We want you: the mentoring reception needs your help
Dear all, there is quite a lot to do in the mentoring reception, and I'm all alone to run the show. Is any of you interested to help? The pay is low, the working hours many, but you will be repayed manyfolds by helping our community growing and getting stronger and better! Please drop me an email if you are interested to help, Cesare -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list Ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
Re: Getting Packages Updated
On Thursday 26 June 2008 16:29:21 Null Ack wrote: > My apologies for asking what seem's like a basic question but how does > a user go about requesting that a package get updated? Your email is a bit confused, but I guess you want to know about backports: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports > I especially consider mplayer, gnome-player and x264 to be a special > case where SVN builds do not pose any real risk to being backported > into released Ubuntu revisions. About gnome-mplayer, there is absolutely no risk in backporting the development release to the stable release (I'm actually running 0.6.2 on gutsy). Its not done so far simply because nobody bothered to take the time and actually ask for it. HTH, Cesare -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list Ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
Re: Getting Packages Updated
On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 00:29 +1000, Null Ack wrote: > My apologies for asking what seem's like a basic question but how does > a user go about requesting that a package get updated? The motu wiki > seems geared to becoming a motu. I went looking on the Ubuntu forums > as well, no relevant posts in the search, created a post, bumped it > some time later, still no replies despite numerous people reading it. Hi, The correct way to do this is to file a bug against the package and tag it "upgrade". You can also look to see if Debian has the newer version, and if they do then mentioning this will help. If they do not then filing a wishlist bug against the package in Debian requesting that the new upstream be packaged might help. Thanks, James -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list Ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
Getting Packages Updated
My apologies for asking what seem's like a basic question but how does a user go about requesting that a package get updated? The motu wiki seems geared to becoming a motu. I went looking on the Ubuntu forums as well, no relevant posts in the search, created a post, bumped it some time later, still no replies despite numerous people reading it. Additionally, I was getting confused about how to determine where a package comes from. I since discovered if I right click in synaptic one of the tabs shows an email address for the maintainer. Of then the comeback from upstream devs is "contact the maintainer for a new version". Ive been compiling some packages from source but its messy because then it wont be integrated into my system and the dependencies become a problem. I would really appreciate updates to: 1. Tripwire 2. SVN mplayer 3. SVN gnome-mplayer (revision 700 has some important fixes) 4. GIT x264 and libx264 I especially consider mplayer, gnome-player and x264 to be a special case where SVN builds do not pose any real risk to being backported into released Ubuntu revisions. Many people are resorting to compiling these by themselves to get updates but it causes dependency problems with the rest of the system. It would be really terrific if these three packages could be built say on a weekly basis and made available to the backport repository. Development on these moves ahead most days and the only problem Ive ever had is it not compiling, which is fixed in a few hours by a new release. This is compounded by these three not being "core" to a default Ubuntu install so new users wont be confused by the regular updates. Thanks -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list Ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
MOTU School session logs from today available
Hi all, Thanks to Emmet for running the session, it was very informative. Logs are now available for those who were not able to make the session at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/School/IntrepretingApportRetraces I was unable to find any wiki documentation about using Apport in triaging and bug fixing. The session was great, but an IRC log is not the best way to present the information, so if anyone would like to turn it in to some documentation your help would be appreciated. Please get in touch if you would like to help. Thanks, James -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list Ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
