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I, Stefan Bader, apply for core-dev.
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Who I am
I currently live in Germany and am employed by Canonical as a Kernel Engineer. I am currently acting as the interface between the kernel and the server team and contact for all kernel (or related) issues that the server team brings up. Also, I am now doing all the Xen packaging for Ubuntu. Before that I was doing the maintenance of the released kernel trees. And before joining Canonical I was working for IBM as a kernel developer on the zSeries (S/390) architecture.
My Ubuntu story
I started with Linux around 1993 (version 0.99 patchlevel 14) with kernel compiles as sort of a requirement. After some less intense involvements on other UNIX platforms I joined the mainframe development in 2000. There the main distributions were Redhat and Novel/SUSE. I joined Canonical in January 2008 and have since then dived into the Ubuntu/Debian way of work.
My involvement
- Member of the Canonical Kernel Team since January 2008
- Coordination and maintenance of all stable kernel releases
- Working on server/cloud related issues and maintaining Xen in Ubuntu.
Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of
- Kernel maintenance for Dapper, Gutsy, Hardy and Intrepid
- CVE triaging and upload preparations
- Working on kernel bugs
- Working with the kernel team community (IRC and mailing list)
- Helping in bringing back Xen host support into Ubuntu and ensuring Xen guest can be managed as simply as KVM guest from virt-manager.
Things I could do better
- Spend more time on open kernel bugs
Plans for the future
- Try to reduce the delta we got for Xen between Debian and Ubuntu.
What I like least in Ubuntu
Having to say "won't-fix" in the knowledge of that sometimes being better than to regress for others.
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