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| Hi, I'm 29 years old, coming from a small town in the middle of Germany, Sontra. I've been a regular Linux-User since 1998, starting with SuSE, RedHat, Debian (which I still use for Servers) and Ubuntu on my home-computer. | Hi, I'm 30 years old, coming from a small town in the middle of Germany, Sontra. I've been a regular Linux-User since 1998, starting with SuSE, RedHat, Debian (which I still use for Servers) and Ubuntu on my home-computer. |
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| There is no specific set of packages that I'm interested on working on, I think I'd just go through the list of bugs fixed upstream and see if we can use it in Ubuntu. Also, I think I could help out in merging packages from debian to keep most of our packages up-to-date. | There is no specific set of packages that I'm interested on working on, I think I'd just go through the list of bugs fixed upstream and see if we can use it in Ubuntu. Also, I think I could help out in merging packages from debian to keep most of our packages up-to-date. I also want to focus on SRU's/backports to provide a better user experience in the stable Ubuntu-versions. |
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I, Andreas Moog, apply for MOTU.
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Andreas Moog |
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Who I am
Hi, I'm 30 years old, coming from a small town in the middle of Germany, Sontra. I've been a regular Linux-User since 1998, starting with SuSE, RedHat, Debian (which I still use for Servers) and Ubuntu on my home-computer.
My Ubuntu story
I started contributing last year towards the end of the Intrepid development-cycle. I helped out in triaging bugs and ended up being a member of bug-control. By then, I also had my first experience with packaging and getting patches in ubuntu.
I am a Ubuntu-member and now want to take "the next step" in contributing.
My involvement
Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gwenrename/+bug/140012
- This was an issue where the upstream has shipped a wrong Makefile thus resulting in an installation error. I looked at how it was fixed and backported the change to ubuntu.
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flatnuke/+bug/312567
- This was a packaging problem. I investigated it and added the directive to install the missing files.
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coherence/+bug/352653
- Another packaging issue, a file wasn't installed. I also submitted that patch to debian, where it got accepted, too.
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lighttpd/+bug/326899
- I splitted this package to provide a -dev package for development. Regrettably it was to late to be accepted for Jaunty, but i submitted it to debian and hope it gets accepted there.
I have worked on some merges/syncs, a complete list can be found via my [[Launchpad page]https://edge.launchpad.net/~amoog/+uploaded-packages]
Things I could do better
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+bug/338963
- Here, a plugin had to be moved between packages. I made a (silly) mistake in the packaging though, resulting in an error upon upgrading. Thankfully, sebastien repaired it a few hours later.
I generally need to give more attention to detail, such as explaining why a specific change was made, adding tags to patches i introduce and adding the appropriate LP: #XXX tag in the changelog.
Plans for the future
General
There is no specific set of packages that I'm interested on working on, I think I'd just go through the list of bugs fixed upstream and see if we can use it in Ubuntu. Also, I think I could help out in merging packages from debian to keep most of our packages up-to-date. I also want to focus on SRU's/backports to provide a better user experience in the stable Ubuntu-versions.
What I like least in Ubuntu
There are many bugs not fixed even in LTS versions which have an impact on some Users. I think we should dedicate some more time to backport fixes to "older" versions of Ubuntu.
Comments
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Endorsements
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== <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.'' === Areas of Improvement ===
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