Hi, Am a newbie to Ubuntu Community. Am a final year B.E., student from Computer Science branch. As far as i know am good at coding, but hardly do i know about the OS!
Kindly help me in getting me involved in Ubuntu-Desktop group and improve my coding skills and also improve my understanding about Ubuntu OS! I don't know how to fix bugs, or any other stuff related to this. Can i still continue.. and make a good contribution to the mighty Ubuntu Community by studying things slowly? And, how can i learn from the mailing lists and where should i start? Please help me! Thanks in Advance, Roopa On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 5:31 PM, <ubuntu-desktop-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com>wrote: > Send ubuntu-desktop mailing list submissions to > ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > ubuntu-desktop-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > ubuntu-desktop-ow...@lists.ubuntu.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of ubuntu-desktop digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Launchpad project for requesting upstream design input > (Chris Wilson) > 2. Low bug triage activity all around (Omer Akram) > 3. Re: Low bug triage activity all around (Omer Akram) > 4. Re: Low bug triage activity all around (Omer Akram) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Chris Wilson <notg...@ubuntu.com> > To: Ubuntu Desktop <ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com> > Cc: Ubuntu Papercuts Ninjas <papercuts-ni...@lists.launchpad.net> > Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2013 15:40:23 +0000 > Subject: Launchpad project for requesting upstream design input > Hi Desktopers, > > Hope you're all having a good new year. > > I've been thinking again on the subject of how to request design input on > paper cuts and I'm pretty sure we need to add a separate task to the bug > report as this better reflects the work that is going on. While this is > fine for Canonical's apps (such as Unity and friends) a different approach > will be required for upstream projects. > > I was thinking that maybe another Launchpad project could be created which > would function along the same lines as the ayatana-desgin task currently > does for Unity and friends, where the task is assigned to a designer who > marks it as fix committed when a design has been approved. The assignee of > the upstream-design task (working name) would be responsible for liaising > with the upstream developer to confirm a design fix, marking the task as > fix committed when they have done so. > > I was wondering if this kind of thing would see much use outside of the > paper cuts project, or is this problem unique to our work, and if anyone > has any better ideas for tracking the progress of upstream design requests. > > Thanks, > Chris > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Omer Akram <om2...@ubuntu.com> > To: Ubuntu BugSquad <ubuntu-bugsq...@lists.ubuntu.com>, Ubuntu Desktop > Discussion <ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com> > Cc: > Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2013 22:21:41 +0500 > Subject: Low bug triage activity all around > Hey all, > > I have been involved in bug triage for a while in Ubuntu and it seems this > scene is not that active it used to be although alot of great folks from > our community are highly devoted. > > I am not sure about the reason behind that but one thing I am sure is that > previously we had running efforts like "Bug Days" where a certain package > was selected and all of the Ubuntu Bug Squad was invited to participate in > triaging those bugs. > > Another reason which could be related is that now there is no one in the > Ubuntu desktop team (or Canonical) to lead the effort of Bug management and > community involvement previously Pedro played a big role there. > > So I think we need to think of some ways to improve the situation and get > more people involved into this effort. Does anyone have > suggestions/comments about this matter. > > Thanks > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Omer Akram <om2...@ubuntu.com> > To: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <ubu...@treblig.org> > Cc: Ubuntu Desktop Discussion <ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com>, Ubuntu > BugSquad <ubuntu-bugsq...@lists.ubuntu.com> > Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2013 23:04:53 +0500 > Subject: Re: Low bug triage activity all around > > > > On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 10:46 PM, Dr. David Alan Gilbert < > ubu...@treblig.org> wrote: > >> * Omer Akram (om2...@ubuntu.com) wrote: >> > Hey all, >> > >> > I have been involved in bug triage for a while in Ubuntu and it seems >> this >> > scene is not that active it used to be although alot of great folks from >> > our community are highly devoted. >> > >> > I am not sure about the reason behind that but one thing I am sure is >> that >> > previously we had running efforts like "Bug Days" where a certain >> package >> > was selected and all of the Ubuntu Bug Squad was invited to participate >> in >> > triaging those bugs. >> > >> > Another reason which could be related is that now there is no one in the >> > Ubuntu desktop team (or Canonical) to lead the effort of Bug management >> and >> > community involvement previously Pedro played a big role there. >> > >> > So I think we need to think of some ways to improve the situation and >> get >> > more people involved into this effort. Does anyone have >> > suggestions/comments about this matter. >> >> Most of the irc seems to have been pretty dead over xmas, I'm guessing >> there aren't many of us doing it just for the heck of it at the moment. >> There is also the danger that perhaps some of the others got a life >> and we aren't getting new ones in. >> > > That may be a factor but I have seen closely no activity in #ubuntu-bugs > for a while which is not good > > >> >> I've been trying to fix things like universe packages that seg at startup; >> but with Debian in freeze it's nigh on impossible to get any fix into >> debian >> unless it also breaks Debian which for a lot of our Fortify triggered >> bugs they don't; and for a non-debian dev it's also hard going. >> >> There are also a heck of a lot of unreviewed patches in the system; so >> perhaps >> it's time for another round of patch triaging. >> >> </snip> > > >> I don't know what the numbers are, but I think the lack of an 'alpha' >> for Raring (as opposed to the dailies) makes me think there are less >> people >> trying it; there certainly doesn't seem to be much activity on +1. >> > > I am not currently affected by this but maybe a bit more time at this will > produce better result. > > >> >> I'm also seeing signs there are a few of the regulars who've tried >> Raring on their machine and find it's failed very early on in the kernel >> and haven't been able to find a working solution to carry on, and have >> just gone and ignored it for the moment. >> > > then I am lucky raring works just fine for me just few glitches here and > there but thats expected at this stage i guess. > >> >> One thing I am starting to do is pick a random point in the bug list >> rather than starting at either end; just adding a 1000 or another >> random number to the bug list and instead of next/last just add a few >> more - lots of people look at the latest bugs; but there are a few >> year old untriaged bugs that are still broken on Raring; it just >> takes someone to spot them and try them - if the description >> in the bug is a seg-at-startup then I tend to try it myself >> rather than asking the user to reverify, since the user has probably >> moved on. >> >> > Yeah, I has been disucussed in the past that people don't know which bugs > to start with, the above problem sounds related. > > >> Dave >> -- >> -----Open up your eyes, open up your mind, open up your code ------- >> / Dr. David Alan Gilbert | Running GNU/Linux | Happy \ >> \ gro.gilbert @ treblig.org | | In Hex / >> \ _________________________|_____ http://www.treblig.org |_______/ >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-bugsquad mailing list >> ubuntu-bugsq...@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugsquad > > > Thanks > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Omer Akram <om2...@ubuntu.com> > To: fabiomarc...@ubuntu.com > Cc: Ubuntu Desktop Discussion <ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com>, Ubuntu > BugSquad <ubuntu-bugsq...@lists.ubuntu.com> > Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 16:30:53 +0500 > Subject: Re: Low bug triage activity all around > For that case I think someone should step in from our community. Anyone > willing to lead the effort of creating a stronger community around bug > management in Ubuntu? I will surely help where I can. > > > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 12:43 AM, Fabio Marconi <marconifa...@hotmail.it>wrote: > >> On 01/01/2013 18:21, Omer Akram wrote: >> >> Hey all, >> >> I have been involved in bug triage for a while in Ubuntu and it seems >> this scene is not that active it used to be although alot of great folks >> from our community are highly devoted. >> >> I am not sure about the reason behind that but one thing I am sure is >> that previously we had running efforts like "Bug Days" where a certain >> package was selected and all of the Ubuntu Bug Squad was invited to >> participate in triaging those bugs. >> >> Another reason which could be related is that now there is no one in >> the Ubuntu desktop team (or Canonical) to lead the effort of Bug management >> and community involvement previously Pedro played a big role there. >> >> So I think we need to think of some ways to improve the situation and >> get more people involved into this effort. Does anyone have >> suggestions/comments about this matter. >> >> Thanks >> >> >> Yes, pedro_ place still actually vacant, I cannot see any other person >> with his charisma and communicativity at the moment, I cannot perceive >> enthusiasm >> in this group. >> Was a great fault for a group that was growing up, now seems to me that >> everyone stay on its own, without willingness to mentor, explain and create >> a positive group around him. >> Just my 5 cents. >> Have a great year >> Fabio >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-bugsquad mailing list >> ubuntu-bugsq...@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugsquad >> >> > > -- > ubuntu-desktop mailing list > ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop > > -- *Be brave*. Remember, courage is acting with fear, not without it. If the challenge is important to you, you're supposed to be nervous; we only worry about things we care about. - Walter Anderson
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