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I'm a student of UCL (Louvain-la-Neuve - Belgium) and a member of the Cairo-Dock team and other projects which support Free Software. For more details, please have a look to [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/matttbe/#Activities|my main page]] on this wiki. I'm a student at UCL (Louvain-la-Neuve - Belgium) and a member of the Cairo-Dock team and other projects which support Free Software.
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I've been using Ubuntu as my primary OS since 2008 after having tested Mandrake, Mandriva and Ubuntu Warty (with its great and famous liveCD) and used Debian Etch 64bits just after its release in April 2007. I've been using Ubuntu (from the alphas to the stable Ubuntu x86_64 releases) as my primary OS since 2008 after having tested Mandrake, Mandriva and Ubuntu Warty (with its great and famous liveCD) and used Debian Etch 64bits (just after its release in April 2007).
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I always use the development release of Ubuntu on x86_64 (from the alphas to the stable release). This is why I post and fix a few bugs reports about this version when I've a few free time.
I started doing debian packages with Cairo-Dock 2.0 in order to add its plug-ins in Ubuntu repos and have a better integration.
I'm part of an organisation which promotes the Free Software by installing Ubuntu and helping users every working weeks and by organizing a few events.
I also participate to the UDS-M (but only one day).
I'm posting and fixing bug reports on the development release for 3+ years.
I'm improving the Ubuntu official packages of Cairo-Dock 2.0 (plug-ins included) since September 2009.
I joined the Louvain-li-Nux association (promotion of Free Software through Ubuntu's installations, weekly supports to the community and event's organizations) 2 years ago.
I joined the UDS-M for one day.
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 * Developing for the Cairo-Dock project of course :) . During these years, I mainly tried to improve the user experience, to maintain the installation process, to support Launchpad tools (Code, Bugs, Translations, Answer, Blueprint) and to support new changes on API which are used by the dock. I also like creating useless applets like Impulse: [[http://youtu.be/9WNodluOc3o]] ;)
 * Working on Cairo-Dock packaging (Ubuntu official repositories and Cairo-Dock repositories for Ubuntu (Weekly (PPA) and stable (PPA+repo) versions) and Debian (stable version) and its Ubuntu integration (by maintaining Cairo-Dock's Indicator applets, by adding a Cairo-Dock session, etc.)
 * But I also tried to patch other free softwares (there is a part of the list [[http://ubuntu-dev.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/ubuntu-sponsorships.cgi?render=html&sponsor=&sponsor_search=name&sponsoree=Matthieu+Baerts+%28matttbe%29&sponsoree_search=name|here]]) like this patch for Nautilus [[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/1:3.2.1-0ubuntu4.2|3.2.1-0ubuntu4.2]].
 * Recently, I'm also helping a
friend who is the main dev of LaTeXila by testing and maintaining its packages on Ubuntu (with a PPA (stable/unstable version) and the official packages).
 * Developing the Cairo-Dock project of course :) . During these years, I mainly improved the user experience; maintain the installation process; support Launchpad tools (Code, Bugs, Translations, Answer, Blueprint); support new changes on used APIs; create useless applets as Impulse: [[http://youtu.be/9WNodluOc3o]] ;)
 * Packaging the Cairo-Dock project (weekly PPA and stable PPA/repo for the Ubuntu official/Cairo-Dock/Debian repositories)
 * Working on the integration of Cairo-
Dock into Ubuntu such as maintaining Cairo-Dock's Indicator applets, adding a Cairo-Dock session, etc.
 * Patching other Free Software such as Nautilus [[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/1:3.2.1-0ubuntu4.2|3.2.1-0ubuntu4.2]] (non-exhaustive list: [[http://ubuntu-dev.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/ubuntu-sponsorships.cgi?render=html&sponsor=&sponsor_search=name&sponsoree=Matthieu+Baerts+%28matttbe%29&sponsoree_search=name|here]])
 * Helping a friend (main LaTeXila's dev) by testing and maintaining its pac
kages on Ubuntu (official and PPA - stable/unstable version - packages).
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I'm working as developer with the Cairo-Dock team. I'm also cooperating with contributors of the cairo-dock-plug-ins-extras sub-project by merging branches and by maintaining it.
You can see my work on launchpad: [[https://code.launchpad.net/cairo-dock]]
I'm a member of the Cairo-Dock team (mainly as a developer but also other things - website, translations, drivers, releaser because we're a very small team). I'm also cooperating with contributors of the cairo-dock-plug-ins-extras sub-project by merging branches and maintaining them.
You can see my work on LaunchPad: [[https://code.launchpad.net/cairo-dock]], [[https://code.launchpad.net/~matttbe]]
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Get more involved in design decisions in Ubuntu which can cause bugs for Cairo-Dock users (e.g.: [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-themes/+bug/968133|bug #968133]]) but also do more new stuff for Cairo-Dock.
I'm still a student and I can improve my coding skill but about Ubuntu I think I can do more stuff and try to maintain more packages that I use.
About Cairo-Dock, the TODO list is big but it takes also a few time. Maybe the solution is to code faster :)
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Of course I still want to contribute more to Ubuntu but first I want to improve Cairo-Dock. I don't know if I can become a MOTU but maybe I can first join the ''universe-contributors'' team.
I also want to have better Cairo-Dock packages in Debian to avoid some strange bugs due to the packages but it's not easy to see new changes on these packages ([[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cairo-dock-plugins/+bug/657564|bug #657564]]).
Having more responsibilities into the Cairo-Dock project and contributing to the Ubuntu project seem essential.
Regarding Cairo-Dock itself, I would like to continue into my role of core dev and improve the packaging for Debian (if it's possible ;) e.g.: [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cairo-dock-plugins/+bug/657564|bug #657564]]).
Regarding Ubuntu, joining teams such as the MOTU or firstly the ''universe-contributors'' one (I don't know if I have significant and sustained contributions) seems a nice challenge.
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Sometime it's hard to find discussions with the reason of some designs changes and made changes to have a better integration of Cairo-Dock in Ubuntu ((e.g.: [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-themes/+bug/968133|bug #968133]] which has still no official fixes and no answer from Light-Themes team).
It's sometimes hard to find discussions about the purposes of some design changes in order to report the impacts (e.g.: [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-themes/+bug/968133|bug #968133]] which has still no official fixes and no answer from Light-Themes team).
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[[CategoryPerPackageUploaderApplication]]
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I, Matthieu Baerts, apply for upload rights for these packages:

  • cairo-dock

  • cairo-dock-plug-ins

  • latexila

Name

Matthieu Baerts

Launchpad Page

https://launchpad.net/~matttbe

Wiki Page

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/matttbe

Who I am

I'm a student at UCL (Louvain-la-Neuve - Belgium) and a member of the Cairo-Dock team and other projects which support Free Software.

My Ubuntu story

I've been using Ubuntu (from the alphas to the stable Ubuntu x86_64 releases) as my primary OS since 2008 after having tested Mandrake, Mandriva and Ubuntu Warty (with its great and famous liveCD) and used Debian Etch 64bits (just after its release in April 2007).

My involvement

I'm posting and fixing bug reports on the development release for 3+ years. I'm improving the Ubuntu official packages of Cairo-Dock 2.0 (plug-ins included) since September 2009. I joined the Louvain-li-Nux association (promotion of Free Software through Ubuntu's installations, weekly supports to the community and event's organizations) 2 years ago. I joined the UDS-M for one day.

Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of

A short list:

  • Developing the Cairo-Dock project of course Smile :) . During these years, I mainly improved the user experience; maintain the installation process; support Launchpad tools (Code, Bugs, Translations, Answer, Blueprint); support new changes on used APIs; create useless applets as Impulse: http://youtu.be/9WNodluOc3o Wink ;)

  • Packaging the Cairo-Dock project (weekly PPA and stable PPA/repo for the Ubuntu official/Cairo-Dock/Debian repositories)
  • Working on the integration of Cairo-Dock into Ubuntu such as maintaining Cairo-Dock's Indicator applets, adding a Cairo-Dock session, etc.
  • Patching other Free Software such as Nautilus 3.2.1-0ubuntu4.2 (non-exhaustive list: here)

  • Helping a friend (main LaTeXila's dev) by testing and maintaining its packages on Ubuntu (official and PPA - stable/unstable version - packages).

Areas of work

I'm a member of the Cairo-Dock team (mainly as a developer but also other things - website, translations, drivers, releaser because we're a very small team). I'm also cooperating with contributors of the cairo-dock-plug-ins-extras sub-project by merging branches and maintaining them. You can see my work on LaunchPad: https://code.launchpad.net/cairo-dock, https://code.launchpad.net/~matttbe

Things I could do better

I'm still a student and I can improve my coding skill but about Ubuntu I think I can do more stuff and try to maintain more packages that I use. About Cairo-Dock, the TODO list is big but it takes also a few time. Maybe the solution is to code faster Smile :)

Plans for the future

General

Having more responsibilities into the Cairo-Dock project and contributing to the Ubuntu project seem essential. Regarding Cairo-Dock itself, I would like to continue into my role of core dev and improve the packaging for Debian (if it's possible Wink ;) e.g.: bug #657564). Regarding Ubuntu, joining teams such as the MOTU or firstly the universe-contributors one (I don't know if I have significant and sustained contributions) seems a nice challenge.

What I like least in Ubuntu

It's sometimes hard to find discussions about the purposes of some design changes in order to report the impacts (e.g.: bug #968133 which has still no official fixes and no answer from Light-Themes team).


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