ScottLavender

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About Me
Membership Application

About Me

About Me

Name: Scott Lavender

Email: <scottalavender@gmail.com>

IRC: ScottL or scott-work on Freenode

Website: http://dullass.blogspot.com/

Ubuntu Forums: Scott L

Launchpad: Scott Lavender

I started using computers in 1982 programming BASIC on an Apple ][ in junior high, even spending my lunch hour typing away to make some silly ASCII art rocket ship fly off the screen. Note that this is not the ][+ or the ][c and this was way before Macs. From there I moved onto a Commodore64 where my real inner geek developed.

While I have used Windows as I muddled throughout my life and my professional career I began using Linux with Ubuntu Feisty Fawn 7.04 in January of 2008 (thanks PC Magazine!) and reawakened my inner geek. Suddenly life has meaning again.

Ubuntu Feisty was my first experience with Linux and I eagerly read and learned from wiki.ubuntu.com, Ubuntu Forums, mailing lists and blog posts. You can see a specific subset of my accomplishments during this period below in Goals Accomplished.

During Hardy I became aware of Ubuntu Studio. This was a great interest to me as a musician and I spent the next year learning about Ubuntu Studio, the associated applications, and how to make and record music on my computer. Some of the results may be heard at my RPM Challenge page.

Discovering Ubuntu Studio was a momentous and life changing event for me. After I developed modicum of competency recording my own music I began to advocate to others about Ubuntu and Ubuntu Studio, which I still perform currently.

But I felt that I needed to give back in a more direct and active manner to this phenomenon that had so richly impacted my life. Therefore, during Juanty I introduced myself to the Ubuntu Studio developer team and volunteered myself to help how ever I could.

I have been modestly involved with the Ubuntu Studio developer activities since that time.

Membership Application

This section provides pertinent information about my Membership application.

Summary of Contributions

Contributions for Ubuntu have been limited primarily to advocacy. However, contributions to Ubuntu Studio have been more expansive, including answering ubuntustudio-users email, filing bug reports, creating and/or filing Main Inclusion Reports (notably for JACK), packaging for back ports, helped keep audio applications current, updating Ubuntu Studio documentation, and helped organize Ubuntu Studio developer activies.

Launchpad Profile

My Launchpad profile can be found here.

Complete Descriptions of Ubuntu Contributions

This section will focus on my contributions to Ubuntu Studio based loosely on chronological order. However, they will be sorted by their initiation date and grouped together for completeness.

Backports

ISO Testing

I believe it was during Karmic I started testing ISOs.
On 11/06/09 I agreed with creating a Ubuntu Studio Testers team in Launchpad
On 11/09/09 I joined the Ubuntu Studio Testers team in Launchpad
On 01/18/10 I emailed the ubuntustudio-testers mailing list to try to get involvement into developing standardized testing procedures
On 04/21/10 I emailed the -users mailing list to test the Lucid RC ISO images
On 04/27/10 I emailed the -devel mailing list and -users mailing list to remind them to test ISO images.
On 04/27/10 I emailed the -devel mailing list and -users mailing list to remind them how important it was to test the RC ISO images for release.

Rakarrack in Ubuntu Studio

On 11/22/09 I suggested replacing Creox with Rakarrack on the -devel mailing list
On 11/30/09 I contacted the developer to make sure development was robust
On 11/30/09 I followed up on the -devel mailing list after developer responded
On 11/30/09 I asked for opinions for replacing Creox with Rakarrack on the -users mailing list
rakarrack was synced from Debian and included in Ubuntu Studio Lucid

New Upstream for Hydrogen and Ardour

LV2 Application Inclusion Task

This not only included packaging and getting new applications into Ubuntu but also repacking existing applications with support for LV2 flagged.

On 11/04/09 I created an LV2 inclusion task matrix (others would also)

On 11/09/09 I filed a sync request bug for lv2core-3.0
On 11/23/09 lv2core-3.0 was synced from Debian
lv2core-3.0 included in Ubuntu Studio Lucid

On 12/24/09 I packaged zynjacku and lv2rack in my ppa for Karmic per user requests
On 12/25/09 I posted to -users mailing list about zynjacku/lv2rack in my ppa
On 12/27/09 I posted on Ubuntu Forums about zynjacku/lv2rack in my ppa
On 03/24/10 I rebuilt zynjacku/lv2rack per user request on Ubuntu Forums

On 12/27/09 I packaged zynjackku/lv2rack and updated the bug report
On 01/20/10 I uploaded zynjacku/lv2rack to REVU
On 05/10/10 zynjacku and lv2rack were synced from Debian

Coordinated with quadrispro, who as a member of Debian Multimedia will continue to package new LV2 packages for Debian from task matrix

Ubuntu Studio forum at Ubuntu Forums

On 01/23/10 I advocated for renaming the Ubuntu Studio forum at Ubuntu Forums from 'Multimedia Production' to 'Ubuntu Studio'
On 02/10/10 I was tasked with discussing renaming the Multimedia Production forum with Jussi at the developer meeting
On 02/13/10 I email Jussi directly (did not cc -devel mailing list) about rename Multimedia Production forum
On 02/24/10 (after some poking from me) Jussi emailed ubuntu-forums-council@lists.ubuntu.com about renaming the forum
On 03/03/10 John Dong replied (cc'ing ubuntu-forums-council@lists.ubuntu.com) that a name plus a description would be required
On 03/04/10 I emailed the -devel mailing list to discuss the name change and solicit input
On 03/05/10 follow up on -devel mailing list
On 03/09/10 I replied to John Dong (cc'ing ubuntu-forums-council@lists.ubuntu.com) with name and decription
On 03/09/10 Matthew Helmke made a suggested moderation to the description (cc'ing ubuntu-forums-council@lists.ubuntu.com)
On 03/09/10 I submitted my +1 to Matthew's suggestion (cc'ing ubuntu-forums-council@lists.ubuntu.com)
On 03/09/10 John Dong applied the forum name and description changes on Ubuntu Forums: Multimedia Productions -> Ubuntu Studio
On 03/13/10 I emailed the -users mailing list about the forum name change

Updating Ubuntu Studio Website

On 12/08/09 I added my suggestions to the website update page
On 01/23/10 I advocated for updating the ubuntustudio.org website
On 04/19/10 I followed up with detrate's offer to update the website during marathon IRC session lasting almost seven hours
On 04/21/10 I parsed all the pertinent information and compiled it
On 05/09/10 I created a rough site map from the compiled information which was passed onto detrate
On 05/16/10 the rough site map information was mentioned and developers encouraged to append or moderate the information as they thought fit

On 02/25/10 I filed a bug report on incorrect application entries in ubuntustudio-menu
On 03/28/10 I pushed revision #51 which included bug fixes that were never merged
On 03/30/10 Fix Released

plymouth-theme-ubuntustudio

On 03/03/10 I realized Ubuntu Studio didn't have a Plymouth theme so I started working on one. Thanks to persia for challenging me!
On 03/06/10 I emailed the -devel mailing list about my progress
On 03/12/10 I filed a UI Exception bug #538274
On 03/22/10 I pushed revision #113 for bug #538274
On 03/22/10 ubuntustudio-look-0.38 released closing bug #538274

On 03/27/10 I filed bug #549711, but it was duplicate of #549285

On 03/29/10 I pushed revision #117 for bug #549285
On 04/05/10 ubuntustudio-look-0.38.1 released closing bug #549285

On 04/05/10 I pushed revision #120 for bugs #551799 and #553477
On 04/06/10 ubuntustudio-look-0.38.2 released closing bug #551799 and bug #553477

Ubuntu Studio Mailing Lists

On 05/20/10 I started helping to moderating the Ubuntu-Studio-users and Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing lists.

Ardour Mute Bug

On 05/23/10 I began researching the debian mute bug
On 05/24/10 I filed a bug report with bugs.debian.org
On 05/24/10 I assigned myself, created the 120_mute_patch, and submitted a patch to the Ubuntu bug report
On 05/26/10 I pushed the patch "upstream" to the Debian bug report
On 05/26/10 Ardour 2.8.7 was released in Debian
On 05/27/10 Ardour 2.8.7 was synced from Debian Sid into Ubuntu Maverick

gnome-network-admin Bug

On 05/26/10 I emailed the most common maintainer to address a extremely severe networking bug in Ubuntu Studio

Rakarrack Sync

On 05/26/10 I filed a sync request bug for rakarrack-0.4.2-1
Rakarrack-0.4.2-1 was synced from Debian Sid into Ubuntu Maverick

Plans and Ideas

Near Future

Develop consistent communication with community
Address most common user complaints (gnome-network-admin bug and JACK/Pulse Audio integration)
Rebuild Ubuntu Studio team and fill positions
Update ubuntustudio.org website
Create better testing documentation
Begin developing better working relationship with Debian Multimedia Team
Begin reducing delta between Ubuntu Studio packages and Debian packages (creates less work for Ubuntu Studio developers)
ubuntustudio-controls bug fixes and redesign
create "official" Ubuntu Studio backports PPA for rolling updates as applicable
Plan process to identify current Ubuntu Studio audience characteristics and needs
Begin improving Ubuntu Studio documentation

Far Future

Improve user testing rates
Continue developing better working relationship with Debian Multimedia Team
Continue reducing delta between Ubuntu Studio packages and Debian packages (creates less work for Ubuntu Studio developers)
Identify current Ubuntu Studio audience characteristics and needs
Adjust Ubuntu Studio scope to address current audience
Continue to improve Ubuntu Studio documentation
Identify, evaluate, and engage new audiences

Testimonials

I've been working with ScottL on Ubuntu Studio related tasks through the Karmic and Lucid cycles. Throughout this time he has demonstrated high levels of commitment and concern, and often ends up being *the* contact point to get things done. His work includes advocacy, support, coordination, administration, development, release management, marketing, testing, bug triage, and many more areas too diverse to count. I wholeheartedly and unreservedly endorse his application for Ubuntu Membership. @-- persia 2010-05-25 12:00:56@

Unfortantely I can't say very much about Scott's technical skills because our respective fields of interest are different. Nonetheless, he really surprised me for his presence, humility, never denying to do what is necessary for the Ubuntu Studio project. He has great organizational ability and I'm sure that, in the near future, he will also show a good job as leader. He also demonstrates good diligence in the learning process. So I strongly encourage the Board to approve his application. @-- abogani 2010-05-25 19:20:02@

In the time that I have worked with Scott, I have seen some great work done, mostly for the UbuntuStudio project. Scott has been willing to learn, is willing to lead, and has been very keen to see free software, particularly the UbuntuStudio project succeed. I am sure that Scott will continue to do great things for the Ubuntu community and the UbuntuStudio project. I am more than happy to recommend Scott for Ubuntu membership. @-- themuso 2010-05-26 11:19:12@

ScottLavender (last edited 2010-11-26 13:05:17 by conr-adsl-dhcp-64-92-4-194)

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