About Me

I lived in China and I worked for Kingsoft Inc. I started to use Linux since 2002. and maintain qterm package for Debian official since 2005[1], now maintain more than 10 packages in Debian[2]. I also push packages to Ubuntu through MOTU since jaunty[3].

• [1] http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/q/qterm/current/changelog#versionversion0.4.0pre2-0.3

• [2] http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=lidaobing@gmail.com

• [3] http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/universe/i/ibus/ibus_0.1.1.20081023-0ubuntu4/changelog

Contact Details

• Email: lidaobing@gmail.com

• Launchpad ID: lidaobing

• Location: Zhuhai, Guangdong, China

My Contributions

My contribution is focused on the package maintaince, especially for the packages related to the Chinese culture. For example:

• input method: including scim-tables, scim-python, ibus and ibus-* packages.
• BBS client: qterm and fqterm
• comaintained some chemistry-related packages: apbs, chemtool, ... (now I have left chemistry industry, so no longer maintain them)
• some other packages: such as manpages-zh, iptux (an IM client), multiget (download client), llk-linux (game)

Future Plans

• short plan: push ibus 1.1 and tegaki to jaunty+1

  • ppa for ibus 1.1: https://launchpad.net/~ibus-dev/+archive/ppa

  • ppa for tegaki: https://launchpad.net/~lidaobing/+archive/ppa

• long plan: introduce the software made in Chinese culture to Ubuntu, introduce Debian/Ubuntu quality to Chinese FOSS developer.

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