I, Unit 193, apply for the Xubuntu packageset upload rights.

Who I am

I am an Xubuntu team member, developer, and Debian liaison. As part of the role of Debian liaison, I keep a close eye on Xfce bugs and uploads in Debian and report to the team any that may affect us. I also keep an eye on our delta over the packages in pkg-xfce.

My Ubuntu story

Started playing with Kubuntu back in '07 or so, converted fully to Xubuntu later.

My involvement

• Currently mainly involved in Xubuntu, either as a packager or whatever else needs done.
• Provide support and channel management for several core channels.
• Work upstream in Debian both as a package maintainer and team member (non uploading).

Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of

• I debugged and fixed a longstanding bug in Parole that didn't affect Debian.

• Cherry picked a git commit fixing apt-offline for Xubuntu, and assisted with the SRU.
• Packaged xubuntu-community-artwork after our first community wallpaper contest.
• Various Xfce/Xubuntu related packages, including package updates, default-settings changes, and new optional packages.
• A few uploads/syncs of packages I'm interested in, some of which I helped Debian with.
• In Debian:
  • I'm part of the pkg-multimedia team so I've helped with packaging on gmusicbrowser (shipped in Xubuntu), icecast2, and ices2.
  • I am the maintainer for inxi and thunar-dropbox-plugin (with the Xubuntu lead developer as uploader), and am marked as uploader for alpine and pianobar (non-team packages.)
  • Have done a couple QA uploads as well as assisted others with packaging.

• See my Sponsorship Miner page for a full listing.

Areas of work

• I'm an Xubuntu developer, so I work with the Xubuntu development team (hence this application), which puts me working with Sean Davis, the Xubuntu development lead, a lot.
• I've also worked a little bit with Mirv, dholbach, and Logan for sponsored uploads.

Things I could do better

I tend to lack some self-reliance or want everything I do/upload reviewed well, so I could likely do without trying to get an ACK on everything. With my somewhat new role in the Xubuntu developers team, I have been given more of an opportunity with this as I have commit access to our VCS and have been fixing and cleaning things.

Plans for the future

General

Well, as I'm going for packageset rights in Xubuntu, I clearly plan to continue to make Xubuntu a great flavor. At some point in the future, I'm likely going to go for MOTU so I can more easily help out in areas not directly related to Xubuntu. I'm also planning on going for DM in Debian.

Comments

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Endorsements

As a sponsor, just copy the template below, fill it out and add it to this section.

TEMPLATE

== <SPONSORS NAME> ==
=== General feedback ===
## Please fill us in on your shared experience. (How many packages did you sponsor? How would you judge the quality? How would you describe the improvements? Do you trust the applicant?)

=== Specific Experiences of working together ===
''Please add good examples of your work together, but also cases that could have handled better.''
## Full list of sponsored packages can be generated here:
## http://ubuntu-dev.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/ubuntu-sponsorships.cgi?
=== Areas of Improvement ===