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KDE: Post Akademy Snap Wrap Up and Future

Posted on August 11, 2023 by sgmoore

It has been a very busy couple of weeks in the KDE snap world! Here is a rundown of what has been done: An update to the “Very exciting news coming soon”: While everything went well, it is not (yet!) happening. I do not have the management experience the stakeholders are looking for to run the project. I understand completely! I have the passion and project experience, just not management in this type of project. So with that said, are you a KDE/C++ developer with a management background and have a history of bringing projects to the finishline? Are you

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KDE Akademy 2023, Sunburns, and KDE Snaps

Posted on July 25, 2023 by sgmoore

A big thank you goes out to the Ubuntu Community for making my attendance to the KDE Akademy 2023! This was a very successful conference for me. I had very positive feedback for my speech on “A million reasons why snaps are important. I also had a productive BoF on snapping KDE applications. Most importantly I got to catch up with many old and new friends and got to put faces to the new. There were so many great talks and BoFs, but one of my favorites was the Goals as all three compliment each other. The keynote was amazing,

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KDE Gear 23.04.1 Snaps Released! Snapcraft updates and more.

Posted on May 24, 2023 by sgmoore

I have completed the 23.04.1 KDE Gear applications release for snaps! With this release comes several new KDE Snaps! Plus many long outdated / broken snaps are updated and or fixed! Check them all out here: https://snapcraft.io/search?q=KDE I have been busy triaging and squashing bugs in regards to snaps on https://bugs.kde.org Snapcraft: Updated the kde-neon extension for the newest content pack. Made a core22 qmake plugin with tests PR https://github.com/canonical/craft-parts/pull/463 Future work: Top on my TO-DO list is still PIM. There are many parts, making it more complex. I am working on it though. QT6/KF6 is making it’s way to

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KDE Snaps, Gear 23.04.0 available in snap store

Posted on April 28, 2023 by sgmoore

It has been another crazy busy couple of weeks. There are too many snaps released to list here, but you can track my progress here: https://invent.kde.org/packaging/snapcraft-kde-applications/-/issues/30 Some notable releases are: I updated our Frameworks/QT5 content pack to kf5 105 and qt5 5.15.9. I have added more documentation at: https://invent.kde.org/teams/neon/-/wikis/Snaps I am finishing up the last of 23.04.0 snaps and will tackle KDE PIM suite next week. I will also work on more apps that have their own release cycle. Several snap bugs have been resolved and closed! Please remember if you have issues, to file them at bugs.kde.org as I

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KDE Snaps! Oh so many released! Debian update

Posted on April 14, 2023 by sgmoore

It has been another very busy couple of weeks! I have released many snaps, fixed a few bugs, started the documentation, and have many snaps in progress. So without further ado here is my status update for KDE snaps: Fixed two very important Krita bugs: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=465307 Fixed several other minor bugs and triaged all the snap bugs I could find on bugs.kde.org. Remember to assign snap bugs to me! It makes my life easier and I see them quicker. I have started some documentation for developers that want to assist in getting their KDE app snapped here: https://invent.kde.org/teams/neon/-/wikis/Snaps I have

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KDE Snaps! Many new releases, more to come.

Posted on March 31, 2023 by sgmoore

I have been extremely busy the last 2 weeks churning out KDE snaps! All of the have been tested and released on AMD64 and Arm64 architectures. If you run into any problems please file bugs @ http://bugs.kde.org and feel free to assign me. Thanks! Krita Version 5.1.5 https://apps.kde.org/krita/ Parley Version 22.12.3 https://apps.kde.org/parley/ Kate Version 22.12.3 https://apps.kde.org/kate/ Okular Version 22.12.3 https://apps.kde.org/okular/ Haruna Version 0.10.3 https://apps.kde.org/haruna/ Granatier Version 22.12.3 https://apps.kde.org/granatier/ Gwenview Version 22.12.3 https://apps.kde.org/gwenview/ GCompris-qt Version 3.2 https://apps.kde.org/gcompris/ Bomber Version 22.12.3 https://apps.kde.org/bomber/ Falkon Version 22.12.3 https://apps.kde.org/falkon/ Ark Version 22.12.3 https://apps.kde.org/ark/ Blinken Version 22.12.3 https://apps.kde.org/blinken/ Bovo Version 22.12.3 https://apps.kde.org/bovo/ Artikulate Version 22.12.3 https://apps.kde.org/artikulate/

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A Big Thank You Community! KDE Snaps resumed and More.

Posted on March 16, 2023 by sgmoore

After my last post a few things have happened. First, I want to thank all of you for your support, monetary and moral. The open source community is amazing and I love being a part of it. We are surviving thanks to all of you. Despite my failed interview, a new door has opened up and I am happy to announce that Canonical is funding me to work part time for a period of 3 months on KDE Snaps! While not the full time role I was hoping for, I’ll take it, and who knows, maybe they will see just

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Snowstorms, Kittens and Shattered dreams

Posted on February 24, 2023 by sgmoore

Icy morning Witch Wells Az
Long ago I applied for my dream job at a company I have wanted to wok for since its beginning and I wasn’t ready technically. Fast forward to now, I am ready! A big thank you goes out to Blue Systems for that. So I go out and find the perfect role and start the application process. The process was months long, but was going very well, the interviews and I passed the technical with flying colors. I got to the end where the hiring lead told me he was submitting my offer… I was so excited, so much so,

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KDE Snaps, Security updates, Debian Freeze

Posted on February 16, 2023 by sgmoore

Much like our trees, Debian is now in freeze stage for Bookworm. I am still working on packages locally until development opens up again. My main focus is getting mycroft packages updated to the new fork at https://github.com/orgs/OpenVoiceOS/repositories. On the KDE Snaps side of things: My PPA is not going well. There is a problem in Focal here qhelpgenerator-qt5 is a missing dependency, HOWEVER it is there… as shown here: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/focal/+package/qhelpgenerator-qt5 a fun circular dependency for qtbase. It also builds fine in a focal chroot. I have tried copying packages, source recipe builds, adding another PPA with successful builds, to

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KDE Snaps, snapcraft, Debian packages.

Posted on February 3, 2023 by sgmoore

Another busy week! In the snap world, I have been busy trying to solve the problem of core20 snaps needing security updates and focal is no longer supported in KDE Neon. So I have created a ppa at https://launchpad.net/~scarlettmoore/+archive/ubuntu/kf5-5.99-focal-updates/+packages Which of course presents more work, as kf5 5.99.0 requires qt5 5.15.7. Sooo this is a WIP. Snapcraft kde-neon-extension is moving along as I learn the python ways of formatting, and fixing some issues in my tests. In the Debian world, I am sad to report Mycroft-AI has gone bust, however the packaging efforts are not in vain as the project

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