Ubuntu MOTU Meeting in #ubuntu-meeting Friday, 12/15/06, 20.00 UTC

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com//MOTU/Meetings for the agenda

Masters of the Universe Team Meeting in #ubuntu-meeting

MOTU meeting on Monday, Oct 9th 14:00 UTC.
Items on the agenda are for now:

* Release preparation for Universe / Multiverse.
* Discuss StableReleaseUpdates policy for Universe / Multiverse.

Be sure to add your agenda item to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Meetings
- but please try to keep it short, so we can get back to fixing Universe

This Friday (11 Aug.) at 01:00 UTC, Jordan Mantha (aka LaserJock) will be leading a MOTU School session on Ubuntu packaging in #ubuntu-motu-school on Freenode. If you have ever wondered how those .debs are made, this session will be a great opportunity get started. He will introduce concepts noted in the Ubuntu Packaging Guide and will point out resources for learning more about packaging. Everyone is welcome to sit in!

As always, IRC logs of the session will be posted on the Ubuntu wiki soon afterward, so people who are unable to attend can follow the transcripts.

For those of you who like to read ahead (you know who you are), some advance reading will be posted at the Packaging Basics school session wikipage.

Update: Vid Ayer tells us: Jordan Mantha has kindly decided to repeat the session for the benefit of people in European time zones and will hold the session first at 01:00 UTC and a repeat at 17:00 UTC.

• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-motu-school
• Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/School

Kevin Cole has concocted a nice transcript of December’s MOTU School session, “Packaging without debhelper and/or CDBS”. Paul Sladen added his own notes and files for those who want the short, short version of the tutorial.

Stephan Hermann is also looking for more volunteers to speak about special topics for anyone who is interested.

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Just a friendly reminder that the first live MOTU School series will be taking place the 10th of December at 1770 UTC on #ubuntu-motu-school on irc.freenode.net. Andrew Mitchell (ajmitch) will be chairing the session “Packaging without debhelper and/or CDBS”. Andrew is a Debian Developer and MOTU, and will be focusing on the raw guts of the Debian packaging toolchain. The intent is to give participants a deeper understanding of packaging techniques to further educate the pool of budding Ubuntu developers.

We’ve got the event up on the calendar, so check it out if you are interested in brushing up those debian/rules skills. For a better understanding of what MOTU School is about, make sure you read up Stephan Hermann’s goals for the project.

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The inimitable Daniel Holbach has posted the latest status report from the MOTU team. Highlights include merge updates from Dapper, a new logo contest, and a look at the MOTU Science team. The ranks continue to swell with the announcement of four newly minted MOTUs: Benjamin Montgomery, Zak B. Elep (zakame), Loic Pefferkorn (pef), and Benjamin Mako Hill (mako).

In related news, Stephann Hermann has announced the Ubuntu MOTU School, a virtual “how to get started” educational program where prospective packagers can learn the intricacies of maintaining the ever growing library of software in Universe. Visit #ubuntu-motu-school on irc.freenode.net for more information.

Daniel Holbach of the MOTU team has posted the latest report on MOTU Issues:

October was very exciting. We released Breezy Badger’s Universe and Multiverse with less bugs and more thrilling software. Thank you everybody who helped to make this possible.

It’s that time again! After an arduous six months the Breezy release process is finally nearing completion. Traditionally, Ubunteros from around the world gather around local pubs and establishments to celebrate the release of our favorite distribution, where they can eat, drink, be merry, and share tall tales of the development cycle.

You can find parties and link up information at the release party page. Don’t forget to submit your release party photos to the gallery.

Matt Zimmerman has announced the release of the Ubuntu 5.10 Release Candidate. This will be the final milestone before the release of 5.10 on October 13th.