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

Task

Date Completed

Notes (See section below)

Read [:UbuntuDevelopment:Ubuntu Development Documentation]

Date(2008-01-27T18:45:57Z)

Read [:UbuntuDevelopers:Info about Ubuntu Developers]

Date(2008-01-27T19:10:45Z)

Read [:MOTU/GettingStarted:MOTU Getting Started]

Date(2008-01-27T18:45:57Z)

Read [:PbuilderHowto:Pbuilder Documentation]

Date(2008-01-30T02:04:06Z)

Read [:PackagingGuide:Packaging Guide]

TODO

Exercise: [:PackagingGuide/Complete#head-b1e654041de2f572282304b43e4b5191866afe46: Packaging hello from source]

Date(2008-02-01T20:06:13Z)

[:protonchris/MOTU#head-c0ecd7aa6a59e722ef5ffb0dc15b20289d70f5b0:1],[:protonchris/MOTU#head-c0ecd7aa6a59e722ef5ffb0dc15b20289d70f5b0:2]

Exercise: [:PackagingGuide/Complete#head-54affe1daa46d0329d4eb61c90c13454df5bde63: Packaging hello using debhelper]

Date(2008-02-03T17:08:04Z)

[:protonchris/MOTU#head-c0ecd7aa6a59e722ef5ffb0dc15b20289d70f5b0:1],[:protonchris/MOTU#head-c0ecd7aa6a59e722ef5ffb0dc15b20289d70f5b0:2],[:protonchris/MOTU#head-c0ecd7aa6a59e722ef5ffb0dc15b20289d70f5b0:3]

Read [:UbuntuDevelopment/CodeReviews:Ubuntu Development Code Review]

TODO

Read [:SponsorshipProcess:The Sponsorship Process]

TODO

Read [http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html FAQ on why packages get rejected in Debian]

TODO

Read and track [:EfrainValles/MOTUJourney:Efrain's MOTU wiki page]

Ongoing

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.

Date(2008-02-03T17:21:04Z)BR I went through the debhelper section and the packaging from source section of the Ubuntu PackagingGuide. I noticed that the guide was a little behind since hello 2.2 is now available. So when working through the exercises I downloaded [http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/hello/hello-2.2.tar.gz Hello 2.2] so that it would match with the current packages in the gutsy repository.

Notes

  1. lintian wanted -$(MAKE) distclean in the hello rules file to be changed to [ ! -f Makefile ] || $(MAKE) distclean

  2. Hello 2.2 is now available in the gutsy repository. So download [http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/hello/hello-2.2.tar.gz Hello 2.2] instead.

  3. The rules file for hello-debhelper package weren't exactly the same as those described in the packaging guide, but it didn't seem to be a problem.

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