Introduction to Ubuntu Development

Ubuntu development follows a six-month cycle. The process begins before and at a Ubuntu Developers’ Summit (UDS) with planning and discussion. Here, the goal is to unify the efforts of all those who will be involved to make the best use of limited resources. Everyone gets together via remote online participation, and in live discussions they make decisions about the priorities for the upcoming or the current release. The UDS happens once every three months, once at the start of a development cycle and once in the middle of the same cycle.

When a new release is created, it is given a new code name. The release is referred to using this code name, such as “Saucy Salamander,” until its official release date, when ...

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