Comment 92 for bug 563100

I am interested in becoming more involved in the process. I will read
into what you posted, and will try to find another bug that I can
reproduce.

On 06/15/2010 11:04 AM, Mackenzie Morgan wrote:
> 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 :)
>
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