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| == Bryce Harrington == === General feedback === Sarvatt has been contributing to Ubuntu's X.org stack for years now. Initially he helped by testing and suggesting patches, then moved to doing packaging changes in PPAs, particularly the very important xorg-edgers repository. I've sponsored bunches of his X.org package uploads and trust him implicitly. He's good about working with upstream. Recently he's joined Canonical to work on the Hardware Enablement team, where he diagnoses X and kernel issues, merges code from upstream, and files SRUs. === Specific Experiences of working together === Most all the package uploads I sponsor need no comment and I just send them straight through. He always tests stuff himself, so for the rare times I catch something, it'll be for something minor - a typo or a non-regression goof. He's quick to fix issues once they're identified. === Areas of Improvement === None == Chris Halse Rogers == === General feedback === Robert is on-the-ball with X stuff; he's well aware of all the relevant policy issues, he tracks upstream development, is aware of many of the various pitfalls that litter the X stack, and is active in the upstream Debian-X team. It's past time that he got upload privileges to an X package set. === Specific Experiences of working together === Robert has worked with us on the X team for some time now, first as a community contributor, and now in Hardware Enablement. He largely maintains the xorg-edgers PPA and associated scripting tools, which have been a valuable tool in testing. The packages I've sponsored of his have been almost uniformly right first time; those uploads with problems have been the sort of minor problems that ''I'' sometimes make, and about the same frequency. === Areas of Improvement === If anything, confidence. Robert is well versed in the X stack, but has sometimes sought my second opinion for something which was clearly correct - although this was no problem, as it would need sponsoring anyway. Hopefully with upload privileges he can calibrate his “need to ask” threshold to better match his (excellent) grasp of the relevant issues :). |
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I, Robert Hooker, apply for upload rights for package(s) <X>.
Name |
Robert Hooker |
Launchpad Page |
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Wiki Page |
Who I am
Tell us a bit about yourself.
My Ubuntu story
Tell us how and when you got involved, what you liked working on and what you could probably do better.
My involvement
Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of
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
Please describe what you like least in Ubuntu and what thoughts do you have about fixing it.
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.
Bryce Harrington
General feedback
Sarvatt has been contributing to Ubuntu's X.org stack for years now. Initially he helped by testing and suggesting patches, then moved to doing packaging changes in PPAs, particularly the very important xorg-edgers repository. I've sponsored bunches of his X.org package uploads and trust him implicitly. He's good about working with upstream. Recently he's joined Canonical to work on the Hardware Enablement team, where he diagnoses X and kernel issues, merges code from upstream, and files SRUs.
Specific Experiences of working together
Most all the package uploads I sponsor need no comment and I just send them straight through. He always tests stuff himself, so for the rare times I catch something, it'll be for something minor - a typo or a non-regression goof. He's quick to fix issues once they're identified.
Areas of Improvement
None
Chris Halse Rogers
General feedback
Robert is on-the-ball with X stuff; he's well aware of all the relevant policy issues, he tracks upstream development, is aware of many of the various pitfalls that litter the X stack, and is active in the upstream Debian-X team. It's past time that he got upload privileges to an X package set.
Specific Experiences of working together
Robert has worked with us on the X team for some time now, first as a community contributor, and now in Hardware Enablement. He largely maintains the xorg-edgers PPA and associated scripting tools, which have been a valuable tool in testing. The packages I've sponsored of his have been almost uniformly right first time; those uploads with problems have been the sort of minor problems that I sometimes make, and about the same frequency.
Areas of Improvement
If anything, confidence. Robert is well versed in the X stack, but has sometimes sought my second opinion for something which was clearly correct - although this was no problem, as it would need sponsoring anyway. Hopefully with upload privileges he can calibrate his “need to ask” threshold to better match his (excellent) grasp of the relevant issues :).
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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 ===
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