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commit your changes, push them to Launchpad, propose a merge and get it reviewed just like any other improvement in a source package.
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The Ubuntu Engineering team put together a `list of required test-cases <requiredtests_>`_, where packages which need tests are put into different categories. Here you can find examples of these tests and easily assign them to yourself.
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If you should run into any problems, you can join the `#ubuntu-quality IRC channel <qualityirc_>`_ to get in touch with developers who can help you.
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Sometimes you might want to make new functionality available in a stable release which is not connected to a critical bug fix. For these scenarios you have two options: either you `upload to a PPA <ppadoc_>`_ or prepare a backport.
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Using a PPA has a number of benefits. It is fairly straight-forward, you don't need approval of anyone, but the downside of it is that your users will have to manually enable it. It is a non-standard software source.
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The `PPA documentation on Launchpad <ppadoc_>`_ is fairly comprehensive and should get you up and running in no time.
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../ubuntu-packaging-guide/backports.rst:18
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Official Ubuntu Backports
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