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| '''I, Robert Ancell, apply for MOTU.''' | '''I, Robert Ancell, apply for core-dev status.''' |
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| I've been using Ubuntu since 4.10 when I was thinking "how have I never heard of this project that is at version 4 already?". Before that it was Debian, Mandrake and Red Hat Linux. | I've been using Ubuntu since 4.10 when I was thinking "how have I never heard of this project that is at version 4 already?". Before that it was Debian, Mandrake and Red Hat Linux. |
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* Long time Ubuntu user and bug reporter * Upstream developer |
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| * | * Simple Scan (https://launchpad.net/simple-scan) |
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| I have worked as a member of the Desktop team for the last . I've uploaded many GNOME packages | I have worked as a member of the Desktop team for the last year updating GNOME packages and fixing bugs. I also continue to make gcalctool releases and fix bugs in GNOME. |
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| I want to work on being more known in the community. | Filling out Ubuntu paperwork earlier (e.g. Core Dev applications) |
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| The Preferences/Administration tools. They have grown over the years and while there seems to be regular effort each cycle to improve the interface they don't seem to be getting any better. | The Preferences/Administration tools. They have multiplied over the years and while there seems to be regular effort each cycle to tidy them they don't seem to be getting any better. |
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| == Sebastien Bacher == === General feedback === Robert Ancell has joined the Ubuntu Desktop Team a year ago and has became one of the key members there. He has been showing strong technical skills as well on packaging than on upstream hacking, did a great amount of GNOME updates during the karmic and lucid cycle, worked with the Ubuntu community, Debian and upstream when appropriate and helped improving the way the desktopteam is working. I recommend him strongly there! === Specific Experiences of working together === I've been sponsoring lot of GNOME updates from Robert over the two previous cycles and working with him in the desktop team for a year now, he has been mostly been taking good decisions, doing good work and moving things forward in an efficient way. === Areas of Improvement === Robert, you should really have applied for upload rights earlier, would have spare us some sponsoring ;-) |
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| Robert has worked in the desktop team for half a year now, and consistently shown commitment to keeping the GNOME desktop up to date. He picked up the necessary packaging knowledge fast and learned about our tools and workflows. |
=== General feedback === In the last year I have sponsored several dozens of Robert's packages. He now knows enough about packaging, patch systems, our release process, and freezes for me to fully trust him for full core developer powers. He has uploaded a lot of desktop related packages for about half a year now through his `ubuntu-desktop` membership. |
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| I sponsored some 30 packages for him so far, and the recent ones were without problems except for the rather complex gnome-games split. He has learned to use lintian since then, and I trust him to ask for review for similarly complex cases. |
=== Specific Experiences of working together === The most complex upload that I remember was splitting gnome-games into a lot of individual binary packages, which required a lot of packaging rework, conflicts/replaces, sensible file layout, etc. This was handled very well. |
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| I think he really earned the Ubuntu member badge now, and I also welcome him to join the MOTU ranks as a stepstone towards getting ubuntu-desktop upload privileges. |
I also reviewed several new packages from him, like simple-scan (which by the way is a gem!) === Areas of Improvement === He needs to review the SRU process again and prepare SRU bugs a little more carefully. |
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I, Robert Ancell, apply for core-dev status.
Name |
Robert Ancell |
Launchpad Page |
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Wiki Page |
Who I am
I'm Robert Ancell and work for Canonical as a GNOME Desktop Engineer on the Ubuntu Platform team. I am an upstream GNOME developer (gcalctool, GNOME Games).
My Ubuntu story
I've been using Ubuntu since 4.10 when I was thinking "how have I never heard of this project that is at version 4 already?". Before that it was Debian, Mandrake and Red Hat Linux.
My involvement
- Long time Ubuntu user and bug reporter
- Upstream developer
Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of
Simple Scan (https://launchpad.net/simple-scan)
Areas of work
I have worked as a member of the Desktop team for the last year updating GNOME packages and fixing bugs. I also continue to make gcalctool releases and fix bugs in GNOME.
Things I could do better
Filling out Ubuntu paperwork earlier (e.g. Core Dev applications)
Plans for the future
General
I'd like to see the core Ubuntu applications improve in usability and consistency. Being able to work continuously on Ubuntu allows me to push the small patches upstream to help the upstream projects achieve this. I'd also like to help to improve the platform development documentation so real-world programmers can work out how to easily use all the APIs.
What I like least in Ubuntu
The Preferences/Administration tools. They have multiplied over the years and while there seems to be regular effort each cycle to tidy them they don't seem to be getting any better.
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.
Sebastien Bacher
General feedback
Robert Ancell has joined the Ubuntu Desktop Team a year ago and has became one of the key members there. He has been showing strong technical skills as well on packaging than on upstream hacking, did a great amount of GNOME updates during the karmic and lucid cycle, worked with the Ubuntu community, Debian and upstream when appropriate and helped improving the way the desktopteam is working. I recommend him strongly there!
Specific Experiences of working together
I've been sponsoring lot of GNOME updates from Robert over the two previous cycles and working with him in the desktop team for a year now, he has been mostly been taking good decisions, doing good work and moving things forward in an efficient way.
Areas of Improvement
Robert, you should really have applied for upload rights earlier, would have spare us some sponsoring 
Martin Pitt
General feedback
In the last year I have sponsored several dozens of Robert's packages. He now knows enough about packaging, patch systems, our release process, and freezes for me to fully trust him for full core developer powers. He has uploaded a lot of desktop related packages for about half a year now through his ubuntu-desktop membership.
Specific Experiences of working together
The most complex upload that I remember was splitting gnome-games into a lot of individual binary packages, which required a lot of packaging rework, conflicts/replaces, sensible file layout, etc. This was handled very well.
I also reviewed several new packages from him, like simple-scan (which by the way is a gem!)
Areas of Improvement
He needs to review the SRU process again and prepare SRU bugs a little more carefully.
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 ===
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