Re: Getting new packages into Ubuntu

2011-09-20 Thread Jonathan Lange
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:09:54PM -0700, Evan Broder wrote: >> If we're going to focus on making this easier, can we focus on the >> first two options? Historically speaking, packages that live solely in >> Ubuntu and aren't part of any relea

Re: Please do not use syncpackage during hard-freeze periods

2011-04-06 Thread Jonathan Lange
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Colin Watson wrote: ... >> Why universe is hard-frozen as well? > > Launchpad doesn't give us the ability to be selective. > However, we would happily accept a patch to be more selective, provided there was collective agreement from Ubuntu developers that this woul

Re: Restructuring ubuntu-dev-tools?

2011-03-15 Thread Jonathan Lange
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Barry Warsaw wrote: > On Jan 27, 2011, at 01:19 PM, Martin Pool wrote: > >>By "people in general" I mean it doesn't need to include things that >>are only for Ubuntu developers, or that scratch particular personal >>itches.  But there are some very common things li

Re: UDS Prep: Making it easier to fix bugs

2010-11-02 Thread Jonathan Lange
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Daniel Holbach wrote: > Hello everybody, > > at UDS I'd like to discuss how we can make it easier to fix bugs, > especially for new contributors. > > > I documented the steps that are necessary at > >        http://people.canonical.com/~dholbach/Fixing%20a%20bug.pn