MOTU
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Introduction
This page will discuss the steps that I go through in order to become an MOTU and is inspired by [:EfrainValles/MOTUJourney:Efrain's MOTU page]. Thank you Efrain.
Task List
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Notes (See section below) |
Read [:UbuntuDevelopment:Ubuntu Development Documentation] |
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Read [:UbuntuDevelopers:Info about Ubuntu Developers] |
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Read [:MOTU/GettingStarted:MOTU Getting Started] |
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Read [:PbuilderHowto:Pbuilder Documentation] |
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Read [:PackagingGuide:Packaging Guide] |
TODO |
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Exercise: [:PackagingGuide/Complete#head-b1e654041de2f572282304b43e4b5191866afe46: Packaging hello from source] |
[:protonchris/MOTU#head-c0ecd7aa6a59e722ef5ffb0dc15b20289d70f5b0:1] |
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Exercise: [:PackagingGuide/Complete#head-54affe1daa46d0329d4eb61c90c13454df5bde63: Packaging hello using debhelper] |
[:protonchris/MOTU#head-c0ecd7aa6a59e722ef5ffb0dc15b20289d70f5b0:1],[:protonchris/MOTU#head-c0ecd7aa6a59e722ef5ffb0dc15b20289d70f5b0:2] |
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Read [:UbuntuDevelopment/CodeReviews:Ubuntu Development Code Review] |
TODO |
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Read [:SponsorshipProcess:The Sponsorship Process] |
TODO |
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Read and track [:EfrainValles/MOTUJourney:Efrain's MOTU wiki page] |
Ongoing |
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Log
Date(2008-01-27T18:45:57Z)BR Well I finally decided to bite the bullet and get started. First up is reading. I'll keep a record of everything I read in the table above.
Date(2008-01-30T02:04:06Z)BR I read through the sections of the Pbuilder documentation that seemed relevant for getting started as a MOTU. I skipped the sections on ccache, multiple pbuilders, and the section on older ubuntu releases. Up next is the packing guide which includes examples of common MOTU tasks. As I go though it, I'll make a note of additional documentation that would be helpful to read.
Date(2008-02-01T18:32:03Z)BR I am currently reading through the Ubuntu PackagingGuide. This guide has a ton of information in it. I also added a few potential projects to test my packaging knowledge.
Notes
lintian wanted -$(MAKE) distclean in the hello rules file to be changed to [ ! -f Makefile ] || $(MAKE) distclean
- The rules file for hello-dehelper package weren't exactly the same as those described in the packaging guide, but it didn't seem to be a problem.
Potential Projects
- Upgrade the hello package to a new version with a Ubuntu specific change.
[http://www.lemis.com/grog/brewing/temperature-control.html Tempcontrol]
- Get it to compile on Linux. It currently compiles on BSD. I will definitely need help on this.
- Package it
[http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/ rdiff-backup] package for release from the stable branch
- Development version already exists in Ubuntu/Debian
- Rename the package to avoid conflicts with existing package