Author Archives: boredandblogging

MOTU get ready: Developers announce 'REVU' Day

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-09-02

Hot on the footsteps of our recent story of Reinhard Tartler being interviewed (on Behind Ubuntu) about his work on ‘REVU’ and the Masters of the Universe team, we’re delighted to discover REVU Day. Daniel Holbach announced on the ubuntu-devel mailing list that September 8th will be REVU Day for the edgy development process. REVU […]

Preview release Edgy Eft Knot-2 ready for testing

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-09-01

As of just a few hours ago, Edgy Eft Knot-2 has been released for testers. Knot 2 is the second in a series of milestone CD images that will be released throughout the Edgy development cycle, ultimately becoming Ubuntu 6.10. While this development version (codenamed Edgy Eft) is highly recommended for Ubuntu developers and those […]

News #11: What the Xorg's that about? Developers do Deutschland

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-08-30

In Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue #11 for the week of 2006 August 20th – 26th, you’ll find: X.org breakage in 6.06 Distro sprint in Germany Backports are back Upstart unveiled Security updates Updates to Ubuntu 6.06 New apps in Edgy Kubuntu updates In the press Features of the Week: Thunar The opening section on the […]

Behind Ubuntu: Reinhard Tartler

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-08-30

Reinhard “siretart” Tartler: MOTU member The folks over at Behind Ubuntu present an interview with Reinhard Tartler (aka siretart) and all round nice person. Reinhard is perhaps best known for his work on REVU (“review”). REVU is the automated system that universe maintainers (MOTU) use for sanity-checking new packages. Before allowing new software to be […]

On your marks, set, Sprint! News from Wiesbaden

By boredandblogging | Published: 2006-08-25

Mark Shuttleworth leading a session on improving the bug-tracker At the ACHAT hotel in Wiesbaden, central Germany, twenty-three members of the Ubuntu development team have managed to get together for a small, fast-paced development conference known as a ‘sprint’. The idea behind a sprint is to get as many of the right people in one […]