WilliamGrant

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Email: MailTo(william.grant@ubuntu.com.au)

GPG Key: [http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xE55791E872451A8413BC0354ADB4BEA99D1D4025 0x9D1D4025]

IRC: Fujitsu on irc.freenode.net

Jabber: fujitsu@jabber.org

Launchpad: [https://www.launchpad.net/people/fujitsu]

Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

About Me

At the moment, I'm a Year 12 student in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. I've been using Linux since my father introduced me to Red Hat 7.0 in mid-2000. I then switched to Slackware for a while, then Debian, and finally Ubuntu (in January 2005). I've not left Ubuntu since.

Ubuntu Involvement

I've been fairly active in the Ubuntu community since I joined it in early 2005. My contributions include:

  • Starting the Ubuntu AustralianTeam.

  • Managing the web hosting for the AustralianTeam.

  • Regular bug triage throughout Malone.
  • Updating/correcting/beautifying pages on the Ubuntu Wiki.
  • Merging and requesting syncs during Edgy development.

Ubuntu AustralianTeam

Around the release of Ubuntu 5.10, YukiCuss and I started the AustralianTeam. It consists at the moment of about 60 Australian Ubuntu users who wish to help spread the word, and is still growing. I currently manage the web/email hosting for the team.

Bug Triage

I am subscribed to the ubuntu-bugs mailing list, and triage many bugs within minutes of the inital report. I also often work through the list of unconfirmed bugs, trying to eventually eliminate it.

Wiki Updating

I have corrected/updated/fixed/beautified many wiki pages, with grammatical/spelling corrections, cleanups, updating for Ubuntu 6.06, etc.

Package Syncing/Merging

Packages Merged for Edgy (so far)

  • (./) apt-watch

  • (./) carpaltunnel (sync rebranded as a merge due to version number)

  • (./) crack-attack

  • (./) drivel

  • (./) exim

  • (./) gaby

  • (./) gl-117

  • (./) trackballs

  • (./) vpnc

  • (./) xkeysw

  • (./) xmotd

Package Sync Requests for Edgy (so far)

  • (X) carpaltunnel (NMU versioning meant it had to be merged)

  • (./) clusterssh

  • (./) dclock

  • (./) elmo

  • (./) galculator

  • (./) gip

  • (./) glcpu

  • (./) gnumail

  • (./) graphmonkey

  • (./) hwinfo

  • (X) ilohamail

  • (./) lincity

  • (./) mbot

  • (./) openntpd

  • (./) space-orbit

  • (./) wininfo

  • (./) xjig

  • (./) xlife

  • (./) xmem

  • (./) xmeter

  • (./) xmoto

Package Bugs Fixed

Future Goals

For now, I'll continue bug triaging, promoting Ubuntu around Australia, and fixing up the wiki. In the future, I'd like to be more involved in the actual development of Ubuntu, by becoming a MOTU, for example.

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