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I formally joined the Ubuntu kernel team the week after Intrepid shipped, first working as a member of the Kernel Stable Team, working on the stable releases and helping resolve bugs. Later I moved to the Kernel Development team focused on developing features in the development releases. As part of that I have been heavily involved in the kernel sessions at the Ubuntu Developer Summits. I have also been the Kernel Release Manager for a number of releases. Over this period I have also worked on process surrounding the kernel, helping to shape the current release and update mechanisms. I formally joined the Ubuntu kernel team the week after Intrepid shipped, first working as a member of the Kernel Stable Team, working on the stable releases and helping resolve bugs. Later I moved to the Kernel Development team focused on developing features in the development releases. As part of that I have been heavily involved in the kernel sessions at the Ubuntu Developer Summits. I have also been the Kernel Release Manager for a number of releases. Over this period I have also worked on process surrounding the kernel, helping to shape the current release and update mechanisms.  As a senior member of the team I have also had the chance to mentor a number of the newer members of the team, helping to bring them up to speed on our packages and process.

I, Andy Whitcroft, apply for core-dev.

Name

Andy Whitcroft

Launchpad Page

https://www.launchpad.net/~apw

Wiki Page

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AndyWhitcroft

Who I am

Tell us a bit about yourself.

My Ubuntu story

I first met Linux with a RedHat 5.0 installation we used to create a firewall for our lab. We then moved to Debian as it was so much easier to manage with network updates. I worked on the Linux Kernel for about 5 years using a Debian based desktop install, finally moving to Ubuntu Hardy as it offered me Debian goodness, but without having to run unstable + a handy kit of hand built packages. I no longer needed to maintain my own machine just to get work done. I then had the opportunity to shift my Linux Kernel focus to Ubuntu full-time joining the Ubuntu kernel team working for Canonical. I have worked on the Ubuntu kernel team for over 3.5 years now, primarily focussed on the development releases. I have been Kernel Release Manager in a couple of releases. I am now also on the Plus One maintenance team and during that have had the oppotunity to branch out into other areas.

My involvement

I formally joined the Ubuntu kernel team the week after Intrepid shipped, first working as a member of the Kernel Stable Team, working on the stable releases and helping resolve bugs. Later I moved to the Kernel Development team focused on developing features in the development releases. As part of that I have been heavily involved in the kernel sessions at the Ubuntu Developer Summits. I have also been the Kernel Release Manager for a number of releases. Over this period I have also worked on process surrounding the kernel, helping to shape the current release and update mechanisms. As a senior member of the team I have also had the chance to mentor a number of the newer members of the team, helping to bring them up to speed on our packages and process.

Outside the kernel I have been lightly involved in a number of kernel related packages. I have also (less successfully) been a member of the patch pilot rotation. More recently during the Quantal cycle, I have had the opportunity to have a rotation on the Ubuntu Plus One team, helping to clean up archive issues as they happen. Here I have been heavily involved in a number of library transitions and build failures across numerous packages. One of the best thing about working on Ubuntu is that it is possible, indeed encouraged to scratch that itch, to fix problems whereever you find them, and being on the Plus One team has allowed me to gain the skills to continue that going forward.

Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of

Areas of work

Let us know what you worked on, with which development teams / developers with whom you cooperated and how it worked out.

Things I could do better

Plans for the future

General

What I like least in Ubuntu

Please describe what you like least in Ubuntu and what thoughts do you have about fixing it.


Comments

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=== General feedback ===
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=== 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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