Thank you Julien! This helps me a lot to get the overview.
I have no specialised skills, but time and patience for testing. (At present I have the feeling to be useless.) Regards, Daniel Julien Lavergne wrote: > Hi, > > This is a quick summarize for people wanted to help on Lubuntu. In > general, all tasks will be documented on the Subteams pages : > - Packages and Code : > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/CodingAndPackagingSubTeam > - Artwork : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/ArtworkSubTeam > - Doc : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/DocumentationSubTeam > - Translations : > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/TranslationSubTeam > - Testing : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/TestingSubTeam > > == Participate to the LXDE project == > This is the most efficient way to contribute to Lubuntu. If you want a > functionality, translate a package etc ... you should directly work with > LXDE. > - LXDE site : http://lxde.org/ > - LXDE mailing list : > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=lxde-list > - SVN repository : http://sourceforge.net/projects/lxde/develop > > == Create an artwork for Lubuntu == > We don't have an original artwork, and it's an important goal for Lucid. > Some works began on the LXDE forum, but there is a lots to do to create > a complete set of artwork. Currently, it could be nice to have : > * 1 wallpaper > * 1 icon set > * 1 GTK engine > * 1 login manager theme (for lxdm) > * Custom configuration for GTK theme in the session > * 1 openbox theme > * 1 banner for logout > * 1 logo for the main menu > * 1 background image for lxpanel > * 1 cursor > * Specific icons for lxpanel > * 1 splash screen (for usplash or/and plymouth) > Please see > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/ArtworkSubTeam/Documentation > for details. > If you want to work on artwork, you should contact the Ubuntu Art Team. > There are a very good experience on making artwork for K/X/Ubuntu > etc ... > It's also important to work on the artwork, as a complete set. It's > better to submit a wallpaper + icon set + gtk engine together than > separately. > - The Ubuntu Art Team https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork > - Lubuntu Wiki pages for Artwork > (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/ArtworkSubTeam and > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Artwork/Incoming/Lucid ) > > IMPORTANT NOTE : We didn't have currently decide the colors of the > artwork. We should discuss and decide this on the next IRC meeting. But > you can create some mockups to add them to the discussion :) > > == Triage bugs on Launchpad == > We need to manage bug reports for many packages (mostly, the LXDE core > packages). > See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/HowToTriage/ for an overview of the > triaging on Ubuntu. > The current packages and bugs are here : > https://bugs.launchpad.net/~lubuntu-packaging/+packagebugs > Most important to know is : > - Is the bug is correctly affected ? > - Is the bug still reproductible by user in Ubuntu 9.10 ? By you ? > - Is there a solution/patch available on the bug ? Upstream ? In another > distribution ? > > == Fix bugs / Develop features == > If you want to work on a bug, you should affect it to you so people know > you are working on it. If you want to implement a feature, or working on > a patch, you should open a bug on Launchpad, so people can eventually > help you. > I'll try to add a TODO list for packagers who want to help but want some > mentoring or ideas (See > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/CodingAndPackagingSubTeam for > futur information). > > == Testing == > We may have some ISO to test near the Alpha 1 of Lucid, it's a good > occasion to test if it's working, and report bugs. You don't need to > know how to code for this, just use Lubuntu and report bugs/complain > about it. > You can also install a command line Lucid system in VirtualBox and > install lubuntu-desktop package by "sudo apt-get install > --no-install-recommends lubuntu-desktop". > Another way is to test a pristine lxde session by installing the lxde > package, and see if no Lubuntu specific patch cause problems in a > standart LXDE session. > To report bug, do ubuntu-bugs the_name_of_the_package_affected. If you > don't know, use ubuntu-bug lubuntu-meta, we'll triage it for you :) > Testing (and reporting problems) is critical, because developers can > only try to fix problems if there are reported. > > == Improve the Documentation == > Our wiki ( https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu ) can always be improved. If > you intend to do massive changes, please inform the mailing list before. > > Feel free to add others tasks if you have any in mind. Some others tasks > will probably appear in the futur on this mailing list or on the > SubTeams pages. Also, you can ask any questions on any of those items on > the mailing list, or directly to me. > > Thanks in advance for your help :) > > Regards, > Julien Lavergne > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
