Category Archives: Development

Ubuntu 12.04 Development update

By dholbach | Published: 2012-01-26

Development Update Huzzah, time flies when you are having fun. We are in week 15 of the release already and have 13 weeks left until release. Next week, according to the plan, we will get Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 2 out. As you can imagine, everybody is trying to get their current work into Precise, so […]

Ubuntu Developer Week: 31st January-2nd February

By dholbach | Published: 2012-01-25

It’s everybody’s second-most favourite time of the release again. No, not the actual release, but it’s Ubuntu Developer Week! Join us from Tuesday, 31st January 2012 to Thursday, 2nd February 2012 for three action-packed days full of tutorial and hands-on session all around Ubuntu development. We spared no efforts to bring you a very diverse […]

Looking for PHP Developers to assist with forums upgrade

By pleia2 | Published: 2012-01-23

The Ubuntu Community is looking for a PHP/OpenID hero to help us in a bit of a bind we have on the forums. The forums need a branding update, as well as an update to the vbulletin software we are running. Unfortunately Vbulletin doesn’t support openid(!). Let us please not bring alternates to Vb into […]

Ubuntu 12.04 Development update

By dholbach | Published: 2012-01-19

Development Update Welcome back everyone after the holiday break. Since we spoke the last time, there has lots been happening. By now we only have 14 weeks left until Ubuntu 12.04 a.k.a. Precise Pangolin, another LTS release gets out the door. In the meantime we have passed January 12th, where we reached the Debian Import […]

Vacant Developer Membership Board seat: Call for nominations

By pleia2 | Published: 2012-01-17

We will soon have a Vacant Developer Membership Board seat. Michael Bienia is reaching the end of his term, and we need to find a replacement. This is a call for nominations. The DMB is responsible for reviewing and approving new Ubuntu developers, meeting for about an hour once a fortnight. Candidates should be Ubuntu […]