Contact

Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/people/glatzor

Email: sebastian dot heinlein at web de

IRC: glatzor.

Jabber: glatzor@jabber.org

GnuPG: [http://sks.keyserver.penguin.de:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x9B7FCF9E32BF2407 32BF2407]

VoIP: sip:sebastian.heinlein@ekiga.net

About me

I am a male student geriatic nurse in his late twenties.

Contributions

I started my OpenSource engagement back in 2003 contributing translations and documentation to the Synaptic package manager. Later I got involved in usability and redesigned the Synaptic interface to its current state. Furthermore I translated the Totem manual and did some minor translation work for the GNOME project.

Because I was low on time and energy I retired from opensource development in 2005 and returned in January 2006: filling a [https://launchpad.net/products/gnome-app-install/+bug/17470 bug report] against gnome-app-install. It was once again about interface issues. I rediscouvered the joy of community based software projects. Starting from this bug report I suggested a [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GnomeAppInstall/ui redesign] of the interface for gnome-app-install. Thankfully Michael Vogt liked my proposal. This is a good place to say once again thanks to Michael Vogt.

Today I am a "co-author" of gnome-app-install, gdebi and update-manager. I even developed an application on my own that can be found in Universe: [http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/utils/webboard webboard]. It is a panel applet that enables you to [http://pimpzkru.de/sebi/webboard/webboard-demo.gif easily paste] your clipboard to a pastebin server. It was my learning python application.

As you can easily guess my main focus is on translation and user interface design.

In May 2006 I was approved as an Ubuntu member. Thanks too all the people who supported me.

TODO

gnome-app-install

• use libsexy
• think about integration of a web based wiki/cms including stats, comments, screenshots and so on

apt/gnome/python

• create a python module that provides common dialogs (cooperate with wasabi)

update-manager

• integrate reworked channel dialog
• show date of latest update
• non root mode

synaptic

• ui review and polishing

webboard

• use gnomevfs
• integrate screenshot support
• integrate source code highlightening

hubackup

• new interface

German translation

• start a debate about quality assurance
• perhaps temporarily disable commit privileges to Rosetta for all team memebers and establish an trans-de-admin team
• initiate a review process using the mailing list
• nag people to move translators-de to the ubuntu server (getting more attention and a searchable archive)
• work closer with upstream (mainly GNOME) - use a common word list

Rosetta

• think about missing features and better guiding process for new translators

Random collection of my work

• [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GnomeAppInstall/ui Redesign] of the UI of gnome-app-install

• Polishing of the update-manager and the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RepositoryDialogRedesign software properties]

• Polishing of the GKSU dialog

• A lot of bug [https://launchpad.net/people/glatzor/+subscribedbugs?advanced=1&field.searchtext=&orderby=-priority%2C-severity&field.status%3Alist=Unconfirmed&field.status%3Alist=Needs+Info&field.status%3Alist=Rejected&field.status%3Alist=Confirmed&field.status%3Alist=In+Progress&field.status%3Alist=Fix+Committed&field.status%3Alist=Fix+Released&assignee_option=any&field.assignee=&field.owner=&field.omit_dupes.used=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch.used=&search=Search+bugs+Sebastian+Heinlein+is+Cc%27d+to triage]

• Trying to help people at #ubuntu-de and the [http://www.ubuntuusers.de/users/glatzor/ German Ubuntu forum]

• Upbackup user interface [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HomeUserBackup/UI redesign]

Finally I should mention my memebership in the famous [https://launchpad.net/people/blatant-and-awkward blatant errors and awkward grammar team].

Documentation

* [http://www.bayern-surf.de/geekwg/synaptic/ Synpatic Manual]

User Interface Works

synaptic

Before

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Today

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gnome-app-install

[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GnomeAppInstall/ui Rational]

Before

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After

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update-manager

Before

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After

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software-properties

Missed the old feautre freeze of dapper and faced a lack of time for the delayed dapper release. attachment:demo-software-properties.gif

dist-upgrade

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Webboard

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gksu

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home user backup

See [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HomeUserBackup/UI here]