Comment 91 for bug 563100

For bugs in stable releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates

Bugs in general:
For plain old patches that are not upstream yet, subscribe ubuntu-reviewers
and add the patch tag (if the patch had been actually attached to the bug and
marked as a patch rather than just linked, this would have been automatic).
That team will review the patch and send it upstream. If it's urgent (ie,
can't wait for a new upstream release and just go into a future version of
Ubuntu), someone on that team will find someone to make a debdiff (or do it
themself).

For debdiffs or already-upstream patches, subscribe ubuntu-sponsors.

Of course, if the person in the Reviews team who comes across the bug has
upload rights, they can push things through pretty quickly. I don't have
upload rights for main, so while I could do the debdiff and put packages in my
PPA to get the fix confirmed by all you folks, I still needed to point Alberto
over here and ask him to sponsor it.

If you'd like to help move such things through faster in future, learning to
make debdiffs and upload test packages to a PPA would be helpful. Having your
packages tested & confirmed helps make an easier case to the SRU team.

PS: there is an effort to get all patches currently attached to bug reports on
Launchpad reviewed (sent upstream if good, rejected with explanation of what's
wrong if bad, forwarded to sponsors if upstream) by the time 10.10 is
released. That's Operation Cleansweep (
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OperationCleansweep ) and your help would be greatly
appreciated :)