UniverseContributorApplication
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I, Benjamin Drung, apply for universe-contributor.
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Benjamin Drung |
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Who I am
I am 23 years old, live in Berlin, Germany and studying computer engineering at TU Berlin. Apart from being a computer freak I like to play trumpet and cornet. My hand cannot only click on mouse buttons but also can fold small Origami stars.
My Ubuntu story
My first Ubuntu contact was with 6.06 LTS "Dapper Drake". Since Ubuntu 6.10 "Edgy Eft" I used it as main system. I started diving into packaging after the Packaging Jam in Berlin on 2008-02-06. The first package I worked on was matplotlib 0.91.2 and it finally hit Ubuntu 8.04 LTS "Hardy Heron" on 2008-04-15 after 23 days. On 2008-06-16 I joined the 5-A-Day team at the first Berliner Bug Jam. 60 day later I have worked on 147 bugs.
My involvement
- working with Debian: audacity, dvdbackup (I am the upstream maintainer), matplotlib
- packaged stanford-pwdhash
- care for xmms2 and clients (gxmms2, esperanza, abraca)
- bug fixing, e.g. apt-mirror, audacious
for further interest have a look at my ppa: https://launchpad.net/~bdrung/+archive/ppa
http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=benjamin.drung@gmail.com
Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of
Areas of work
Let us know what you worked on, with which development teams / developers 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
If you'd like to comment, but are not the applicant or a sponsor, do it here. Don't forget to sign with @SIG@.
Endorsements
As a sponsor, just copy the template below, fill it out and add it to this section.
Daniel Holbach (dholbach)
General feedback
I got to know Benjamin Drung during the Berlin Bug/Packaging Jams and quickly found out that he's doing a great job. I sponsored/reviewed 5-10 of his packages and was particularly impressed with his collaboration with Debian and upstream people which all happened very naturally. I don't know how or when he worked out the know-how for more complicated changes, but I am clearly impressed.
Specific Experiences of working together
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sphinx/+bug/318924
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/audacity/+bug/325905 (great work working with Debian)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dvdbackup/+bug/216376
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/matplotlib/+bug/337469
Areas of Improvement
For becoming MOTU, Benjamin will just need a bit more of working together with us and I hope to see him at many more bugs / packaging jams.
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.'' === Areas of Improvement ===