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'''I, <YOUR NAME>, apply for <universe-contributor|MOTU|core-dev|upload rights for package(s) <X>>.''' |
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| My name is Christian and I am a jurist from germany. So I am not in touch with it-business in my professional life. Ubuntu and free software is my hobby and I like to contribute as much as my time allows. | My name is Christian and I am a solicitor from germany. So I am not in touch with it-business in my professional life. Ubuntu and free software is my hobby and I like to contribute as much as my time allows. |
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| I am proud of packaging bilbo, which was not so easy for a beginner and took some time. Bilbo is now replaced by Blogilo, which is part of kdepim. My latest package was minitube, I worked together with upstream to make it distributable and I am proud of upstream author being happy with us (: : | I am proud of packaging bilbo, which was not so easy for a beginner and took some time. Bilbo, now renamed to Blogilo, is part of kdepim. My latest package was minitube, I worked together with upstream to make it distributable and I am proud of upstream author being happy with us (: : |
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Currently I am working on packaging a good choqok for Lucid and as I'm in touch with it's developer, I plan to get it into 10.04. |
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| BUgfixing still to come for Lucid, but honestly I have to say, that I have my problems here, because I am | Bugfixing still to come for Lucid after feature freeze, so let's see, what we can do here. |
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| It would be great if REVU returns as a platform for non MOTUs to upload packages (modified probably), which are fixed and not new. The current method seems to be more inefficient to me. ---- |
It would be great if Ubuntu would get a platform like mentors for Debian. Currently it is not fun for people who are not a MOTU or a Core Dev to get package updates to the dev version. I just talked to a new possible contributor and learned how hard it is to get in touch. |
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Who I am
My name is Christian and I am a solicitor from germany. So I am not in touch with it-business in my professional life. Ubuntu and free software is my hobby and I like to contribute as much as my time allows.
My Ubuntu story
I am using kubuntu for several years now and I started my "Ubuntu story" with giving support in the german speaking kubuntu community (http://www.kubuntu-de.org). I am still doing this, because I think it is important to see some support in our language.
Some months ago I started my packaging career and since then I have been contributing internationally. There is still a lot to learn for me, but I think I got in touch with Kubuntu development and I enjoy it.
My involvement
My first involvement were some plasma-widget packages. After that I joined the Kubuntu "Ninjas" team and helped packaging KDE 4.*
I am proud of packaging bilbo, which was not so easy for a beginner and took some time. Bilbo, now renamed to Blogilo, is part of kdepim. My latest package was minitube, I worked together with upstream to make it distributable and I am proud of upstream author being happy with us (: :
http://flavio.tordini.org/minitube-is-in-ubuntu-repositories
Currently I am working on packaging a good choqok for Lucid and as I'm in touch with it's developer, I plan to get it into 10.04.
As I said before, there is still more room for learning, but I think I am ready now for joining the MOTU team.
Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of
- plasma-widget-windowslist
- plasma-widget-stasks
- plasma-widget-fancytasks
- plasma-widget-daisy
- plasma-widget-plasmaboard
- bilbo
- minitube
- koffice 2.* (PPA only)
- Helped packaging KDE 4.*
Areas of work
I work with the Kubuntu team. I have already fixed some bugs, for example bug 409407 (which was fixed upstream before it succeeded) and bug 411020 (not my patch of course, I am not a coder)
Bugfixing still to come for Lucid after feature freeze, so let's see, what we can do here.
Things I could do better
I would like to do more bug triage. Packaging is fun, but a distribution lives from fixing relevant bugs as fast as possible and handle irrelevant bugs as good as we can to keep the user satisfied.
General
What I like least in Ubuntu
It would be great if Ubuntu would get a platform like mentors for Debian. Currently it is not fun for people who are not a MOTU or a Core Dev to get package updates to the dev version. I just talked to a new possible contributor and learned how hard it is to get in touch.
Comments
If you'd like to comment, but are not the applicant or a sponsor, do it here. Don't forget to sign with @SIG@.
Endorsements
As a sponsor, just copy the template below, fill it out and add it to this section.
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== <SPONSORS NAME> == === General feedback === ## Please fill us in on your shared experience. (How many packages did you sponsor? How would you judge the quality? How would you describe the improvements? Do you trust the applicant?) === Specific Experiences of working together === ''Please add good examples of your work together, but also cases that could have handled better.'' === Areas of Improvement ===
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