Xubuntu

Xubuntu Contributor Documentation

Credits and License

Welcome!

This documentation is a reference for all Xubuntu contributors. The chapters of this documentation provides information on the development processes - both social and technical - that the Xubuntu contributors use as a guideline in their work.

There are two main appendices for this documentation:

[Note]

This documentation is written with the assumption that the user knows the basics of working with Xubuntu. For example, it's expected that the reader knows how to work with a terminal and understand when they need to use one, without an explicit mention.


1. Getting Started
Important Places
I. Subteam Documentation
2. Development
Xubuntu packageset
Development PPAs
3. Documentation
Tasks
Working with the documentation
Translations
4. Quality Assurance (QA)
Testing
Testing Infrastructure
Package and ISO Testing
Dealing with bugs
Working with trackers
Working with testcases
Communicating with Testers and Users
Release Responsibilities
Post Release Tasks
5. Website
Introduction to the Xubuntu web presence
Xubuntu website maintenance documentation
6. Processes
Meetings
Website updates
7. Release Cycle
Planning
Developing
Testing
Releasing
Maintaining
A. Strategy Document
Introduction
Target
Areas of Focus
Community
Development
Release and Support Cycles
Seeds and Composition
B. Common Reference
Using Bazaar (Bzr)
Using Git
Build dependencies
Launchpad
Useful QA Links
C. Creative Commons by Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International