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Welcome to the realm of the Masters of the Universe!

Masters of the Universe (MOTUs) are the brave souls who try to keep the [http://ubuntulinux.org/ubuntu/components universe section] of Ubuntu in shape. This involves:

• merging changes from Debian inside Ubuntu packages. For more information, see ["MOTU/Merging"].

• filing and fixing bugs on Ubuntu packages, using [https://launchpad.net/malone malone]. For more information, see ["MOTUBugFixing"].

• getting new or updated packages inside Ubuntu. For more information, see ["MOTUNewSoftware"].

Those tasks are done by two categories of Ubuntu enthusiasts :

• MOTUs: Ubuntu members who are granted upload rights to the universe section of Ubuntu.

• MOTU Hopefuls: People (like you?) just trying to help.

MOTUs and MOTU Hopefuls can be reached:

• on IRC : #ubuntu-motu on irc.freenode.net

• on their mailing list: [http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu info page] and [http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-motu/ archives].

The MOTU team is led by OliverGrawert (ogra) and DanielHolbach (dholbach). To see the currently active members, look at the [https://launchpad.net/people/motu/ launchpad team].

Useful Links For MOTUs, MOTU hopefuls and MOTU enthusiasts

• [:MOTU/Merging]: learn how to merge changes from Debian inside Ubuntu
• [:MOTUBugFixing]: learn how to file and fix bugs in Ubuntu
• [:MOTUNewSoftware]: learn how to get new software in Ubuntu
• [:MOTU/Teams]: MOTUs and MOTU hopefuls form teams working on a subset of packages. Is there a team that meet your interests?

• [:UniverseCandidates] - A wishlist of programs that people would like to have included in Ubuntu. These need to get reviewed and packaged.

• [:MOTU/Report] - report on what we do
• [:MOTU/Meetings/Minutes] all wrap ups of our monthly-held MOTU Meetings on #motu-meeting

• [:DeveloperResources]: General documentations for package maintainers (see also [:KubuntuPackagingGuide])

• [:MOTURecruitment]: How to go from MOTU Hopeful to MOTU

• ContributingToDebian: Because MOTU work is about managing divergence between Debian and Ubuntu

• [:MOTU/ReviewingGuide]: How to review Ubuntu packages. A guide for MOTUs and packagers

Other pages that might or might not be interested

Also see ["MOTU/DocTodo"] about MOTU Wiki reorganization.

Some of the following pages are outdated.

• [:MOTUWannabeTips]
• [:MOTU/News] - news that may be of your interest

• [:MOTU/Teams/Reviewers] - We collect submissions of .debdiffs on this list: http://launchpad.net/people/motureviewers/+assignedbugs

• ["MOTU/Transitions"] ongoing transitions in universe

• [:UniverseUnmetDeps] - Source packages that can not be built and installed because they have missing/wrong dependencies.(There are tons of packages needing love!)

• [:UniversePackageWithoutDesktopFile] - Packages without .desktop files in /usr/share/applications (so they don't apear in menu nor claim mime types to handle)

  • This page needs updated with breezy packages that are missing desktop files

• [:UniverseDesktopFileAbsolutePath] - Fix .desktop files with absolute icon paths

• filing RFPs for/inform utnubu-discuss of http://ajmitch.dhis.org/debuild/ubuntu/merge-tool/current/rfp and tick them off on [:UniverseNewPackages]

• [:MOTUTools]: Useful tools

CategoryUbuntuTeams ["CategoryMOTU"]