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I, Rodrigo Moya, apply for MOTU upload rights for all GNOME-related packages.
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Who I am
I'm Rodrigo Moya and work for Canonical as a Desktop Engineer on the Desktop team. My main focus is GNOME development and, as part of my work at Canonical, the integration of GNOME into the Ubuntu distribution. I have been a Linux user since 1993, and a GNOME developer since 1998.
My Ubuntu story
I started using Debian in 1999 or 2000, and have been a Debian user since then, although I had to just use it for servers and backup machines from 2003 to 2009, since I was working at Novell and so part of my work was the integration and packaging of GNOME into Novell Linux distributions (Novell Linux Desktop first, then openSUSE). About Ubuntu, I started using it full time on the desktop in early 2009, when I started working at Canonical. Since then, I have been developing software for integration of Ubuntu One into Ubuntu and, in the last year, packaging and developing GNOME-related stuff as part of my work on the Ubuntu Desktop team.
My involvement
Integration of Ubuntu One into GNOME desktop and Ubuntu.
- Maintainance of several GNOME packages in the distribution.
Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of
- Development and packaging of Ubuntu One-related software for the Ubuntu distribution.
- Ubuntu One music store.
- Learning Ubuntu packaging in the last couple of years.
- My involvement in the last year into the Ubuntu Desktop team.
Areas of work
- Make the flow of releases coming from GNOME to Ubuntu as quick and as best integrated into Ubuntu guidelines as possible
- Package new software that might be needed for the integration of GNOME upstream features into Ubuntu
- Participate in the relationship with GNOME upstream developers, for a better and painless integration of GNOME into Ubuntu.
Things I could do better
- Being able to help more in the packaging of GNOME stuff not included in main, which is the reason why I'm applying for MOTU.
Plans for the future
General
- I'd really like, as explained in the 'What I like least in Ubuntu' section, to make GNOME community look at Canonical/Ubuntu as one of the top contributors to the development of the GNOME desktop
- I like a lot the tools available for packaging and Launchpad integration, but there's still a lot of room of improvement, so would really like to help in writing, testing, packaging new tools to make teams' work as easy as possible.
- Integrate desktop testing tools, like Mago, into the automatic testing of new packages.
What I like least in Ubuntu
Even though in the time I've been working at Canonical things look different from when I was an outsider, I still see in communities (specifically GNOME) the feeling that Canonical (and thus Ubuntu) doesn't work with upstream as close as it could do. So, as a GNOME developer and, if my application is approved, an Ubuntu developer, I would like to work on making that feeling disappear from the free software projects we work with.
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@.
In particular, I really appreciate all the work Rodrigo has done with System Settings this cycle. He did the work so that Ubuntu-specific items show up in System Settings and added the theme switcher to Appearance, as well as a whole bunch of other work that's not as visible. He also sponsors uploads like mine which I appreciate a lot! And it's obviously great to have Canonical employees that work upstream too like Rodrigo does in GNOME. -- JeremyBicha
Endorsements
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== <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 ===