[01:08] <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] <Rodrigo3x> can somebody point me in the right direction?
[01:16] <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?
[01:17] <micahg> Rodrigo3x: just start fixing stuff
[01:19] <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
[01:20] <micahg> Rodrigo3x: are you familiar with VCS workflows
[01:20] <Rodrigo3x> micahg: No
[01:21] <micahg> Rodrigo3x: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/TODO#Patch_Testing_and_Review
[01:30] <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
[01:31] <micahg> Rodrigo3x: if you have a favorite java package, that might be a good place to start
[01:34] <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
[01:35] <Rodrigo3x> is there any doc you recommend?
[01:35] <micahg> Rodrigo3x: ah, sorry, that piece was missing :)
[01:35]  * micahg looks for it
[01:37] <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
[01:38] <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
[01:39] <micahg> right, that's the version control version :)
[01:39] <nhandler> :)
[01:43] <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!!!
[01:44] <Rodrigo3x> thanks you all!
[02:45] <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?
[02:47] <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.
[02:52] <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
[02:54] <ScottK> Glad to help.
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