On getting started w/5-a-day

[Matt Fischer]

On 06/18/2012 08:09 PM, John Kim wrote:
> Hello bug squad,
>
> I'm John, and I want to participate in Ubuntu development.  Reading 
> through the wikia, I felt encouraged to try out on the 5-a-day 
> program.  I've read what 5-a-day was about very carefully, that 
> newcomers should confirm new bugs or link them to bugs from upstream 
> trackers if possible.
>
> Also, is it recommended for the prospective developer to get the 
> latest release of the next version for finding bugs?  I'm thinking 
> that the stable release isn't the best grounds for it.
>
> For instance, I stumbled on this low importance bug. 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/882470
>
> It affects oneiric, and I don't know if it has been resolved yet. In 
> precise, is it possible to replicate the bug?
>
> To confirm the bug, must I replicate it first and see if the 
> description is suffice for replication?  And how can I know if there 
> is a bug similar to this one, so that I may link it to the upstream?
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> John
>
>
>

Hi John,

Thanks for volunteering to help out.  I think that doing 5-a-day is an 
excellent way to learn your way around Launchpad and Ubuntu in general.  
Confirming and linking bugs upstream is important.  You can also work on 
finding the right packages for bugs ( 
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage) or work with submitters 
to get more info on bugs where it is required.

In the specific case you cited, if the bug really is in Unity, it's 
already filed "upstream" as Unity is an Ubuntu-specific project tracked 
in Launchpad.  (See how it's filed against Unity and Unity-Ubuntu)?  The 
comment in the bug is interesting, can you reproduce it with another 
application?  Does it still occur in Precise or Quantal?  I'd suggest 
you try those items and post your results as a comment, along with the 
versions of Unity you're trying.


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