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, Ra

Re: Supporting a GNU Hurd port?

2009-12-09 Thread Randall Ross
-technical) computer user. Note their emotional response. 2) Say the word "Mach" to a Mac user. Note their emotional response. Is Linux Ubuntu? Is Ubuntu Linux? Cheers, Randall Ubuntu Vancouver Buzz Generator -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.co

Re: Here lies the responsiblity

2009-12-01 Thread Randall Ross
are bound to be bumps along the road... Ultimately the responsibility for further greatness and adoption of Ubuntu rests mostly with the community that is Ubuntu, and with Canonical as its guide. Cheers, Randall Ubuntu Vancouver Buzz Generator ubuntu-devel-discuss-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wro

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:

Re: Our best foot forward

2007-11-19 Thread randall
Patrick wrote: > indeed I am unsure of how to contribute. > > It would seem that I could take the prize for both the longest and most > poorly written emails as the feedback I am receiving is disconnected > from the message I was sending. > > To summarize my long winded emails: > > Ubuntu is the

Re: GIMP *final* release for Gutsy?

2007-11-12 Thread randall
Aaron C. de Bruyn wrote: >> Aaron C. de Bruyn: >> >>> It boils down to this: If users aren't running into bugs, why repackage? >>> >> Because having “Release Conadidate” on the splash screen and “rc” in the >> About box gives users the impression that this is not a trustworthy, >> fi

Re: Release candidates in main - was: GIMP *final* release for Gutsy?

2007-11-09 Thread randall
Greg K Nicholson wrote: > Kai Schroeder: > >> Now, every time they start the gimp, a >> splash screen appears which says "release candidate" >> > > (Actually, it says “release conadidate”, for me anyway :) ) > > > at least we have a bug now! -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-