news 28 Posted January 25, 2009 Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #126 for the week January 18th - January 24th, 2009. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS released, Ubuntu Developer Week, Ubuntu Classroom upcoming sessions, Developer application process changes, Technical Board run-off results, Ubuntu Developer News: issue #1, Ubuntu on Italian TV, Japanese LoCo holds "Offline Meeting Tokyo," Nordic Ubuntu LoCo team working together, Ubuntu Podcast #18, Meeting summaries, and much, much more! == UWN Translations == * Note to translators and our readers: We are trying a new way of linking to our translations pages. Please follow the link below for the information you need. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Translations == In This Issue == * Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS released * Ubuntu Developer Week * Ubuntu Classroom upcoming sessions * Developer application process changes * Technical Board run-off results * Ubuntu Developer News: issue #1 * Ubuntu Stats * Ubuntu on Italian TV * Japanese LoCo holds "Offline Meeting Tokyo" * Nordic Ubuntu LoCo teams working together * In the Press & Blogosphere * Ubuntu Podcast #18 * Meeting Summaries: January 2009 * Upcoming Meetings & Events * Updates & Security == General Community News == === Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS released === The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS, the second maintenance update to Ubuntu's 8.04 LTS release. This release includes updated server, desktop, and alternate installation CDs for the i386 and amd64 architectures. In all, over 200 updates have been integrated, and updated installation media has been provided so that fewer updates will need to be downloaded after installation. These include security updates and corrections for other high-impact bugs, with a focus on maintaining stability and compatibility with Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download Release Notes: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/804 Post release update list: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyReleaseNotes/ChangeSummary/8.04.2 https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2009-January/000117.html === Ubuntu Developer Week === It was a very exciting Ubuntu Developer Week. There were lots and lots of attendees and it was surprising how many really great questions there were, and how awesome the atmosphere was. Everybody was really thrilled about getting started with Ubuntu Development. It all started off with a two hour session called "Getting Started." For the first time there were sessions in English, Finnish, French, German, Italian and Spanish, and it was a roaring success. Day one also included Packaging 101, Working with Debian, and Understanding Gnome technologies. Day Two was another jam packed day of sessions and answers that included Launchpad Bug Tracking, QA Tools, Launchpad Web Service API, High-quality Updates. One session that had to be cancelled on day two was Martin Pitt's talk on Debugging Program Crashes due to a misplaced keystroke that deleted his presentation. Look for a rescheduling of his talk here: http://martinpitt.wordpress.com/ With the community primed after two days of sessions, Day Three didn't fail to grab everyones attention. Talks on: Pushing out Gnome releases, Fixing Bugs in Ubuntu, Bazaar for Packaging, Kubuntu Bug Squishing, and Using VMBuilder to create test environments made the day a rousing success for all who attended. After three solid days of exceptional sessions you'd think the Ubuntu Developers would be running out of topics for discussion, but think again, developing a first class distro like Ubuntu takes endless work. Day Four included topics covering: Automated Desktop Testing, Ubuntu Netbook Remix Q&A, Boot Performance, Kubuntu Ninjas in Unicorn mode, and Packaging software for Mono. The sessions ended up on Friday, but Day 5 was anything but dull. Talks included the following titles: Testing your .deb with piuparts, Fun with python-apt, Bazaar and Launchpad - How to do it, packaging Kernel modules with DKMS, and Xubuntu. If you missed any of the sessions, or just want a refresher, you can visit the link and click on any title to follow along with the log of the session. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek Ubuntu Developer Week was a huge success. Thanks to all the developers for their hard work putting on this great event, and to the Ubuntu Community for their enthusiastic participation. http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=340 === Ubuntu Classroom upcoming sessions === "Bug Jam" is coming. And for those who are interested in learning how to run one the Ubuntu-Classroom Team has put together some classes. * 30 Jan 2009 ( -at -) 1200 UTC: How to Run a Bug Jam presented by Daniel Holbach * 31 Jan 2009 ( -at -) 0000 UTC: How to Run a Bug Jam presented by Jorge Castro * 13 Feb 2009 ( -at -) 1200 UTC: How to Run a Bug Jam presented by Daniel Holbach * 14 Feb 2009 ( -at -) 0000 UTC: How to Run a Bug Jam presented by Jorge Castro The classes will be held in IRC channel #ubuntu-classroom. Mark your calendars now to attend and learn more about squishing bugs. More information can be seen at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Classroom https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-classroom/2009-January/000139.html === Developer application process changes === Here's how future applications will be handled for: * Ubuntu Contributing Developers * Ubuntu Developers (MOTU) * Ubuntu Core Developers (core-dev) 1. Set up a personal wiki page for your application. Please make use of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/DeveloperApplicationTemplate. (Talk to your sponsors beforehand and ask them to add some information to the wiki page. In a regular application your will have 3-5 sponsors.) 2. Add your application details to MOTU/Council/Meeting, give the motu-council list a quick heads-up and pick a meeting time you'll be able to attend. Please allow at least one week of time for the MOTU Council members to review your application. (If you can't make it to one of the meetings, please email motu-council at lists.ubuntu.com for either a different meeting time or to process the application on the Share this post Link to post
