Paul Wise: FLOSS Activities October 2021
Focus
This month I didn't have any particular focus.
I just worked on issues in my info bubble.
Changes
- freetype:
restore donations
- OFTC website:
cleanups, document account verification
- feed2exec:
cleanups
- iotop-py:
IRC channel
- whohas:
fix URLs
(1
2)
- Debian screenshots:
deleted qutim (Windows)
- Debian wiki pages:
BisectDebian,
CrossCompiling,
DebianHistory,
Derivatives/Census/ToriOS,
DeveloperNews,
Hardware/Wanted,
IRC,
Manual-Howto,
Mobile,
PortsDocs/New,
PrivacyIssues,
screen,
StaticLinking,
Teams/DebianOnMobile
- FOSSjobs wiki pages:
Resources
Issues
- Crashes in
smart-notifier,
gnome-shell-extension-shortcuts,
bookworm,
gdb
- AppArmor issues in
avahi
- Conffile removal in
gnome-session-common,
dkms
- Features in
Launchpad,
ScanCode,
plocate
- New versions of
valgrind
- Warnings in
smart-notifier
- Usability issues in
GreaseMonkey
- Missing systemd integration for
ddccontrol
- Syntax error in
zephyr,
python-editor
- Missing deps in
libevolution,
intel-gpu-tools
- Leakage in
gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
- Broken links in
libp11-kit-dev,
nm.debian.org
- Out of sync description in
libp11-kit-dev
- Incorrect links in
cwrap.org
- Unknown errors in
sm/freetype
Review
- Spam: reported
2 Debian bug reports and
73 Debian mailing list posts
- Patches:
merged whohas/iotop-py/libusbgx patches
- Debian wiki:
RecentChanges for the month
- Debian BTS usertags:
changes for the month
- Debian screenshots:
- approved
9menu
awesome
circuit-macros
fvwm
gpicview
lm-sensors
lxqt
mousepad
openbox
qutim
task-lxqt-desktop
xfce4-settings
- rejected
webhttrack (screenshot of screenshots website),
libc6 (random Android app),
tesseract-ocr-all (random website),
bpytop (hard to read, proprietary background image),
p7zip-full (help output)
Administration
- Debian BTS:
unarchive/reopen/triage bugs for reintroduced packages
- Debian IRC:
disable anti-spam channel modes for some channels,
rescue #debian-printing from retired chanop
- Debian wiki:
unblock IP addresses,
approve accounts
Communication
- Sent Debian Misc Developer News #56
- Respond to queries from Debian users and contributors on the mailing lists and IRC
Sponsors
The valgrind bug was sponsored by my employer.
All other work was done on a volunteer basis.
- freetype: restore donations
- OFTC website: cleanups, document account verification
- feed2exec: cleanups
- iotop-py: IRC channel
- whohas: fix URLs (1 2)
- Debian screenshots: deleted qutim (Windows)
- Debian wiki pages: BisectDebian, CrossCompiling, DebianHistory, Derivatives/Census/ToriOS, DeveloperNews, Hardware/Wanted, IRC, Manual-Howto, Mobile, PortsDocs/New, PrivacyIssues, screen, StaticLinking, Teams/DebianOnMobile
- FOSSjobs wiki pages: Resources
Issues
- Crashes in
smart-notifier,
gnome-shell-extension-shortcuts,
bookworm,
gdb
- AppArmor issues in
avahi
- Conffile removal in
gnome-session-common,
dkms
- Features in
Launchpad,
ScanCode,
plocate
- New versions of
valgrind
- Warnings in
smart-notifier
- Usability issues in
GreaseMonkey
- Missing systemd integration for
ddccontrol
- Syntax error in
zephyr,
python-editor
- Missing deps in
libevolution,
intel-gpu-tools
- Leakage in
gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
- Broken links in
libp11-kit-dev,
nm.debian.org
- Out of sync description in
libp11-kit-dev
- Incorrect links in
cwrap.org
- Unknown errors in
sm/freetype
Review
- Spam: reported
2 Debian bug reports and
73 Debian mailing list posts
- Patches:
merged whohas/iotop-py/libusbgx patches
- Debian wiki:
RecentChanges for the month
- Debian BTS usertags:
changes for the month
- Debian screenshots:
- approved
9menu
awesome
circuit-macros
fvwm
gpicview
lm-sensors
lxqt
mousepad
openbox
qutim
task-lxqt-desktop
xfce4-settings
- rejected
webhttrack (screenshot of screenshots website),
libc6 (random Android app),
tesseract-ocr-all (random website),
bpytop (hard to read, proprietary background image),
p7zip-full (help output)
Administration
- Debian BTS:
unarchive/reopen/triage bugs for reintroduced packages
- Debian IRC:
disable anti-spam channel modes for some channels,
rescue #debian-printing from retired chanop
- Debian wiki:
unblock IP addresses,
approve accounts
Communication
- Sent Debian Misc Developer News #56
- Respond to queries from Debian users and contributors on the mailing lists and IRC
Sponsors
The valgrind bug was sponsored by my employer.
All other work was done on a volunteer basis.
- Spam: reported 2 Debian bug reports and 73 Debian mailing list posts
- Patches: merged whohas/iotop-py/libusbgx patches
- Debian wiki: RecentChanges for the month
- Debian BTS usertags: changes for the month
- Debian screenshots:
- approved 9menu awesome circuit-macros fvwm gpicview lm-sensors lxqt mousepad openbox qutim task-lxqt-desktop xfce4-settings
- rejected webhttrack (screenshot of screenshots website), libc6 (random Android app), tesseract-ocr-all (random website), bpytop (hard to read, proprietary background image), p7zip-full (help output)
Administration
- Debian BTS:
unarchive/reopen/triage bugs for reintroduced packages
- Debian IRC:
disable anti-spam channel modes for some channels,
rescue #debian-printing from retired chanop
- Debian wiki:
unblock IP addresses,
approve accounts
Communication
- Sent Debian Misc Developer News #56
- Respond to queries from Debian users and contributors on the mailing lists and IRC
Sponsors
The valgrind bug was sponsored by my employer.
All other work was done on a volunteer basis.
- Sent Debian Misc Developer News #56
- Respond to queries from Debian users and contributors on the mailing lists and IRC