I, Bhavani Shankar, apply for MOTU.

Who I am

I am a 23 year old cerebral palsy physically challenged guy and an Electrical engineer from Bangalore India

My Ubuntu story

My involvement in the community started back in 2007 where i worked on the forums (answered to around 4000 questions) which I really like doing Gradually I did a bit of translation in my mother tongue kannada and now active in bug triaging and packaging over past year and a half.I am an ubuntu member from November 2007

My involvement

My involvement In the commmunity ranges from the answer tracker to translations to malone and soyuz of late (from the intrepid cycle) .. My list of packages can be found here

Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of

Mostly I work on merges and syncs and new upstream versions and bugfixes. Some bugs I have fixed * https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/436540

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/350825

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/401344

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/407675

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/407688

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/400102

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/393105

* https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-pylibacl/+bug/391574

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/439934

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/456419

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/504137

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/504140

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/503789

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/487876

* https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/508729

In Jaunty release cycle with the collaboration of dholbach and hamish in debian I updated the whole geda stack in ubuntu (some of them which had missing build dep on intltool which I forwarded to debian and got it synced here) Some of the bug reports:

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgeda/+bug/322648

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/geda-gattrib/+bug/334373

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/geda-doc/+bug/336257

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/geda-utils/+bug/337231

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/geda-symbols/+bug/337234

I am active in updating gnome-lirc-properties from Jaunty cycle

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/317969

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/350825

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/482676

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/592547

Some of the other bugs I have worked on:

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/321079 (Inkscape merge in jaunty)

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/318366 (galculator merge in jaunty)

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/317368 (gnumeric merge in jaunty)

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/314984 (openssl merge in jaunty)

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/315364 (sane-backends merge in jaunty)

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/308856 (avahi merge in jaunty)

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/326823 (xchat merge in jaunty)

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/379974 (amule merge in karmic)

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/321866 (firmware-tools update in jaunty)

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/504241 (update in lucid of the same)

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/590130 (update of the package in maverick)

Updates of ugene package:

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/405922

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/486583

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ugene/+bug/606642 (bug on sponsors queue)

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/326830 (update in jaunty)

Other bugs I worked on:

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/386220

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/392225

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/393105

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/393717

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/398130 (apache2 merge in karmic)

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/399211 (merge of iptables in karmic)

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/401080

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/386705

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/398701 (perl merge in karmic)

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/404856 (ltrace merge in karmic)

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/400102

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/398229

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/404876 (ucommon update in karmic)

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/601976 (ucommon update in maverick)

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/401775 (dell-dup update in karmic)

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/401344

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/406890 (irssi merge in karmic)

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/478334 (autoconf merge in lucid)

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/492141 (ppoeconf merge in lucid)

https://edge.launchpad.net/bugs/481066 (fakeroot merge in lucid)

Long list of packages uploaded can be found here

Areas of work

I mainly work on merges and syncs and updating packages. Especially I m interested in Science packages (Electronics to be precise) and as a part of the science team I updated the whole geda stack for jaunty in collaboration with dholbach(who has sponsored more than 100 packages for me) and I maintain few packages in debian Debian QA Page

Things I could do better

Perhaps maintain more packages in debian and in ubuntu

Plans for the future

Just to keep contributing in a single hand as long as possible

General

* Continue to keep contributing in whichever small way I can.

What I like least in Ubuntu

None. Its a previlage being a part of great community

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.

Martin Pitt

General feedback

I sponsored some 10 uploads from Bhavani. Most of them were either simple merges (with a very small Ubuntu delta), or small FTBFS fixes. Bhavani's enthusiasm and his efforts helps a lot to improve Ubuntu, and I want to thank him here! Many of the supplied patches were good for upload, and sometimes I had to ask for or do some corrections.

I did not sponsor more complicated changes from him, so I cannot vouch for his packaging skills yet.

Specific Experiences of working together

Some merges like mutt went without a hitch. In one or two merges he still kept an Ubuntu delta although we did not need it any more.

Areas of Improvement

I think it would be better if Bhavani would concentrate his efforts on a smaller number of packages first, to learn more about packaging, and how to work with Debian/upstream to let our changes/fixes flow upstream, and judge which ones can be dropped. With his enthusiasm I'm sure that he can become a great MOTU soon!

Benjamin Drung

General feedback

I acknowledged many sync requests from Bhavani. He described detailed enough, why the Ubuntu changes could be dropped. I can't remember any problems with his requests.

Areas of Improvement

I think he should get more experience besides sync and small merges, but you don't have to know everything to become MOTU.

Steve Kowalik

General Feedback

I have processed many of Bhavani's syncs and merges during my work as an archive admin. This means I tend to only see the final result after there has been some back-and-forth between Bhavani and his sponsor.

Areas of Improvement

I think Bhavani needs more experience besides syncs and small merges, and should also be a little more careful before asking to get something synced. With more experience, he could be a valued MOTU.

Daniel Holbach (dholbach)

General Feedback

The list of fixed bugs that Bhavani filed and I replied to lists 160 bugs. The vast majority of them are OK and simple and either merges or syncs. The quality of Bhavani's sponsoring requests has definitely improved over time.

Specific Experiences of working together

Among the few I checked (out of the 160 bugs) I found these which still required work:

• https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/squid/+bug/396472

• https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/htop/+bug/385862

• https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/translate-toolkit/+bug/413609

• https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nbd/+bug/399707

• https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bug/494888

• https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mobile-broadband-provider-info/+bug/512314

The mistakes were oversights that can happen.

This one was a bit more problematic: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi-support/+bug/520311

Areas of Improvement

I agree with much that has been said above. While I appreciate Bhavani's hard work in getting Debian and Ubuntu closer to each other, sometimes his choice of packages seems to be a bit random and does rarely extend above syncs and merges.

Keep up the good work, Bhavani!

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=== Specific Experiences of working together ===
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=== Areas of Improvement ===

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