic: "Packaging scripts, webapps, firmware installers, and other things that don't get compiled"
  Presenter: Emmet Hikory (persia)

• 2008-06-26 Topic: "Effectively using and interpreting apport retraces"
  Presenter: Emmet Hikory (persia)

• 2008-07-28 Topic: "Understanding Maintainer Scripts"
  Presenter: Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto)

• 2008-08-14 Topic: "Merging Best Practices"
  Presenter: Nathan Handler (nhandler)

• UbuntuDeveloperWeek 2

  • Packaging 101
    Presenter: Daniel Holbach (dholbach)

  • Upstream Bug Linkages
    Presenter: Jorge Castro (jcastro)

  • Introduction to MOTU
    Presenter: Iulian Udrea (Iulian)

  • Soyuz and all that Jazz
    Presenter: Celso Providelo (cprov)

  • Ubuntu and GNOME QA
    Presenter: Pedro Villavivencio (pedro_)

  • How do I fix an Ubuntu bug?
    Presenter: Daniel Holbach (dholbach)

  • Introduction to BZR
    Presenter: David Futcher (bobbo)

  • Kernel module packaging with DKMS
    Presenter: Mario Limonciello (superm1)

  • Using the Launchpad Web Service API
    Presenter: Leonard Richardson (leonardr) and Barry Warsaw (barry)

  • BZR for packaging
    Presenter: James Westby (james_w)

  • How do I update a package properly?
    Presenter: Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto)

  • Introduction to the Server Team
    Presenter: Mathias Gug (mathiaz)

  • Introduction to PPAs
    Presenter: Celso Providelo (cprov)

  • Various ways to patch a package
    Presenter: Christophe Sauthier (huats) and Didier Roche (didrocks)

  • Automated Testing for the Desktop
    Presenter: Ara Pulido (ara)

  • How do I fix an Ubuntu bug?
    Presenter: Daniel Holbach (dholbach)

  • A WebKit browser in PyKDE
    Presenter: Jonathan Riddell (Riddell)

  • Having fun with the MozillaTeam
    Presenter: Alexander Sack (asac)

  • How to avoid making Archive Admins unhappy
    Presenter: Steve Langasek (slangasek)

  • Ask Matt
    Presenter: Matt Zimmerman (mdz)

  • Unit testing Python Code, with code coverage measurement
    Presenter: Lars Wirzenius (liw)

  • Introduction to the Installer Team
    Presenter: Evan Dandrea (evand)

  • Introduction to the Security Team
    Presenter: Kees Cook (kees) and Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)

  • Kernel Discussion
    Presenter: Ben Collins (BenC)

Requests

On MOTU/School/Requests you can make further requests for sessions, or volunteer to give one of your own.

Comments

I would like to request that sessions be re-presented in an earlier CET time. 03:00 CET is nearly impossible to attend. Thanks.

Is it possible to have RSS for sessions?

Sorry if this is the wrong place, but are there logs available?

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It would be great to setup an entire course/curriculum similar to the LinuxChix PostGreSQL class they are running on Moodle. Several advantages to this approach:

• You would have one or two mentors for an entire class of folks who all start at one time
• Learners all begin at the same place, say monthly sessions that run for 4 or 6 weeks
• Learners have the info in one, organized placed
• Learners will have self-checks and pre-assigned activities
• Learners will learn as much from each other than any one mentor

The course setup and activities would take some building but definitely worth it to get an entire class, say 10 potential MOTUs all up and running at one time. The current one-on-one mentoring is great but very time consuming for mentors and often frustrating for mentees or others in the queue.

BelindaLopez - Dinda

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