||<>|| ##starthead = Contact information = * '''Your Name:''' DmitrijsLedkovs * '''Email Address:''' dmitrij.ledkov@ubuntu.com * '''IRC nickname:''' xnox * '''GSoC LinkID:''' [[http://socghop.appspot.com/user/show/xnox|xnox]] * '''Launchpad ID:''' [[https://launchpad.net/~dmitrij.ledkov|dmitrij.ledkov]] * '''Skype username:''' dmitrij0309 * '''Webpage/blog:''' http://surgut.wordpress.com * '''College-University:''' [[http://www.hull.ac.uk|University of Hull, UK]] * '''Major:''' Electronics, MEng Mobile Telecommunications Technology = Open Source = * '''Please describe any previous Open Source development experience:''' I'm maintaining Xiphos and Sword in Debian/Ubuntu. Due to this effort I've also became upstream developer of Xiphos. I did a few fixes in Ubuntu & bzr plugins. I'm currently Ubuntu Contributing Developer see my [[DmitrijsLedkovs/ContributorApplication| contributor application]]. Most (if not all) of my development experience is on [[https://launchpad.net/~dmitrij.ledkov|launchpad]] & [[http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=dmitrij.ledkov@gmail.com|PTS]]. * '''Why are you interested in Open Source?''' Hmmm... Because I'm a geek? I've started using Open Source apps because they were free, ad/malware free, stable and usually had more features. After I've switched to Ubuntu and started contributing I've learned a lot from Open Source apps. = Availability = * '''How long will the project take? When can you begin work?''' 2.5 - 3 months. Can start part time before June. Full time from June. * '''How much time do you expect to have for this project? (weekly)''' ~ 40 hours. Hoping to start coding early. * '''Where will you based during the summer?''' UK (UTC+1) or Latvia (UTC+2) = Other = * '''Do you have any commitments for the summer? (holidays/work/summer courses)''' 2-3 weeks for exams & dissertation. 1 week in August + a few weekends for linejuding Volleyball (world tour & national league). I'm hoping to start early to minimise impact. And merge milestones separately. * '''Have you ever participated in a previous GSoC?''' No. * '''Have you applied for any other 2010 Summer of Code projects? If yes, which ones?''' No. But I might apply for a couple of Ubuntu projects. * '''Why did you apply for the Google Summer of Code ?''' I see this as opportunity to experience what is it like to be Open Source full-time developer. In the future I would like my career to involve developing open source software. * '''Why did you choose Ubuntu as a mentoring organisation?''' * I am using ubuntu since 2007. I am ubuntu developer. I want to fix Bug #1. I love ubuntu. * I like the friendly developer & user community around ubuntu. During my previous work on ubuntu I've met and worked with awesome and cool developers =) some of which are mentors for GSoC. *Every ubuntu developer has cool Brainstorm ideas which would be really amazing to have for ubuntu development and/or ubuntu users. These cute ideas are often put aside to the when-I-have-spare-time box of each developer. With GSoC they can become reality. * '''Why do you want to participate and why should Ubuntu choose you?''' I want to make a significant contribution to Ubuntu. GSoC will give me opportunity to do that. Ubuntu should choose me because I am passionate, have sufficient knowledge and ready to learn fast. I want to become Motu/CoreDev in the future. ##stophead = Projects = Projects I'd like to do in alphabetical order. You can view each application separetly. <> To edit / leave comments use above links. Below are wiki page includes ;-) = Automated optimistic merging and testing of new upstream releases. = <> = Integrating Bzr with 3.0 (Quilt) packages = <> = USB-creator Improvements = <>