Process overviews¶

High-level overviews of the various processes used in the building of Ubuntu, how they work, and who’s involved.

Ubuntu release cycle¶

The processes that together make up the bulk of the work on the creation of Ubuntu are mostly tied to various phases of distribution’s release cycle.

Archive processes¶

For the most part, development work on the distribution revolves around getting packages to build and adding them to the Archive.

Basic archive management and maintenance¶

Getting new versions of packages from Debian, dealing with build dependencies, and resolving build and test failures.

Contributor support¶

Allowing developers without Archive upload rights to submit their patches or new packages for review.

Sponsorship

Inclusion gatekeeping¶

Special review processes and quality safeguards for adding updates to published releases, and to the officially supported sets of packages.