Hello All,
With the Ubuntu/Debian event coming tomorrow morning I just wanted to
suggest that people taking public transit or coming via vehicle take
into consideration that the Occupy Portland people have started camping
in the Park Blocks close to where PuppetLabs is situated and there is
the potential for traffic and transit delays if stuff gets out of hand
so you might want to give yourself an extra 15 minute buffer in your
travel time.
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Benjamin Kerensa
Team Lead, Ubuntu Oregon
bkerensa(a)ubuntu.com
Hi folks,
As promised, here's a follow-up with some more details for the big day.
When, Where, What
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The Ubuntu Local Jam and Debian Bug Squashing Party will be held at the
PuppetLabs office in downtown Portland from 10am to 5:30pm on Sunday,
December 4. Again, the address is:
411 NW Park Ave
Suite 500
Portland, OR 97219
Many thanks to PuppetLabs for hosting us!
To participate fully in the event, please bring your own computer with you.
(laptop/netbook/tablet/wearable computer?)
What are we working on?
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When considering possible topics for Ubuntu and Debian to collaborate on
today, one in particular stands out: multiarch.
http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch
Both Debian and Ubuntu have multiarch support as a goal for the next
release. Unfortunately, there are a lot of packages that need to be changed
to make that a reality. *Fortunately*, we have converting these packages
down to an art!
http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/Implementation
Even if you know nothing about changing packages, you can still help out!
We've prepared a wiki page that tells you everything you need to know about
how to modify a package.
http://wiki.debian.org/BuildingAPackage
If you haven't worked with source packages before, it's recommended that
you read this page before the Jam on Sunday. But if you don't get to it,
don't worry - we'd still like to see you!
In addition to this main theme, we have a number of other tasks lined up to
entertain our community members, regardless of background.
* Ubuntu SRU verifications: Brian Murray will lead us through the process
of verifying Stable Release Updates for Ubuntu, helping bug fixes from
the Ubuntu developers make their way to users.
* Ubuntu bitesized bugs: multiarch too boring? There are many small bugs
in Ubuntu that could use your help.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=bitesize
* Debian release-critical bugs: of course, multiarch is not the only issue
for the upcoming Wheezy release. Let's spend some time looking at those
release-critical bugs... maybe we can even give the German BSP a run for
their money this weekend :)
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2011/10/msg00003.html
That's all, folks
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See you on Sunday!
--
Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world.
Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/
slangasek(a)ubuntu.com vorlon(a)debian.org
