Start contributing

[Dan Munckton]

This is a very useful answer.

Thanks Emilio.

On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 19:28 +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
> Benjamin Picardat wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I would be really interested in contributing to ubuntu but i'm rather 
> > unexperimented.
> 
> Hey Benjamin, and welcome!
> 
> > I don't know what to start with : packaging, or fixing bugs.
> 
> Well, you can start doing both ;) Look at
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=packaging
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=needs-packaging
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=upgrade
> 
> > I've got a correct knowledge of C, and bash scripting, and i 'd like to 
> > improve my skills, that's why i want to get involved in real projects.
> > 
> > So what's the best way to start contributing ? I've read some stuff 
> > about it in the wiki but i'm a bit lost.
> 
> I'd suggest you to start with bug triaging and with packaging. For
> packaging, you can join #ubuntu-motu on Freenode. We will be glad to
> help you if you have any questions (of course you can ask here on the
> list, but IRC is faster ;). For bug triaging, #ubuntu-bugs is a great
> place to see new bugs and to get help if in doubt.
> 
> If you haven't read it yet, there's some documentation on the wiki:
> http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/packagingguide/C/index.html
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Recipes/
> 
> You don't need to read all of it at the beginning. Instead, I suggest to
> read it when you need it, so you can do some work on that part, and
> you'll learn more with that practice.
> 
> > Could someone indicate me some not too complicated task to begin with ?
> 
> There are bugs tagged as bitesize, which should be easy for start:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=bitesize
> 
> > Thank you for your help, and sorry for my approximative english.
> 
> Your English is fine!
> 
> Cheers
> Emilio
> 
> > Benjamin aka pH
> > 
> > 
>