DkmsUploadApplication

I, Marcelo Cerri, apply for DKMS package upload rights.

Name

Marcelo Cerri

Launchpad Page

https://launchpad.net/~mhcerri

Wiki Page

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarceloCerri

As part of my responsibilities in the kernel team I usually need to fix DKMS and other packages in the LTS releases when a new hwe or edge cloud kernel is available.

Who I am

I have joined Canonical in July 2016 and I'm currently part of the Canonical kernel team, working mainly on the development of custom kernels but also helping with some of the tasks in the stable kernel team.

My Ubuntu story

I started using Linux around the year 2001 and my first contact with Ubuntu was in 2005 with the physical medias distributed by Canonical for 4.10. Ubuntu really got my attention at that moment, specially considering how user-friendly it was compared to other distros I had tried so far. After that I used Ubuntu as my main distro for several years.

My involvement

As noted above, my current involvement covers both custom kernels and a bit of stable kernel maintenance. This involves the following:

  • Bootstrapping new kernels.
  • Handling bug fixes and re-spins for custom kernels.
  • Backporting upstream features to custom kernels.
  • Eventually, fixing upstream issues that also affect Ubuntu kernels.
  • Reviewing and applying patches from kernel-team mailing list.
  • Reviewing and applying upstream stable patch sets.
  • Crank turning (prepare the kernel trees, close the versions and building the deb source packages) for all the main kernels and their derivatives and backports.
  • Automated Tests (ADT) management and bugs investigation.

Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of

The following is a list of my sponsored DKMS package uploads as in:

https://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/ubuntu-sponsorships.cgi?render=html&sponsor=&sponsor_search=name&sponsoree=marcelo.cerri%40canonical.com&sponsoree_search=email

Date

Sponsor

Package

Version

Distribution

2017-09-06 10:06

Andy Whitcroft

cryptsetup

2:1.6.6-5ubuntu2.1

xenial

2017-10-26 18:40

Timo Aaltonen

broadcom-sta

6.30.223.271-3~16.04.2

xenial

2017-10-27 11:44

Timo Aaltonen

dahdi-linux

1:2.10.2~dfsg-1ubuntu2

xenial

2017-10-27 16:03

Timo Aaltonen

ndiswrapper

1.60-3~ubuntu16.04.2

xenial

2017-10-27 16:42

Timo Aaltonen

acpi-call

1.1.0-2ubuntu1

xenial

2017-10-27 17:16

Timo Aaltonen

dm-writeboost

2.2.6-1~16.04.2

xenial

2017-10-31 16:21

Timo Aaltonen

langford

0.0.20130228-5ubuntu1~16.04.1

xenial

2017-10-31 17:09

Timo Aaltonen

xtables-addons

2.12-0.1~16.04.2

xenial

2017-11-01 16:50

Timo Aaltonen

rt-tests

0.93-1ubuntu2

xenial

2017-11-01 18:57

Timo Aaltonen

nvidia-graphics-drivers-304

304.135-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

xenial

2017-11-02 23:48

Timo Aaltonen

bcmwl

6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu1~1.2

xenial

2017-12-04 12:12

Alberto Milone

nvidia-graphics-drivers-340

340.104-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

xenial-proposed

2017-12-06 12:41

Marcelo Cerri

lime-forensics

1.7.2-1ubuntu1

xenial

2018-02-03 15:51

Stéphane Graber

xtables-addons

2.12-0.1ubuntu3

bionic

2018-02-03 15:57

Stéphane Graber

broadcom-sta

6.30.223.271-7ubuntu1

bionic

2018-02-03 16:02

Stéphane Graber

bcmwl

6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu4

bionic

2018-02-03 16:08

Stéphane Graber

dahdi-linux

1:2.11.1~dfsg-1ubuntu4

bionic

2018-02-08 14:42

Andy Whitcroft

v4l2loopback

0.10.0-1ubuntu1

bionic

2018-02-08 17:30

Andy Whitcroft

rtl8812au

4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg-0ubuntu8

bionic

2018-02-08 19:44

Andy Whitcroft

oss4

4.2-build2010-5ubuntu2

bionic

2018-02-13 12:45

Andy Whitcroft

rtl8812au

4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg-0ubuntu2.1

xenial

2018-06-18 17:32

Tyler Hicks

broadcom-sta

6.30.223.271-3~16.04.3

xenial

2018-06-29 13:58

Tyler Hicks

dahdi-linux

1:2.10.2~dfsg-1ubuntu3

xenial

2018-07-05 11:37

Tyler Hicks

dm-writeboost

2.2.6-1~16.04.3

xenial

2018-07-05 11:40

Tyler Hicks

bcmwl

6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu1~1.3

xenial

2018-07-09 15:32

Tyler Hicks

ndiswrapper

1.60-3~ubuntu16.04.3

xenial

2018-07-09 15:41

Tyler Hicks

xtables-addons

2.12-0.1~16.04.3

xenial

2018-07-09 15:46

Tyler Hicks

v4l2loopback

0.9.1-4ubuntu0.1

xenial

2018-07-09 15:55

Tyler Hicks

oss4

4.2-build2010-5ubuntu1~16.04.2

xenial

2018-07-16 16:48

Alberto Milone

lttng-modules

2.8.0-1ubuntu1~16.04.6

xenial

2018-11-22 11:37

Alberto Milone

lttng-modules

2.10.5-1ubuntu1.2

bionic

2018-11-23 14:05

Alberto Milone

sysdig

0.19.1-1ubuntu1

bionic

2018-12-12 13:35

Tyler Hicks

initramfs-tools

0.122ubuntu8.14

xenial-security

2018-12-12 22:58

Tyler Hicks

initramfs-tools

0.130ubuntu3.6

bionic-security

2019-01-28 12:02

Tyler Hicks

initramfs-tools

0.131ubuntu16

disco

2019-02-05 20:08

Tyler Hicks

initramfs-tools

0.131ubuntu15.1

cosmic-security

2019-02-06 16:37

Alberto Milone

rtl8812au

4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg-0ubuntu10

disco

2019-02-07 12:15

Alberto Milone

dahdi-linux

1:2.11.1~dfsg-1ubuntu5

disco

2019-11-13 14:05

Alberto Milone

bcmwl

6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu5~18.04.1

bionic

2019-11-13 19:10

Alberto Milone

broadcom-sta

6.30.223.271-8ubuntu0.1

bionic

2019-11-13 20:41

Timo Aaltonen

ddcci-driver-linux

0.3.1-2ubuntu0.1

bionic

2019-11-15 19:30

Tyler Hicks

ktap

0.4+git20160427-1ubuntu4

bionic

2019-11-16 9:44

Colin Ian King

fwts

18.03.00-0ubuntu5

bionic

2019-11-22 21:11

Tyler Hicks

lttng-modules

2.10.8-1ubuntu2~18.04.1

bionic

2019-12-13 10:24

Timo Aaltonen

sysdig

0.24.1-1ubuntu3~18.04.1

bionic

2020-01-10 15:46

Timo Aaltonen

sysdig

0.24.1-1ubuntu4

focal

2020-01-10 18:29

Timo Aaltonen

sysdig

0.24.1-1ubuntu4~19.10.1

eoan

2020-01-10 19:16

Timo Aaltonen

sysdig

0.24.1-1ubuntu4~18.04.1

bionic

2020-02-14 13:27

Andy Whitcroft

wireguard

1.0.20200206-1ubuntu1~19.10.1

eoan

2020-02-14 13:28

Andy Whitcroft

wireguard-linux-compat

0.0.20200205-1ubuntu1~19.10.1

eoan

2020-03-17 19:17

Timo Aaltonen

linux-base

4.5ubuntu1.1

bionic

2020-03-18 11:32

Timo Aaltonen

linux-base

4.5ubuntu1.1~16.04.1

xenial

2020-06-25 17:23

Timo Aaltonen

linux-base

4.5ubuntu4

groovy

2020-06-25 17:23

Timo Aaltonen

linux-base

4.5ubuntu3.1

focal

2020-06-25 17:34

Timo Aaltonen

linux-base

4.5ubuntu2.2

eoan

2020-06-25 17:39

Timo Aaltonen

linux-base

4.5ubuntu1.2

bionic

2020-06-25 17:43

Timo Aaltonen

linux-base

4.5ubuntu1.2~16.04.1

xenial

Areas of work

My primary focus has been working on custom kernels and with the kernel stable team. In both cases fixing packages affected by the release of new hwe or edge kernels is part of my responsibilities.

Things I could do better

I have worked mainly with kernel packages or kernel related packages (DKMS, initramfs-tools, linux-base, etc). I'd like to expand my experience to other kinds of packages.

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

Alberto Milone (tseliot)

General feedback

I have sponsoreed a number of uploads (which you will find in the section below) for dkms packages for Marcelo, and I am very happy about the quality of his work. Marcelo has always been very thorough in his approach, and I trust his contributions to the packages.

As a sponsor, I endorse Marcelo's application, and I look forward to seeing more of his contributions in the Ubuntu archive.

Specific Experiences of working together

2017-12-04 12:12

Alberto Milone

Marcelo Henrique Cerri

nvidia-graphics-drivers-340

340.104-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

xenial-proposed

sru

2018-07-16 16:48

Alberto Milone

Marcelo Henrique Cerri

lttng-modules

2.8.0-1ubuntu1~16.04.6

xenial

2018-11-22 11:37

Alberto Milone

Marcelo Henrique Cerri

lttng-modules

2.10.5-1ubuntu1.2

bionic

2019-02-06 16:37

Alberto Milone

Marcelo Henrique Cerri

rtl8812au

4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg-0ubuntu10

disco

2019-02-07 12:15

Alberto Milone

Marcelo Henrique Cerri

dahdi-linux

1:2.11.1~dfsg-1ubuntu5

disco

2019-11-08 07:07

Alberto Milone

Anthony Wong

rtl8821ce

5.2.5.2.1.30816.20190425-0ubuntu1~18.04.1

bionic

2019-11-13 14:05

Alberto Milone

Marcelo Henrique Cerri

bcmwl

6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu5~18.04.1

bionic

2019-11-13 19:10

Alberto Milone

Marcelo Henrique Cerri

broadcom-sta

6.30.223.271-8ubuntu0.1

bionic

Timo Aaltonen

General feedback

I've sponsored a number of uploads for Marcelo over the years, and it's about time for him to gain the rights to upload DKMS' directly. I can't remember there being any issues with the uploads, and I trust him to do the right thing in the future as well.

Specific Experiences of working together

You can find those from the table above, 22 uploads in total.

Tyler Hicks (tyhicks)

General feedback

Marcelo and I have worked together on many fronts over the years. From preparing high stress emergency kernel updates to fix security flaws and major regressions to much lower stress work like fixing DKMS build issues. Smile :)

Marcelo is always a joy to work with and he's very trustworthy developer to work alongside.

Specific Experiences of working together

Marcelo has provided a nice list of DKMS uploads that I've sponsored for him.

I looked back through the feedback that I provided to Marcelo in some of the early sponsorships. Even though the feedback was minor (missing dep-3 patch tags, mostly) and those uploads were already of sufficient quality, he took it to heart and provided even higher quality uploads in later sponsorships.

What I like the most during my experiences working with Marcelo is his ability to always stay calm, gather all the required information to tackle the problem at hand, and then go get the work done in an efficient manner.

Areas of Improvement

I think Marcelo is certainly qualified for DKMS upload rights and want to see him continue to expand his upload rights.


As a sponsor, just copy the template below, fill it out and add it to this section.


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 ===


MarceloCerri/DkmsUploadApplication (last edited 2020-11-03 19:43:03 by tyhicks)