Hi All, Volunteering to help out with OpenSceneGraph related packaging -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I've been a Kubuntu user for past two years, but... this is my first foray into world of actively contributing to the Ubunutu family, so please be patient if I ask the wrong questions in the wrong places - just point me in the right direction, I'm up for learning how to fit in and contribute with the project processes. A little background about myself, I'm the project lead of the OpenSceneGraph project, which is graphics middle-ware used primarily in the vis-sim, VR and GIS sectors. I've been making my living from consulting/bespoke dev work on top the OpenSceneGraph for the past 8 years, and based in Scotland. I'm a OpenGL/C++/scene graph man, for packaging and server admin I've so far deferred to others with more expertise in various platforms, so don't have lots of experience in this area yet. I have been using various flavours of unix since the late eighties, GNU/Linux in various forms since the late nineties. Since moving to Kubuntu a couple of years ago, I've become a keen advocate of Kubuntu so feel that it's about time that I helped out try to make the Ubutuntu platform better in what ways I can. My area of expertise is OpenSceneGraph, so I'd suggest my greatest use would be to help coordinating packaging/bug ixes etc. relating the OpenSceneGraph package. While I have lots to learn, I would hope that I'd be able to help relieve some of the workload of those who have currently been manage the OpenSceneGraph and related packaging. My motivation isn't all just focused on helping out with the Ubuntu community, I also want to help present OpenSceneGraph users, and projects that use the OpenSceneGraph (such as FlightGear) by making sure that Ubuntu has up to date releases and that bug fixes make there way in promptly, I believe I can help short cut the upstream/downstream disconnect that exists right now and help out both communities. Right now Ubuntu repositories just have OpenSceneGraph-2.4.0 which is 9 months old now, there has been plenty of bug fixes and feature enhancements since then, to an extent that Ubuntu/OSG users typically have to pull down the sources themselves to get the best OSG experience, rather than pulling down packages from the Ubuntu repositories. Since 2.4.0 there has been a 2.6.0 and 2.6.1 releases (that are debian unstable), and we've just tagged OSG-2.8.0-rc1, so it'd be good to help see more up to date packages made available. So... my question is who are currently contributing to OpenSceneGraph packaging/support? Would they be willing to bring me into the fold/mentor by little baby steps? Thanks in advance for you assistance, Robert. -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list Ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
