Manchester Lucid Ubuntu Global Jam Event Information

The Ubuntu Global Jam is an incredible opportunity for the Ubuntu community to unite together around the weekend of 26th - 28th March 2010 to work together to improve Ubuntu.

Main Event Page

Prerequisites

• Enthusiasm. No prior experience needed.
• A mug (for cups of tea).
• Laptop or netbook (or desktop if you're happy lugging it up stairs).
• An account at launchpad.net (can be done on the day).
• Gobby and an IRC client installed (can be done on the day).

On the day

Information

• How to connect to the wifi….
• The microblogging hashtag is #globaljam and #madjam

• The irc channel is #globaljam (for IRC instructions, see http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/chatirc)

Suggestions for things to do:

Upgrading

• Read the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Jams/Upgrade

• Basic Steps:
  • Upgrade your system to Lucid by running sudo update-manager –d

  • After finishing the upgrade check that your system still works correctly. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/UpgradeChecklist contains a simple checklist of things that worth a try.

  • File any bugs you may find. Tag them with the tags hardy2lucid or karmic2lucid. Check the Debugging Update Manager wiki page for a nice guide on how to report your upgrade bugs.
  • After the upgrade it would be nice if you could run System Testing (under System→Administration→System Testing) to gather information about your system. Submit the data to Launchpad.
  • Report “Pass or Failed in the corresponding ISO test case”..

ISO Testing

• Test the live CD/USB Stick and installer.
• Suitable for any user to do.

• Read the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Jams/Testing

• Further help in #ubuntu-testing

Reporting Bugs

• To find out what a bug is (and general background information), see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs first.

• Suitable for any user to do.

• For more information, read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

• And see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/TODO/Bugs

Triaging Bugs

• To find out what a bug is (and general background information), see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs first.

• No programming required!

• For more information, read https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/HowToTriage

• And see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/TODO/Bugs

Fixing Bugs

• To find out what a bug is (and general background information), see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs first.

• For more information, read https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/HowToFix

• And see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/TODO/Bugs

Reviewing & Merging Patches

• This doesn't require an expert programmer!

• For more information see http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/03/22/help-needed-reviewing-and-merging-patches/ and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/CodeReviews

Packaging

• Also, doesn't require programming skills (but does require experience with the command line).

• See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Jams/Packaging

• And https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide (and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/GettingStarted)

Translations

• Suitable for any user to do.

• Ubuntu-UK Loco have a en-GB translation team! See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EnglishTranslation

• For general information, go to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Jams/Translations

• For Scots, Gaelic and Welsh translation information, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Translations

Documentation

• See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Jams/Docs

• Suitable for any user to do.

Anything else!

• Read http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/

• Also, go to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam for project ideas or ask around on IRC!