My FOSS contributions and rants on Feb-April 2021

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 15:18:00 +0800

My rants and contributions to FOSS in Feb - April 2021

Involve with Debian and joined Debian Med teams, thank you Andreas Tille.
I intend to help Steffen Möller to package python-scanpy by fixing blocker and I end up packaging it missing dependencies which are python-sinfo and python-stdlib-list . Many thanks to who teach me how to packaging and Nilesh Patra for sponsoring me. The work on scanpy still unfinished, there is still leftover to do. WIP.
At same time I also send another ITP for python-scanorama, it working but the unit test asking for another missing package called as annoy from spotify and fbcpa from facebook.
Both missing package I able to rebuild locally but I not sending ITP yet. I send a request to Debian Python Team to join them and place both of this package under it.
I still contribute to Fedora as QA and few stuff. Another point, recently (actually few month ago but nvm, just put here), Izhar aka Kagesenshi get highsugar and re-activate the local community (Fedora Malaysia) via discord. He also setup a new team called Fedora Data Engineering SIG
After a while using and involve (contribute) with Fedora for fews years, I sometimes get a feel that Fedora and Red Hat moving so fast on everything and feel it not community oriented it more like leader oriented, take a look on something worth called as “flamewar” on Fedora-devel list which debate on changes on os-release.. check the Wiki here

There is few’s more contribution but I not keep track it properly, will update when I remember it 🤪

My FOSS contribution Jan 2021

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 15:18:00 +0000

My Contribution to FOSS in Jan 2021

Subscribing few of Debian mailing list such as debian-user, debconf-announce , debian-events-apac , debian-jobs, and debian-jr (If you want to see full list of mailing list that available, you can check here and become poster
Registered IRC nick as rnm (master) and mambang (slave) on OFTC network and actively helping user on #debian and #debian-welcome channel as what I could.
Request and accepted as Wiki Editor to Debian Wiki (check my profile)
Created Malaysia local group page on debian wiki and created Debian Malaysia Telegram group.
Submited #980521 - fail to edit/insert to file opened by vi bug report to debian bug tracking system (BTS) using reportbug (nice tool!)
Translate CalyxOS to Malay via weblate
Fixing existing Debian - Bahasa Melayu front page by using short wiki tag instead of hardcode string.
Submit #1688371 - Add option to override user agent somewhere bug/feature since the current thunderbird remove menu and address bar to enter pref configuration