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Here are some ressources to help you get things done.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to [:ServerTeam/Contact:contact] other ServerTeam members.

Bug Triager resources

Triaging bugs in Launchpad is coordinated with the BugSquad team:

• BugSquad/KnowledgeBase has valuable information on how to work with bugs in Launchpad.

• ["Bugs/Responses"] has a list of standard responses for different categories of bugs.

• Ask for help on the [https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugsquad ubuntu-bugsquad mailing list] and #ubuntu-bugs on irc.freenode.org.

• The launchpad [http://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-server ubuntu-server] team is the bug contact for many server-related packages, so if you become a member of the team you'll get email traffic related to those bugs. Avoid assigning or subscribing ubuntu-server for packages ubuntu-server is already a bug contact for.

  • [https://bugs.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-server bugs assigned to the Ubuntu Server Team].

  • [https://bugs.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-server/+packagebugs summary report of bugs by package].

  All the bugs related to the ubuntu-server team LP are sent to the [https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list].

• Use the mentoring feature of Launchpad to mark bugs that should be easy to fix.

We don't have a specific bug workflow.

Packager resources

For packaging information, head to the [:MOTU:MOTUs, the Master Of The Universe].

• There is the ["PackagingGuide"].

• [:PackagingGuide/Lists/DocumentationResources] and ["MOTU/School"] have information related to packaging.

• ["UbuntuDevelopers"] explains how to become an official packager.

• [https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu ubuntu-motu mailing list] and #ubuntu-motu on irc.freenode.org are good places to ask for help.

We're focusing on server related packages in main and universe.

Server support resources

The server team offers support for server-related questions in #ubuntu-server.

• The [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBots ubotu] irc bot makes it easy to share an extensive set of [http://ubotu.ubuntu-nl.org/factoids.cgi factoids] to others in an irc channel. E.g. typing !ask | noobie will cause ubotu to tell noobie that folks should just go ahead and ask their questions. Ubotu can also conveniently show the channel information on bugs and packages. See [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBots ubotu] for more details.

Tester resources

We coordinate our testing plans in the [:Testing/Server:Server testing section] of the [:Testing:Testing project].

New test plans should be defined as new pages below ["Testing/Server"]. Example: Testing/Server/MyTestPlan.

ISO testing

Ubuntu Server iso testing follows the process described in ["Testing/ISO"]. We focus on testing the ubuntu-server isos. The [https://iso.qa.stgraber.org/ Iso testing tracker] is used to track test results.

You can register with the iso testing tracker and subscribe to the ubuntu server testcases so that you'll be notified whenever a new ubuntu-server iso needs to be tested.

Documentor resources

This area is involved with updating and creating new content for the [http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/serverguide/C/index.html Ubuntu Server Guide] and the [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ community help website]. We're working with the DocumentationTeam and focus on server related topics.

Ubuntu Server Guide

The current development version of the Ubuntu Server Guide is located in a bazaar branch hosted on Launchpad. There is also [http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/serverguide/C/index.html an html version] available online.

1. Create a directory where you'll put your local working version of the Ubuntu Server Guide:

$ bzr init-repo --trees --format=dirstate-with-subtree ubuntu-doc $ cd ubuntu-doc/

1. Get the ubuntu-doc files that have the latest version of the Ubuntu Server Guide:

$ bzr branch lp:ubuntu-doc $ cd ubuntu-doc NB: that command can take some time as the whole history of the branch has to be downloaded from Launchpad.

1. Update the Ubuntu Server Guide files. They can be found in the serverguide/C/ directory.

2. Once your changes are complete, commit them:

$ bzr ci And send them to the ubuntu-doc mailing lists with the bzr send command: $ bzr send --mail-to=ubuntu-doc@lists.ubuntu.com

Community wiki

• The [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WikiGuide WikiGuide] has guidelines for contributing to the help website.

• If help is needed, the [http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-doc ubuntu-doc mailing list] and #ubuntu-doc on irc.freenode.net are good places to ask around.

The Ubuntu Team wiki, at [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/], is focused on documentation for Ubuntu community contributors rather than for end users

Developer resources

The [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ Ubuntu Team wiki] is the central location where Ubuntu developers exchange ideas and track their progress.

• UbuntuDevelopment gives an overview of the development processes.

• The [http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel ubuntu-devel mailing list] and #ubuntu-devel on irc.freenode.net are the places where ubuntu developers can be found.

Team policy

Membership

The Membership policy is described in [:ServerTeam/Membership:Membership].

Reporting

The ServerTeam has a section in the [:TeamReport: monthly report]. We try to get status reports on a weekly basis on the day preceding the IRC meeting. The [:ServerTeam/ReportingPage: ReportingPage] is used to gather the outcome of the tasks done by the ServerTeam members during the week. Once the IRC meeting is over, the content is merged into the montly report of the ServerTeam - a subpage under ["ServerTeam/ReportingPage"].

The subpage is automatically included in the [:TeamReport: monthly team report] with the following macro:

{{{### Server Team report ### Include(ServerTeam/ReportingPage/2008-03,"Server Team",3,from="## ReportStart", to="## ReportEnd") }}}

Don't forget to change the month in the include macro link when starting a new montly report.

IRC meeting

We hold IRC meeting regularly to report about current tasks and define new ones. The [:ServerTeam/Meeting: Meeting] page presents the Agenda for the next meeting.

[:ScribesTeam/MootBot:MootBot] can be used to record the meeting.

irclogs are available on http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/.

Publishing the minutes

Once the meeting is over, minutes are prepared to summarized the outcome of the meeting.

1. Create a new entry in ["MeetingLogs/Server"]/YYYYMMDD with the ["ServerTeamMeetingLogTemplate"].

   1. Move the agenda from ["ServerTeam/Meeting"] to agenda section.

   2. Copy the irc logs provided by ["ScribesTeam/MootBot"] to the Irc log section.

   3. Write the minutes. Use the ubuntu-meeting.YYYYMMDD_HHMM.html of Mootboot as an outline for the minutes.
2. Update ["ServerTeam/Header"] to announce the next meeting date.
3. Send the minutes on the ubuntu-server mailing list.

4. Merge the content of the minutes and the [:ServerTeam/ReportingPage: ReportingPage] into the monthly report page of the ServerTeam.

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