Posted on February 12, 2008 - by jono

Ubuntu Developer Week – Your Shipment Of Win Has Arrived

Some time ago, I saw down with the other two horsemen and we hatched a plan to have a week full of incredible IRC tuition sessions that show how to get involved in Ubuntu as a developer with packaging. Well, this resulted in the incredible wickedness that shall be known to all humanity as Ubuntu Developer Week and it happens from the 18th – 22nd Feb.

All of the events happen on IRC, so get connected and suck up the following sessions, each led by a range of community experts:

• Packaging 101 <—– a great place to get started with packaging
• Patching Packages
• Launchpad PPAs
• MOTU School
• Introduction To The Server Team
• MOTU Processes
• Virtualisation
• Kubuntu
• Ubuntu Derivatives Team
• Debdiffs And How To Get Them Submitted
• Hosting Code With Launchpad
• First Steps On Contributing
• Desktop Packaging Session
• SRU/Security Updates
• Firefox 3 Extension Packaging
• Writing Scripts For Automated Desktop Testing
• Bughelper – Making Bug Work Easier
• Bug Triage
• MOTU Q&A Session
• Library Packaging

Bring on the love – I hope to see you all there. Remember, if you want to get involved with packaging – head over and read the Getting Started page – this is a great time to get involved with this week of sessions.

Spread the word, blog it and Digg it! Look forward to seeing you all there!