Ubuntu Development Knowledge Base

This page lists the documentation and help that is part of Ubuntu Development. This should provide a fairly complete list of the documentation we have available.

Ubuntu Development Processes

Information regarding how the Ubuntu project makes releases, the schedule and more.

• Release Process - how the Ubuntu release process works

• New Packages - how to produce new packages for new applications

• Using the development release - how to safely make use of the latest development release to verify packages, builds and fixes.

Packaging

Information and guides for technical packaging related work.

• Package Archive - working with the package archive

• Installation Media - working with different types of installation media

• PbuilderHowto - how to set up a pbuilder (personal package builder) environment

• UbuntuDevelopment/Merging - merging Ubuntu changes with new Debian package revisions

• UbuntuPackagingChanges - packaging changes that are deliberately different from Debian

Patches

• Patches - Best Practices and tips for preparing patches.

• Patch Tagging Guidelines - Tags you should use in distribution patches.

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