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I am an Engineer by day, and in my spare time I maintain packages for Debian and help out with Ubuntu.

• Launchpad ID: https://launchpad.net/~retail-0 (you can find contact details here)

• Debian wiki: https://wiki.debian.org/RossGammon

I was born in Australia, and now live in Copenhagen, Denmark. In my younger days I spent a lot of time learning to program. This was mainly in BASIC, but I also learnt some Assembler (Z80) and Pascal programming through my studies. Then my work got in the way, and I spent many years as a software user only (Windows of course).

Then in 2011 I installed Linux, discovered the joy of software freedom, and rediscovered the fun of making computers do what you want. Then in 2013 I decided to start contributing something back. I started by taking over the maintenance of the Gramps package in Debian. Nowadays, as well as Gramps, I also maintain the goocanvas, abcmidi, and dominate packages. I am a member of the Debian GIS Team, the Debian Multimedia Team, and the Debian Javascript Team where I also help to maintain several packages. I am also enjoying brushing up on some Python, PHP and C programming.

In Ubuntu, I am a member of the Ubuntu Studio Team. With the Ubuntu Studio Team, I have recently taken on the role of Testing Team Leader. As well as helping out with the next release (16.04), we hope to create a suite of Manual Test Cases that we can use to test the important Ubuntu Studio applications before the release. I am also a member of the Ubuntu Studio Bugs Team, and the Ubuntu Bug Squad. After we get the suite of Manual Test Cases in order, my intention is to build on the Bug Triage documentation for Ubuntu and create some Bug Triaging guides specific to Ubuntu Studio (particularly with respect to audio and MIDI), and begin to plan some Bug Hugging days on Ubuntu Studio packages in need of some love. I am also planning to hack together a few tools to help manage typical tasks in the Ubuntu Studio Development Team. I also try to help out by syncing and merging software from Debian. I have also done Backports for some packages. For Ubuntu Studio, I hope to be a bit more systematic about this aspect in the future.

Contributions

• Debian Work

• Ubuntu & Debian Uploads

• Ubuntu Branches

• Ubuntu Merges

• Ubuntu Team Memberships

Future

I want to ...

• Help to build up a portfolio of Manual Test Cases for Ubuntu Studio packages and begin Application Testing before the 16.04 release
• Help with testing ISO's for the Beta and Final releases of Ubuntu Studio 16.04 and marking them ready for release
• Write up some Bug Triaging guides specific to Ubuntu Studio
• Become an Ubuntu Member and obtain upload rights so that I can assist with merges, syncs, SRUs, and backports of Ubuntu Studio packages

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