Comments on: Weekend ? Contribute to Ubuntu Intrepid http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2008/08/23/weekend-contribute-to-ubuntu-intrepid Me, myself and I Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:02:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jldugger http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2008/08/23/weekend-contribute-to-ubuntu-intrepid/comment-page-1#comment-700 jldugger Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:39:29 +0000 http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/?p=599#comment-700 Unfortunately, this guide understates the importants of a common hurdle new would-be contributors trip over: running ubuntu+1. What's the first question to ask when a bug report comes in against Hardy? "Can you duplicate this in Intrepid?" Similarly, when you want to get a new version into Hardy, in many cases it must be in Intrepid first and be backported. Certainly, upstreams want code and patches submitted against the latest version rather than something approaching six months old. Unfortunately, this guide understates the importants of a common hurdle new would-be contributors trip over: running ubuntu+1.

What’s the first question to ask when a bug report comes in against Hardy? “Can you duplicate this in Intrepid?”

Similarly, when you want to get a new version into Hardy, in many cases it must be in Intrepid first and be backported.

Certainly, upstreams want code and patches submitted against the latest version rather than something approaching six months old.

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