Tag Archives: Launchpad

Becoming an Ubuntu Developer: a short guide

By nhandler | Published: 2011-01-27

I’ve heard and/or read a number of complaints over the past while about how the process of becoming an Ubuntu Developer is difficult, so I thought I’d write up a short guide to one of the many paths to becoming a developer. I send this to the Ubuntu Developers list for maximum distribution, although I […]

Call for Nominations for the Developer Membership Board

By nhandler | Published: 2011-01-19

Call for Nominations for the Developer Membership Board The terms of 6 of the 7 members of the Developer Membership Board shall soon expire, and new members must be selected. The DMB is responsible for reviewing and approving new Ubuntu developers, meeting for about an hour once a fortnight. Candidates should be Ubuntu developers themselves, […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 219

By nhandler | Published: 2011-01-18

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is Issue #219 for the week January 04- 17, 2011 and is available here. In this issue we cover: Council Updates. Translations Interviews: Daniel Nylander (Swedish Translation Team) Ubuntu Developer Interviews From the Ubuntu Rally, Dallas Texas Ubuntu now on Twitter Ubuntu User Days Making Ubuntu More Personal […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 218

By nhandler | Published: 2011-01-03

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter This is Issue #218 for the month of December 2010 and is available in full here. In this issue we cover: Announcing the next Ubuntu User Days Event Results from the December 17th Americas Membership Board meeting Results from the December Asia-Oceania Membership Board meeting Welcome new Edubuntu members […]

Official Bug Tags

By nhandler | Published: 2010-11-04

I’ve recently landed a change in Launchpad that allows members of the bug supervisor team for a product or distribution to modify the official bug tags for that object. For Ubuntu this means that members of ubuntu-bugcontrol can now add and remove official bug tags. This is done by clicking the "Edit official tags" link […]