I, Heinrich Schuchardt, apply for MOTU.

I am applying because:

• As as sponsor I will be able to contribute to the review process of updated packages.
• I am contributing to Ubuntu packages on a regular basis as an employee of Canonical. As a member of MOTU I will find it easier to get my package updates included and alleviate the burden on other sponsors.

Who I am

I am software engineer living in Leverkusen, Germany. I have been passionate about software development since my days at university. I cherish the the open software scene allowing to contribute to each others work.

In the U-Boot project I am maintainer of the UEFI implementation.

Since July 2021 I am working as RISC-V lead engineer in Canonical's foundation team since July 2021.

My Ubuntu story

I have been

• using Ubuntu since 2010 on workstations, SoCs, and in Docker

• contributed to Debian packages like flash-kernel, mini-dinstall via patches to Debian since 2016
• contributed to Ubuntu packaging since I was employed by Canonical last year

My involvement

For me contributing starts as high as possible in the flow from upstream, to Debian, to Ubuntu.

Upstream projects I have contributed to the following this year include

• U-Boot
• GRUB
• Linux kernel

• HSS payload generator needed to package U-Boot for the PolarFire Icicle board

• systemd

• systemd-bootchard

• Storage Performance Development Kit (SPDK)

• Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)

• Pktgen - Traffic Generator powered by DPDK

• Subiquity

Debian packages I have been contributing to this year to include

• flash-kernel

• dnswist

• Vim

• meta-gnome3

Inside Ubuntu my focus has been on

* Making Ubuntu run on more RISC-V hardware * Allowing more software to run on RISC-V * Fixing bugs in Ubuntu packages

Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of

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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

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Comments

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Endorsements

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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:
##  https://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/ubuntu-sponsorships.cgi
=== Areas of Improvement ===