EnableProposed
To enable the proposed archive for hardy add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list:
{{{deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-proposed restricted main multiverse universe }}}
or go to System -> Administration -> Software sources and tick the hardy-proposed box under the updates tab.
Enable Apport
When running proposed it is also useful to enable Apport bug filing to capture and report crashes. You can enable Apport on a stable system with:
{{{gconftool -s /apps/update-notifier/show_apport_crashes --type bool true }}}
Hardy also needs Apport to be enabled in /etc/default/apport, edit this file and change enabled to 1. {{{sudo nano /etc/default/apport }}}
Once Apport is enabled you need to start the process do that with the following command. {{{sudo /etc/init.d/apport start }}}
To test that Apport is now running, enter the following command to cause a simple crash and generate a crash file in /var/crash: {{{sh -c 'kill -SEGV $$' }}}
This should notify about the crash and offer you to submit it to Launchpad. Click on 'Report' and verify that the details look complete (package name and version, has a (broken) stack trace, etc.). Please do not actually send it to Launchpad, though, since it is not a genuine bug.
Uploading your hardware profile
To help us track the hardware test coverage, please upload your hardware profile for the system you will run proposed on using the hardware profile tool, found in the Application -> System Tools menu or with the command hwdb-gui.
Register your participation
We have set up an improvised way of tracking -proposed archive coverage using the bug tracker in Launchpad (but we are designing a more automated solution). To register your participation please select the appropriate bug for your architecture [https://bugs.launchpad.net/proposed-tracking/+bugs here] and add a comment using the template in the description. Thanks!
Verifying SRU bugs
For extra points please help us verify the fixes to the proposed updates as listed [http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-archive/pending-sru.html here].