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Contact Information

Contributions

Timeline

• 2015-12-31 - Made first post on #kubuntu-devel on irc.freenode.net to talk to the devel team.

User support/social media & team engagement

• User engagement and help on:
  • www.kubuntuforums.net (unofficial forum).
  • Google +.
  • IRC - #kubuntu on irc.freenode.net
• Team engagement via:
  • IRC - #kubuntu-devel on irc.freenode.net. KDE BNC account obtained to keep a presence on this channel, which is the most important forum for development discussion.

  • Attending Kubuntu parties on BigBlueButton.

  • Attending pre Kubuntu Podcast review meetings.

Kubuntu packaging

• Determining and making fixes for packages in the Kubuntu CI (continuous integration) system, fixing automatic branch merges made by the CI when required, and generally triggering and pausing jobs to ease the smooth running of the CI.

• Determining, making and uploading fixes for staged releases of KDE Frameworks, Plasma & Applications in the Kubuntu ppas.

• Reviewing and carrying out merges proposed against the Kubuntu packaging git repositories.

• Staging bugfix and and version update of frameworks and plasma. Frameworks 5.25 & Plasma 5.7.4/5.

• Backported builds of QT 5.6.1 to Kubuntu ppas prior to the landing of this QT version in ubuntu. This allowed the team to start working on the staging of dependant KDE versions (e.g. Plasma 5.7.x). Also added to the KCI to allow upstream builds to continue.
• Attending Kubuntu Ninja Packaging Dojos.
• Made member of Kubuntu Ninja packaging team on 2016-07-05.

Testing & bug reports

• Running the development version of Kubuntu (Yakkety Yak) on my main machine in order to test and understand the evolution of the user experience, and investigate issues.
• Reporting, confirming and testing for bug reports; both in Kubuntu and upstream to KDE.

• Testing on PC, laptop and various virtual machines newly staged versions of Frameworks, Plasma & Applications, and then continuing to test and report issues once these reach the landing ppas.

• Testing of daily ISOs for function and install.
• Testing of candidate ISOs for milestone releases (e.g. Xenial 16.04.1)

Future Goals

Testimonials

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