How Ubuntu is made¶
Community¶
All about the Ubuntu Community, its support structures, and communication channels.
The Ubuntu Policy Manual¶
Policy requirements for the Ubuntu distribution.
- Ubuntu Policy Manual
- Abstract
- Copyright notice
- Contents
- 1. About this manual
- 2. The Ubuntu Archive
- 3. Binary Packages
- 4. Source Packages
- 5. Control files and their fields
- 6. Package maintainer scripts and installation procedure
- 7. Declaring relationships between packages
- 8. Shared libraries
- 9. The Operating System
- 10. Files
- 11. Customized programs
- 12. Documentation
- A. Introduction and scope of these appendices
- B. Binary packages
- C. Source packages
- D. Control files and their fields
- E. Configuration file handling
- F. Alternative versions of an interface - ``update-alternatives``
- G. Diversions - overriding a package's version of a file
Project governance¶
How the project is governed. This sets out the expectations for contributors and maintainers alike.
Concepts¶
Definitions of key terms and outlines of important concepts. These are primarily for contributors (especially newer contributors) to understand the various concepts and how they fit into the processes that make up Ubuntu Development.
Process overviews¶
High level overviews of the various processes involved in making Ubuntu. Every process should have (and be linked to) a corresponding set of steps, either for contributors or maintainers, depending on the process.