| Rodrigo3x | hi everybody! I'm interested in becoming an Ubuntu developer, but it's still unclear to me what step I must follow | 01:08 |
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| Rodrigo3x | can somebody point me in the right direction? | 01:08 |
| Rodrigo3x | hi everybody! I'm interested in becoming an Ubuntu developer, but it's still unclear to me what steps I must follow...can somebody point me in the right direction? | 01:16 |
| micahg | Rodrigo3x: just start fixing stuff | 01:17 |
| Rodrigo3x | micahg: Hi! I would like to do so, I'm a senior Java developer, who loves to open to new technologies, languages and the like, but I'm a complete noob to the process of getting some source, grab a bug report, then fixing and submitting the changes I'd made | 01:19 |
| micahg | Rodrigo3x: are you familiar with VCS workflows | 01:20 |
| Rodrigo3x | micahg: No | 01:20 |
| micahg | Rodrigo3x: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/TODO#Patch_Testing_and_Review | 01:21 |
| Rodrigo3x | micahg: Thanks, I'm reading the page you provided, and found that Harvest/Opportunities are quite interesting...I certainly want to fix some of these! | 01:30 |
| micahg | Rodrigo3x: that would be wonderful, we have no shortage of bugs, feel free to ask any questions you might have | 01:30 |
| micahg | Rodrigo3x: if you have a favorite java package, that might be a good place to start | 01:31 |
| Rodrigo3x | micahg: I'm still wondering how to get the sources related to a certain bug and begin playing with it, I've been reading some docs, but can't still get it | 01:34 |
| Rodrigo3x | is there any doc you recommend? | 01:35 |
| micahg | Rodrigo3x: ah, sorry, that piece was missing :) | 01:35 |
| * micahg looks for it | 01:35 | |
| Rodrigo3x | micahg: haha :D I'll keep reading the docs and trying to get it to work, again, the opportunities of Harvest look interesting | 01:37 |
| micahg | Rodrigo3x: here's the full packaging guide: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/Complete#Patching_Other_People.27s_Packages | 01:37 |
| micahg | oops, without the # and what's after it that is | 01:37 |
| micahg | if you'd like to try the method with version control, there's a link at the top to the new guide | 01:38 |
| nhandler | http://developer.ubuntu.com/packaging/html/ might be a bit more up-to-date | 01:38 |
| micahg | right, that's the version control version :) | 01:39 |
| nhandler | :) | 01:39 |
| Rodrigo3x | micahg / nhandler: http://developer.ubuntu.com/packaging/html/ has a example of fixing a bug in tomboy, seems very informative to me | 01:43 |
| micahg | Rodrigo3x: if that workflow looks good, go for it :0 | 01:43 |
| micahg | :) | 01:43 |
| Rodrigo3x | micahg / nhandler: I'll take some time to read the entire doc, but I'll be back!!! | 01:43 |
| Rodrigo3x | thanks you all! | 01:44 |
| Rodrigo3x | hi again people, I'm setting up my environment to begin contributing, and reading the docs, I'm seeing many times the "upstream" concept | 02:45 |
| Rodrigo3x | can anyone explain the upstream concept? | 02:45 |
| ScottK | Rodrigo3x: Most of the software in Ubuntu is not written specifically for Ubuntu. It's written by a separate upstream and we package it for Ubuntu. | 02:47 |
| ScottK | Upstream is wherever we get stuff from. | 02:47 |
| Rodrigo3x | ScottK: Hi! ok, got it now. Sorry, I'm constantly improving my english, some things fall out my understanding, and I'm a newbie in becoming a Ubuntu contributor | 02:52 |
| ScottK | Glad to help. | 02:54 |
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