'''Name''': Ming Hua '''Email''': minghua@rice.edu '''Lauchpad Profile''': https://launchpad.net/people/minghua I am a Chinese coming from mainland China. I am a Ph.D. student with materials science major, studying in Rice University, Houston, USA. == Past Work == I have been an Ubuntu user since warty preview. During the hoary and breezy development period I was mainly a testing user, reported bugs [18], helped a little on simplified Chinese translation and GCC transition [1,2]. During the dapper development I '''got involved with MOTU''', helped on some merges/syncs of universe packages (mainly science related) [3-8]. My main work is '''taking care of the SCIM input method related packages in dapper''', including testing and reporting bugs back into Debian [22-24], handling the merge/sync later in Ubuntu [9-14], fixing or helping to fix bugs [15-17], as well as writing up a wiki page for introduction of SCIM [20]. I also worked on a Chinese font package [19]. I am the Debian maintainer of a couple of SCIM related packages, and recently becoming co-maintainer of even more because of my involvement in Ubuntu [21]. I am the back-up coordinator of debian-installer's simplified Chinese (zh_CN) translation team [25], and am generally involved in the i18n/l10n of Chinese in Debian [26]. == Work After Membership == I got Ubuntu memebership in January 2006, and since then I've been mostly '''doing bug triaging work'''. I've also made a few patches and uploads for packages I use and am familiar with [27,28]. I also continued to work on SCIM related packages for some feature requests from CJK users [29]. == Reference Links == ==== Ubuntu bugs ==== '''GCC transition''': 1. [[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/17042|libmath++]], 2. [[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/17976|arpack++]] '''MOTU merge for dapper''': (Merge) 3. [[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/grace6/+bug/4400|grace6]]; (Sync) 4. [[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/grace/+bug/4403|grace]], 5. [[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/libmath++/+bug/4087|libmath++]], 6. [[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/lmodern/+bug/5151|lmodern]], 7. [[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/stardict/+bug/5191|stardict]], and 8. [[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/octave2.1/+bug/5372|octave2.1]] '''SCIM related''': (Fixed) 9. [[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/scim/+bug/4805|sync scim from Debian]], 10. [[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/uim/+bug/5896|scim-uim crasher]], 11. [[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/5888|scim-canna rebuild]], 12. [[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/scim-pinyin/+bug/5893|scim-pinyin rebuild]], 13. [[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/scim-chewing/+bug/5894|scim-chewing rebuild]], and 14. [[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/scim-uim/+bug/5895|scim-uim rebuild]]; (Reported/Commented/Helped) 15. [[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/acroread/+bug/2246|crash in acroread]] 16. [[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/qt-x11-free/+bug/6606|IM modules missing in Qt]] 17. [[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/qt-x11-free/+bug/28590|Qt programs crash in GNOME]] 29. [[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/scim-hangul/+bug/33763|im-switch support for scim-hangul]] '''Miscellaneous''': 18. [[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/14507|Chinese in installer]] 19. [[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/xfonts-wqy/+bug/5568|xfonts-wqy merge]] 27. [[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/ttf-dejavu/+bug/34288|ttf-dejavu defoma hints fix]] 28. [[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/apt-proxy/+bug/4844|apt-proxy merge]] ==== Ubuntu wiki pages ==== 20. [[InputMethods/SCIM]] ==== Debian work ==== '''Packages maintained and comaintained''': 21. [[http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=minghua@rice.edu|my Debian QA page]] '''SCIM related bugs''': (I reported these bugs and/or provided these patches partly for getting the new packages enter Ubuntu in time) 22. [[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=335957|scim-m17n ABI transition]], 23. [[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=336270|scim-hangul ABI transition]], 24. [[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=336556|scim-chewing FTBFS]] '''Chinese localization''': 25. [[http://people.debian.org/~bubulle/d-i/i18n-doc/languages.html|debian-installer translation]], 26. [[http://alioth.debian.org/projects/chinese/|the Debian Alioth project for Chinese l10n work]] == Plans == My interests for future Ubuntu work are in two big categories: Chinese i18n/l10n (most importantly '''input method''' part) and science related packages (mainly '''computational physics/chemistry''' and '''LaTeX'''). Being the '''Debian maintainer of scim and other SCIM related packages''', I would like to keep them in good shape for Ubuntu. I also plan to '''look after other SCIM related packages''' I don't maintain and '''communicate/collaborate with the Debian maintainers'''. I would also like to try improving the SCIM packages in Ubuntu and making installing/using input method in Ubuntu easier and more user-friendly, although I most likely would need others' help for that goal. I don't plan to do much translation work myself, but since I am involved in the Chinese l10n work in Debian, I believe I would help communication of the Debian Chinese community and Ubuntu Chinese community. I also feel the different Chinese community (China mainland, Taiwan, and Hong Kong) should talk and work with each other a little more, and I hope I can do something to improve that. Science related packages usually have a small user base, and even smaller developer/maintainer base. So I feel it's quite important to get connected with the Debian science community. JordanMantha created [[MOTUScience]] team to achieve exactly that, and I also think this is a wonderful opportunity to show that Ubuntu and Debian can collaborate well. I would like to work in this team and '''help improving the quality of science-related packages''' in Ubuntu. ---- CategoryHomepage