What happened to my rules file?

By boredandblogging | Published: 2009-07-08

If you’re anything like me, you might have read something about the plans for debhelper 7 when they were still in the works. The idea of having a debian/rules file as simple as the following sounded pretty darn cool.


#!/usr/bin/make -f
%:
dh $@

Then Debian Sid was unfrozen and Ubuntu Karmic opened for development, and you found a packaging bug you wanted to fix or a package you work on was ready to be merged. Say you needed to run some code manually after a particular debhelper command is run, but the rules file was converted to use some of the new features in debhelper 7. You probably found your self wondering what happened to my rules file!

Well, in this week’s Packaging Training Session James Westby (james_w) will be answering just that question in his session, Debhelper v7: what happened to my rules file? Come to #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net at 09th July, 12:00 UTC to get the answer and learn how to take advantage of all the cool new stuff in dh 7.

[Discuss this Packaging Training Session on the Forums]

Originally posted by Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething) here on July 8, 2009 at 12:00 pm

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #149

By boredandblogging | Published: 2009-07-05

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #149 for the week June 28th – July 4th, 2009 is available.

In this issue we cover:
* Canonical Delves Deeper into the Cloud – Launches Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud Services
* Kubuntu Tutorials Day Spreads the Knowledge
* Ubuntu Stats
* Ubuntu Forums Tutorial of the Week
* Ubuntu Forums working on Login with Open ID
* Canonical party welcomes Gran Canaria Desktop Summit
* Ohio Linuxfest Call for Presentations
* In the Press & Blogosphere
* Powerpets, Inc. Head offices switch to Ubuntu
* Full Circle Magazine #26
* Vodcast: Dell’s Ubuntu Linux Strategy
* June Team Meeting Summaries
* Upcoming meetings & events
* Updates & Security
* And much, much more!

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

* John Crawford
* Craig A. Eddy
* Dave Bush
* Isabelle Duchatelle
* Nathan Handler
* Sayak Banerjee
* Liraz Siri
* And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly News, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

Except where otherwise noted, content in this issue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License BY SA Creative Commons LicenseAttribution 3.0 License

Kubuntu Tutorials Day Spreads the Knowledge

By boredandblogging | Published: 2009-06-30

The recent Kubuntu Tutorials Day featured five of free software’s finest speakers spreading their knowledge to a large audience. There were talks on Kubuntu, artwork, packaging, as well as an introduction to Ruby. There was also a special guest speaker from Amarok who gave a well received tutorial on scripting Amarok with QtScript.

Full and edited logs are available on the Kubuntu Tutorials Day page for anyone who wants to catch up.

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #148

By boredandblogging | Published: 2009-06-28

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #148 for the week June 21st – June 27th, 2009 is available.

In this issue we cover:
* MOTU Council
* New Ubuntu Members
* First Paper Cut milestone reached
* Tracking Ubuntu Community Issues
* Kubuntu Tutorials Day
* Introducing the Ubuntu NGO team
* Ubuntu Stats
* Extra options when filing bugs
* In the Press & Blogosphere
* Ubuntu Podcast Quickie #7
* Upcoming Meetings & Events
* Updates & Security
* And much, much more!

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

* John Crawford
* Dave Bush
* Nathan Handler
* Craig A. Eddy
* Liraz Siri
* And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly News, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

Except where otherwise noted, content in this issue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License BY SA Creative Commons LicenseAttribution 3.0 License

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #147

By boredandblogging | Published: 2009-06-21

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #147 for the week June 15th – June 21st, 2009 is available.

In this issue we cover:

* Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase competition
* 3 New Members of the Americas Region Membership Board
* Bootchart testing for UNR
* Empathy to replace Pidgin in Karmic Koala
* Ubuntu Global Jam 2nd – 4th October 2009
* New freenode webchat (and why to use it)
* Ubuntu Stats
* In the Press & Blogosphere
* Upcoming Meetings & Events
* Updates & Security

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

* Dave Bush
* Sayak Banerjee
* Kenny McHenry
* Liraz Siri
* Craig A. Eddy
* And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly News, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

Except where otherwise noted, content in this issue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License BY SA Creative Commons LicenseAttribution 3.0 License