Searching for help fixing unity

[Elvis Dominguez]

Hi all,

i'm Elvis 32 y.o., from Cugnasco, Switzerland.
Full time java developer
Ubuntu lover, use it at home and at work full time.

would like to contribute back to ubuntu and i have started fixing bugs,
bitesize bugs.
Yesterday I fixed my first issue (in compiz-plugins)

Today I like to fix a small bug in unity
have done the
bzr branch lp:unity
edited file to correct the problem
now following the guide
http://people.canonical.com/~dholbach/packaging-guide/html/fixing-a-bug.html i
should try to compile using
bzr bd -- -S -us -uc
but this returns an error cause no debian/changelog is present
I cannot do the dch -i (same error)

It's safe to commit my work?
What am I doing wrong?

You can find me at https://launchpad.net/~elvisd79

[Jonathan Marsden]

Post by Elvis Dominguez
Today I like to fix a small bug in unity
have done the
bzr branch lp:unity

I think that is the upstream application code. It is not the package
sources. The two are very different, and it is important to understand
the difference between them.

Post by Elvis Dominguez
bzr bd -- -S -us -uc
but this returns an error cause no debian/changelog is present

The application does not have a debian/* pakcgaing directory at all. It
is not intended to :)

Post by Elvis Dominguez
What am I doing wrong?

Confusing the source package with the upstream application sources, I think.

I am *definitely* no Unity expert, but maybe:

bzr branch lp:~ubuntu-desktop/unity/ubuntu

is what you were looking for?

Post by Elvis Dominguez
It's safe to commit my work?

You can safely commit it locally to your own bzr tree, of course. But
as it stands, it won't do you much good.

You need to work on packaging, rather than on the upstream application,
unless you are an upstream application developer.

Jonathan