Ubuntu packaging assistance?

2010-06-30 Thread Randall Ross
Hi, I'm looking for an Ubuntu developer skilled in the art of packaging to mentor/coach one of my colleagues who wants to package his first app for Ubuntu. Exciting stuff! Preference to anyone in or near Vancouver BC, making it easier to work face-to-face but remote is okay too. Cheers, Randall. -

Re: Supporting a GNU Hurd port?

2009-12-09 Thread Randall Ross
There is another important and non-technical dimension that we should consider as a community when we discuss the kernel, or its replacement. Marketing. (Yes the word now officially appears on a developer mailing list ;) Two experiments: 1) Say the word "Linux" to an average (non-technical) comp

Re: Here lies the responsiblity

2009-12-01 Thread Randall Ross
At the risk of inciting a "riot of epic proportions", I would like to propose an alternate hypothesis: Ubuntu <> Linux. I think it might be worthwhile to consider and to market Ubuntu for what it is, a community-developed collection of free software (kernel, toolchain, GNU utilities, applications

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Reviving the Marketing Team (yet, again!) with a focus on simple activism

2009-10-22 Thread Randall Ross
This issue is a good candidate for the (underused) Community Bug Reporting area in Launchpad. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-community/+filebug Can someone summarize and log it there? Cheers, Randall Ubuntu Vancouver LoCo > -- > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009