How I can help

[Micah Cowan]

On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 09:50 +0200, Frouin Jean-Michel wrote:
> Hello I am a C++ developper and I use ubuntu.
> I read on website that it is possible to help :D
> So I ask how :) I am a linux user since many years but I never contributed :(
> If you have some links or some explanations.
> Thanks

If you haven't already, have a look at
http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate .

Like you, I too am a programmer who has become interested in helping
with Ubuntu. Here's what I've found to work for me so far:

1) Get an account with http://launchpad.net/

2) Get a GPG key into the keyring and sign a copy of the Ubuntu Code of
Conduct.

3) Learn about Debian packages and the art of packaging. See
https://help.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/packagingguide/C/index.html and the
helpful information at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/School

3) Look at the buglists in launchpad's Malone for your favorite software
packages, and look for ways to work on bugs that you care about.
(Actually, I pretty much sit on #ubuntu-bugs and listen for bugs that
seem interesting enough for me to look more deeply into; I also notice
the occaisional bug on my own and sometimes try to write a patch for
it).

4) Help package software that's not yet in Ubuntu
(https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Packages/Candidates - I haven't started
doing this yet)

-- 
HTH,
Micah J. Cowan
Programmer, musician, typesetting enthusiast, gamer...
http://micah.cowan.name/



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