JonathanLange
DRAFT
Passionate about improving everything about developer experience, from idea through to release and back again.
Contributions
Development
- Many years of contribution to Launchpad
- Heavily involved in its open sourcing
- Worked hard to make it more open in culture
- Built most of the support for source package branches
- Guided the daily builds feature
- Guided improved bug subscription controls
- Bazaar
- Bug / branch linking
- Better Launchpad integration (ever used 'bzr lp-open'?)
- testtools
- Python project used by many projects within Ubuntu
- Twisted
- Wrote its testing framework, trial
Other
- Helped review Ubuntu new developer docs during natty cycle
- Worked closely with many Ubuntu developers to understand what they need from Launchpad
- Regularly attend release parties
- Have done lightning talks at UDS
Plans
I work at Canonical, and have just moved to the Ubuntu Engineering team to work on their application developer programme. My mission there is to provide tools & systems to get more & better applications into Ubuntu.
First steps will involve focusing on improving the developer side of the Software Center, making it as easy as possible to go from "I have an app that works on Ubuntu" to "My app is in the Software Center".
Testimonials
I have known Jono Lange for many years now, and I don't think I've seen him once not actually doing something for Ubuntu or for an open source project packaged in Ubuntu -- his efforts seem to be near tireless, and always of exceptional quality. What's more, Jono's efforts behind the scenes on Launchpad have had an enormous impact on the quality of experience for everyone contributing to Ubuntu. As an Ubuntu member, software engineer, and community member of many open source projects, I would be delighted to have Jono join the Ubuntu Member ranks in recognition of his long-standing efforts -- and in anticipation of his work in helping Ubuntu rock the development world as the platform of choice! -- Duncan McGreggor