Scarlett Gately Moore

Category: debs

  • KDE Snaps Weekly report, Debian recommenced!

    Now that all the planets are fixed, please see what you missed here!

    /https://www.scarlettgatelymoore.dev/kde-a-day-in-the-life-the-kde-snapcrafter-part-2/

    EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: I am still looking for a super awesome team lead for a super amazing project involving KDE and Snaps. Time is running out and well the KDE world will be a better a better place if this project goes through! I would like to clarify, this is a paid position! A current KDE developer would be ideal as it is a small team so your time will be split managing and coding alike. If you or anyone you know might be interested please contact me ASAP!

    Lots of news on the snap front 23.04.3 is now complete with new snaps! I know, just in time for 23.08.0. I have fixed some major issues in this release, 23.08 should go much quicker. Even quicker if my per repo snapcraft files gets approved!

    • kirigami-gallery
    • Itinerary

    We have more PIM snaps, however I am waiting for reserved name approvals from the snap store.

    I was approached to decouple qt and frameworks sdk snaps and I have agreed for the fact that security updates are near impossible when new versions are released. Conversation here:

    https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/proposal-for-changes-to-kde-content-snap-and-extension

    I have started qt5 here https://github.com/ScarlettGatelyMoore/qt-5-15-10-snap

    And some exciting news – I have started the KF6 content pack! I am doing like above and I am using the qt6 content pack Jarred Wilson has made. This is a requirement to start the plasma snap. Progress can be tracked here: https://github.com/ScarlettGatelyMoore/kf6-snap

    I am still have on on going request for snapcraft files in their respective repositories. While defending my request I have tested some options. Snapcraft files in the repository does allow for proper snap recipes in launchpad by mirroring the repo in launchpad -> create snap recipe. I created a recipe based on stable branch and it created and published the snap as expected.

    After being pointed to the flatpak workflow I discovered snaps has a similiar store feature with github, however I will need to create a github repo for each snap, which is tempting. I want to avoid duplication of snapcraft files, but I guess this is what they do for flatpak? I never received an answer.

    Snapcraft: Some more tidying of the qmake plugin and resolved some review conversations.

    Debian!

    I am back to getting things in Debian proper, starting with the golang packages I was working on for bubble-gum a cool console beautification application. As each one passes through NEW I will keep uploading. I will be checking in with the qt-kde team to see what needs doing. I am looking into seeing if openvoices is still a viable replacement for mycroft, hopefully all that work isn’t wasted time.

    And finally, I do hate having to ask, but as we quickly approach September, I have not come close to enough to pay my pesky bills, required to have a place to live and eat! I am seeking employment as a backup if my amazing project falls through. I tried to enable ads, but that broke my planet feeds, I can’t have that! So without further ado… Anything helps! Also please share! Thanks for your consideration.

  • KDE Snaps, Gear 23.04.0 available in snap store

    KDE Digikam 8.0.0 Snap
    KDE Digikam 8.0.0 Snap

    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:

    • Digikam 8.0.0
    • KPhotoalbum ( New! )
    • KDevelop
    • Kate ( Now classic )
    • Arianna ( New! )
    • Kdenlive
    • Kommit ( New! )

    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 have a hard time finding them at <insert random forum / social network here>

    On the Debian front, I successfully closed two CVE’s for ruby-rack in Buster! I will be doing more ELTS/LTS security updates next month!

    Thanks for stopping by! If you enjoy my work, consider a dontation.

    https://gofund.me/2c7b1808

  • KDE Snaps! Oh so many released! Debian update

    KDE Elisia snap
    KDE Elisia snap

    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 released around 40 snaps! This would make for a very unruly blog post to list, so I have created a list here of my releases:

    https://invent.kde.org/packaging/snapcraft-kde-applications/-/issues/30

    I am happy to report there are several first time releases including a very kool music app called Elisia !

    I have many more snaps in various stages and many more to come. My goal is to get them all by the end of this 3 months ( 1.5 left to get it done ), a lofty goal I know. What can I say, I am ambitious.

    Now on to Debian. I am excited to announce that soon I will become contributor status for Freexian ( and hopefully, after time, a collaborator ). I am waiting for my mentor to upload my first security update(s) for Buster LTS. This will be a new type of contributions for me, but I am confident I will do well and I have new hope that I have found my new forever home. I will be very useful in many areas and I look forward to growing with the company.

    In closing, if you can spare some change we have a few unexpected expenses ( doesn’t everyone?! ) Anything helps, thank you!

    https://gofund.me/2c7b1808

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

    Witch Wells, Az
    Snowy Sunrise Witch Wells, Az

    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 how awesome I am! 🙂

    I started back to work on these last Tuesday. So far I have made good progress and even have a working Core22 snap!

    Work done on upstream snapcraft ( tool used to make snaps ):

    New content pack version, fixed an issue with snapcraft remote-build choking on part with /sdk, fixed regex as our naming scheme has changed:

    https://github.com/snapcore/snapcraft/pull/4069

    Ran into a new bug with snapcraft expand-extensions and so I must now enter all of this information manually into snapcraft.yaml until fixed, bug report here:

    https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapcraft/+bug/2011719

    And without further ado, our first core22 snap is Dragonplayer Version 22.12.3 available in the snap store. Many more coming soon!

    KDE Dragon media player
    KDE Dragon media player

    With a new month upon us, I must ask for help again, I will not see any money for this work until next month. Please consider a dontation. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

    https://gofund.me/c9cc02ed

  • Snowstorms, Kittens and Shattered dreams

    Snowstorms, Kittens and Shattered dreams

    Icy morning Witch Wells Az
    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, I told my husband and parents “I got the job!” I know, I jinxed myself there. Soon I receive the “There was a problem”.. One obscure assessment called GIA came back not so good. I remember that day, we were in the middle of a long series of winter storms and I when I took the test, my kitten decided right then it was me time. I couldn’t very well throw her out into the snowstorm, so I continued on the best I could. It is my fault, it clearly states to be distraction free. So I speak again to the hiring lead and we both feel with my experience and technical knowledge and abilities we can still move forward. I still had hope. After some time passes, I asked for an update and got the dreaded rejection. I am told it wasn’t just the GIA, but that I am not a good overall fit for the company. In one fell swoop my dreams are dashed and final, for this and all roles within that company. I wasn’t given a reason either. I am devastated, heart broken, and shocked. I get along with everyone, I exceed the technical requirements, and I work well in the community. Dream door closed.

    I will not let this get me down. I am moving on. I will find my place where I ‘fit in’.

    With that said, I no longer have the will, passion, or drive to work on snaps anymore. I will leave instructions with Jonathon as to what needs to be done to move forward. The good news is my core22 kde-neon extension was merged into upstream snapcraft, so whomever takes over will have a much easier time knocking them out. @kubuntu-council I will do whatever it takes to pay back the money for the hardware you provided me to do snaps, I am truly sorry about this.

    What does my future hold? I will still continue with my Debian efforts. In fact, I have ventured out from the KDE umbrella and joined the go-team. I am finalizing my packaging for

    https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum

    and it’s dependencies: roff, mango, mango-kong. I had my first golang patch for a failing test and have submitted it upstream. I will upload these to experimental while the freeze is on.

    I will be moving all the libraries in the mycroft team to the python umbrella as they are useful for other things and mycroft is no more.

    During the holidays I was tinkering around with selenium UI testing and stumbled on some accessibility issues within KDE, so I think this is a good place for me to dive into for my KDE contributions.

    I have been approached to collaborate with OpenOS on a few things, time permitting I will see what I can do there.

    I have a possible gig to do some websites, while I move forward in my job hunt.

    I will not give up! I will find my place where I ‘fit in’.

    Meanwhile, I must ask for donations to get us by. Anything helps, thank you for your consideration.

    https://gofund.me/a9c36b87

  • KDE Snaps, Security updates, Debian Freeze

    Icy morning Witch Wells Az
    Icy morning Witch Wells Az

    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 no avail. My PPA does not seem to use its own packages, or universe for that matter. I have tried all of the dependency settings available and nothing changes. If any of you launchpad experts out there want to help me out, or point me in the right direction, it would be appreciated !

    This PPA is mandatory for our core20 snaps moving forward, as they currently have no security updates, and I refuse to have my name on security riddled snaps.

    As for the kde-neon extension for core22, I have fixed most of the tests and Sergio is wrapping it up, thank you!!!!

    I am still looking for work!!! Please reach out if you, or anyone you know is looking for my skill set.

    Once again, I ask for you to please consider a donation. We managed to get the bills paid this month ( Big thank you! ) but, March is quickly approaching. The biggest thing is Phone/Internet so I can keep working on things and Job hunt. Thank you so much for your support!

    https://gofund.me/a9c36b87

  • KDE Snaps, snapcraft, Debian packages.

    Sunset, Witch Wells Arizona
    Sunset, Witch Wells Arizona

    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 has been forked to https://github.com/orgs/OpenVoiceOS/repositories and should be relatively easy to migrate.

    I have spent some time verifying the libappimage in buster is NOT vulnerable with CVE-2020-25265 as the code wasn’t introduced yet.

    Skanpage, plasma-bigscreen both have source uploads so the can migrate to testing to hopefully make it into bookworm!

    As many of you know, I am seeking employment. I am a hard worker, that thrives on learning new things. I am a self starter, knowledge sponge, and eager to be an asset to < insert your company here > !

    Meanwhile, as interview processes are much longer than I remember and the industry exploding in layoffs, I am coming up short on living expenses as my unemployment lingers on. Please consider donating to my gofundme. Thank you for your consideration.

    I still have a ways to go to cover my bills this month, I will continue with my work until I cannot, I hate asking, but please consider a donation. Thank you!

    GoFundMe

  • KDE Snaps, Debian uploads and much more in the works!

    Witch Wells, AZ Snow
    Witch Wells, AZ Snow

    It has been a very busy few weeks as we endured snowstorm after snowstorm!

    I have made some progress on the Mycroft in debian adventure! This will slow down as we enter freeze for bookworm and there is no way we will make it into bookworm as there are some significant issues to solve.

    • lingua-franco uploaded and accepted
    • pako uploaded and accepted
    • speechpy-fast uploaded
    • fitipy ready to upload

    On the KDE side of things:

    • Plasma-bigscreen uploaded and accepted
    • skanpage uploaded and in NEW

    In the Snap arena, I have made my first significant contribution to snapcraft upstream! It has been a great learning experience as I convert my Ruby knowledge to Python. Formatting is something I need to get used to!

    https://github.com/snapcore/snapcraft/pull/4023

    Snaps have been on hold due to the kde-neon extension not having core22 support and the above pull request fixes that. Meanwhile, I have been working on getting core20 apps ( 22.08.3 final KDE apps version for this base. ) rebuilt for security updates.

    As many of you know, I am seeking employment. I am a hard worker, that thrives on learning new things. I am a self starter, knowledge sponge, and eager to be an asset to < insert your company here > !

    Meanwhile, as interview processes are much longer than I remember and the industry exploding in layoffs, I am coming up short on living expenses as my unemployment lingers on. Please consider donating to my gofundme. Thank you for your consideration.

    GoFundMe

  • Debian: Coming soon! MycroftAI! KDE snaps update.

    https://mycroft.ai/about-mycroft/

    I am excited to announce that I have joined the MycroftAI team in Salsa and working hard to get this packaged up and released in Debian. You can track our progress here:

    https://salsa.debian.org/mycroftai-team

    Snaps are on temporary hold while we get everything switched over to core22. This includes the neon-extension, that requires merges and store requests to be honored. Hopefully folks are returning from holidays and things will start moving again. Thank you for your patience!

    I am still seeking work if you or anyone you know is willing to give me a chance to shine, you won’t regret it, life has leveled out and I am ready to make great things happen! I admit the interviewing process is much more difficult than in years past, any advice here is also appreciated. Thank you for stopping by.

  • Debian uploads, Core22 KDE snap content pack and more!

    I have been quite busy! I have been working on several projects so my cover image is a lovely sunset where I live.

    Debian:

    I have updated and uploaded several packages and working on more.

    • Umbrello
    • Squashfuse with the help of Scott Moser ( Thanks! )
    • libappimage
    • plasma-bigscreen WIP

    KDE Snaps:

    I have reworked the CI to now do Core22 snaps! They will publish to the beta channel until we get them tested. First snap completed is the ever important KDE Frameworks / QT content snap + SDK! Applications will start after I tackle the kde-neon extention in snapcraft.

    GUI-Testing:

    I have begun learning/writing some GUI tests using python and https://invent.kde.org/sdk/selenium-webdriver-at-spi/, inspired by one of my favorite people, Harald. See https://apachelog.wordpress.com/2022/12/14/selenium-at-spi-gui-testing/ for more info and I hope to get these in repos near you soon!

    In closing, I am still seeking employment/sponsor amidst this terrible layoff season. If anyone knows of anyone with my diverse skill set please let me know.

    In the meantime if you can spare anything to keep the lights on I would be ever so grateful.

    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sgmoore

    Cash App: $ScarlettMoore0903

    Stripe: https://buy.stripe.com/28o16y3PHcISfaE8ww

    Thank you,

    I want to wish everyone a very merry < insert your holiday here > !!!