Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 292

By pleia2 | Published: 2012-11-19

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #292 for the week November 12 – 18, 2012, and the full version is available here.

In this issue we cover:

The issue of The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Elizabeth Krumbach
  • Jasna Bencic
  • Nathan Dyer
  • Penelope Stowe
  • John Kim
  • Philip Ballew
  • Jim Connett
  • And many others

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Except where otherwise noted, content in this issue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License BY SA Creative Commons License

CoC Version 2.0 has been released

By pleia2 | Published: 2012-11-19

A Code of Conduct is an important guiding document. It forms the basis for how an organization operates internally and externally. Writing a code of conduct is a long and difficult process especially when an organization is composed of people from varied cultures around the globe.

Over the past two cycles the Community Council has put in a great deal of effort to merge the original Code of Conduct with the very important Leadership Code of Conduct so that the document more clearly communicates the guiding principals the community has. That work has involved two in-person sessions; one at UDS-Q and one at UDS-R. It has also involved two drafts being shared with the community in an effort to seek feedback. Every effort was made to clear up ambigous language or phrases that posed difficulty to translations.

The Community Council would like to thank all the community contributors that offered their voices to the review process. Your varied perspectives helped us identify areas that needed refinement and polish. Your passion energized us to push through the difficult work of putting in to words the guiding core values of our community.

Here is the summary of the changes.

  • merged CoC and LCoC, factored in diversity statement too
  • generalised it, so other communities can more easily make use of it
  • mention CC-BY-SA 3.0 license
  • generally reduced duplication
  • make it clear that everybody can take action, there’s no need to wait for formal recognition
  • explain governance principles
  • concrete leadership guidelines: added paragraphs about courage, considerateness and decisiveness

The current version can be found here: https://launchpad.net/codeofconduct/2.0

Thank you again to all the fantastic community contributors who assisted in crafting the current final document.

Charles Profitt on behalf of the Ubuntu Community Council

Originally posted to the ubuntu-news-team mailing list on Mon Nov 19 17:38:33 UTC 2012 by Charles Profitt

New Contributor Feedback – 12.10

By philipballew | Published: 2012-11-19

Over the past development cycle, the Ubuntu Developer Advisory Team reached out to many new contributors. As part of that work, we solicited feedback about our development process. We have summarized this feedback in the attached report. It is our hope that it will help drive further discussion about our development processes, tools, and documentation in the lead up to UDS and over the course of the next cycle.

Attracting new developers and maintaining our welcoming environment for contributors is an important task for the project. We encourage both new contributors and existing developers to discuss your interpretations of the report as well as any other feedback you might want to share about your experience working on Ubuntu.

The full text is below. It is also available as a PDF.

Originally posted to the ubuntu-devel mailing list on Sun Nov 18 04:17:31 UTC 2012 by Vibhav Pant

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 291

By pleia2 | Published: 2012-11-13

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #291 for the week November 5 – 11, 2012, and the full version is available here.

In this issue we cover:

The issue of The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Elizabeth Krumbach
  • Jasna Benčić
  • Nathan Dyer
  • Leon Marincowitz
  • Jim Connett
  • And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

Except where otherwise noted, content in this issue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License BY SA Creative Commons License

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 290

By pleia2 | Published: 2012-11-05

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #290 for the week October 29 – November – 4, 2012, and the full version is available here.

In this issue we cover:

The issue of The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Elizabeth Krumbach
  • Jasna Bencic
  • Charles Profitt
  • Jim Connett
  • And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

Except where otherwise noted, content in this issue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License BY SA Creative Commons License