How do you request for a new package to be available in the OFFICIAL ubuntu repos?

[user1397]

I was just wondering the process. Who do you talk to, what do you say, and do you need the package to already be in an ubuntu-quality prepackaged way?

[Gargamella]

mee too want to know this:up!

[matthew]

This would be a good place to start:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Packages/New/HowTo

EDIT: Wait! This page has a section titled "Asking for packages to be included in Universe." Look here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Packages

[user1397]

This would be a good place to start:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Packages/New/HowTo

EDIT: Wait! This page has a section titled "Asking for packages to be included in Universe." Look here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Packages
arite man, thanks!

[user1397]

hey, on that page, the package i wanted is already listed as a candidate. it says:
Note that you should only use this page for software that aren't packaged in Debian. If Debian already has a package, please file a bug in Launchpad instead.but i dont know if that means if i should file a bug report, because tovid indeed does have a debian package (but not for ubuntu, just made for debian).

and does this mean that all the packages listed here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Packages/Candidates are going to be in the next release of ubuntu?

[jdong]

hey, on that page, the package i wanted is already listed as a candidate. it says: but i dont know if that means if i should file a bug report, because tovid indeed does have a debian package (but not for ubuntu, just made for debian).

and does this mean that all the packages listed here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Packages/Candidates are going to be in the next release of ubuntu?


Eric: The debian package thing means that if the package is already in Debian's official repositories, to not request it as a candidate.

And candidates are just that: candidates. If a MOTU is bored, has extra time, or a MOTU-hopeful needs to get his 10-20 uploads in his training stage, it'll happen. There's no guaranteed timeframe, unfortunately.

[user1397]

Eric: The debian package thing means that if the package is already in Debian's official repositories, to not request it as a candidate.

And candidates are just that: candidates. If a MOTU is bored, has extra time, or a MOTU-hopeful needs to get his 10-20 uploads in his training stage, it'll happen. There's no guaranteed timeframe, unfortunately.ok. so should tovid be taken away then?

[jdong]

no, it shouldn't.... There is no package of tovid in Debian or debian-multimedia... but if the unofficial deb package has diff.gz's (i.e. it's not checkinstalled), linking to it would be a helpful thing to do. It's often easier to refine someone's package rather than start from scratch.

[adamkane]

The easiest way to add a package is to become a MOTU-in-training.

MOTU sounds grandiose, but a MOTU is just someone who knows how to create a deb file, and add a bit of official documentation to it.

Find a MOTU and then send them an email. Straightforward really. Surprising that more people haven't become MOTUs.

[jdong]

The easiest way to add a package is to become a MOTU-in-training.

MOTU sounds grandiose, but a MOTU is just someone who knows how to create a deb file, and add a bit of official documentation to it.

Find a MOTU and then send them an email. Straightforward really. Surprising that more people haven't become MOTUs.

Takes time :).... I'd love to become a MOTU. If I can just take like two weeks off all the other stuff I do and go through the mentorship process, I would definitely do it :D

[user1397]

alrite i edited the tovid entry on this site: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Packages/Candidates#preview

check it out for yourself.