Some time ago, I saw down with the other [two](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/?p=1024) [horsemen](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/?p=1028) and we hatched a plan to have a week full of incredible IRC tuition sessions that show how to get involved in Ubuntu as a developer with packaging. Well, this resulted in the incredible wickedness that shall be known to all humanity as [Ubuntu Developer Week](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek) and it happens from the **18th – 22nd Feb**.

All of the events happen on IRC, so [get connected](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek/JoiningIn) and suck up the following sessions, each led by a range of community experts:

* Packaging 101 <----- a great place to get started with packaging * Patching Packages * Launchpad PPAs * MOTU School * Introduction To The Server Team * MOTU Processes * Virtualisation * Kubuntu * Ubuntu Derivatives Team * Debdiffs And How To Get Them Submitted * Hosting Code With Launchpad * First Steps On Contributing * Desktop Packaging Session * SRU/Security Updates * Firefox 3 Extension Packaging * Writing Scripts For Automated Desktop Testing * Bughelper - Making Bug Work Easier * Bug Triage * MOTU Q&A Session * Library Packaging Bring on the love - I hope to see you all there. Remember, if you want to get involved with packaging - head over and read the [Getting Started](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/GettingStarted) page - this is a great time to get involved with this week of sessions. Spread the word, blog it and [Digg it](https://digg.com/linux_unix/First_ever_Ubuntu_Developer_Week_announced)! Look forward to seeing you all there! 🙂