On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Peter Robinson <pbrobin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:40 AM, Kalpa Welivitigoda <callka...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Thanks Peter for the reply. >> >> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Peter Robinson <pbrobin...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi Kalpa, >>> >>>> I am Kalpa Welivitigoda from Sri Lanka. >>>> >>>> I was searching for a FOSS project to contribute on and I came across >>>> Sugar on a Stick through OpenHatch. >>>> >>>> I am involved in Fedora Project [1] , Mozilla Firefox and have >>>> contributed in lokalizing some of the other projects including >>>> OpenOffice, pidgin, GNOME etc. Apart from them I am active on Hanthana >>>> Linux [2], a local project. Hanthana is a remix of Fedora. I attend >>>> FOSS related events and talk about FOSS to make the public aware. I >>>> currently write to two local e-magazines (FOSS User [3] and Hanthana+, >>>> yet to be released.) >>>> >>>> In technical aspects, I am familiar with java and python and uses >>>> Fedora as my primary and only OS. In Sugar on a Stick I hope to make >>>> use of my python knowledge and learn more on python. I also wish to >>>> package applications and actually I have done one related to fedora >>>> Sound SIG [4]. But it is not upstream yet since there are some more >>>> sound tracks to be added. I wish to learn further on packaging also. >>>> >>>> So at the moment the ways I can contribute to Sugar on a Stick will be >>>> with; >>>> 1) testing >>>> 2) fixing bugs or adding new features to existing activities (depend >>>> on the level of python expertise needed) >>>> 3) packaging activities for fedora >>>> >>>> I am reading for my BSc of Eng degree major in Electrical Engineering >>>> and I wish to contribute to FOSS in my leisure time. >>>> >>>> My irc nickname is callkalpa >>>> >>>> Please help me get started! >>> >>> Welcome! I'd be more than happy to help get you started. There's all >>> sorts of things to do to get started. >>> >>> 1) We can never do enough testing! We have nightly builds of SoaS that >>> are available at the link below. All feed back to the mailing list is >>> great, fixes to any bugs is even better :-) >>> >>> http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/soas/ >>> >>> 2) Fixing and adding of features is very welcome. Some of the things >>> that come directly to mind is improved internationalisation support >>> with in SoaS, some means within the UI to update the OS. I'm sure I >>> have more that don't come direct to mind at the moment. >>> >>> I have a few ideas so feel free to ping me on IRC if you want to >>> discuss it some more. My nick is pbrobinson and I'm usually hanging >>> out in #fedora-mobility or #sugar >>> >>> 3) For packaging you can see what's currently packages with "yum list >>> sugar*" and anything not in that list it would be great to package. If >>> your interested in assisting in maintaining existing packages that >>> would be great! >>> >> >> testing and bug fixing, I'll look into as time permits. For the moment >> I though to stick for translations and packaging. > > Cool, if you need any assistance with packaging please ask. If your > already a Fedora packager and would like to co-maintain and of the > Sugar Activities let me know, I would quite happily add you to the > ownership to help maintain them. >
Well, I am not already a Fedora packager, this is my first package submitted (there is one more and that is not submitted). I'm waiting for this package to be approved. Next I will package some more applications and then I will move to co-maintain. Some experience will make the work easy :-) > Cheers, > Peter > _______________________________________________ > SoaS mailing list > SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas > -- Best Regards, Kalpa Pathum Welivitigoda http://about.me/callkalpa _______________________________________________ SoaS mailing list SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas
