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I, Dave Chiluk, apply for Ubuntu Contributing Developer.
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Who I am
I am Dave Chiluk. I currently work for Canonical in their STS Engineering group which is the bug-fix arm for the Ubuntu-Advantage product. When I'm not working on customer issues, I try to spend time bug-fixing for the distro both in main and universe packages. I have fixes in a wide variety of packages including the kernel.
Professional Career
- Graduated with a BS in CS from University of Illinois in 2003
- 2003-2004 - IBM AIX NFS Support
- 2004-2008 - IBM - Embedded Linux Product Development.
- 2008-2012 - IBM - Linux Technology Center, in an internal embedded linux product support role.
- 2012-Current - Canonical -
Personal Life
I enjoy Volleyball, Car repair, Home Improvement, and Swing Dancing.
My Ubuntu story
My first experience with linux was with Redhat 5.2 in 1999 as a student because I needed a C compiler, and didn't want to pay for Borland's. I've used Linux in one way or another ever since, and it's been my sole desktop OS since 2004. My first ubuntu version was Edgy Eft, after a co-worker caught me complaining about some poorly written fedora package dependencies. I've been assisting users on launchpad/IRC since 2008, and have been submitting fixes/SRUs since 2012.
My involvement
https://launchpad.net/~chiluk/+uploaded-packages
Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of
Areas of work
https://launchpad.net/~chiluk/+uploaded-packages There are also a number of uploads that the system has not attributed to me, usually due to a package maintainer or core-dev including multiple other patches into the upload): * memtest86+ - https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/560839 * libvirt - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/1451598 * coreutils - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/1432871 * Upstream coreutils http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=author&s=chiluk * Upstream gnulib http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=author&s=chiluk
In addition to my work on random ubuntu packages, and random ubuntu bug fixes, I've also spent quite a bit of time and effort on kernel related bugs, such as, but not limited to.
* Ubuntu-trusty http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/ubuntu-trusty.git/log/?qt=grep&q=chiluk * https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fstrim/+bug/1338706 * https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openvswitch/+bug/1466978 * https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1449372 * https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1354234 * Ubuntu-precise http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/ubuntu-precise.git/log/?qt=grep&q=chiluk * Upstream linux https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/?qt=author&q=chiluk
In general, I feel I have a very strong grasp of the SRU/bug fix process.
Things I could do better
I need to become better acquainted with the development release processes, +1 maintenance, ftbs fix procedure for development releases, MIR, image creation etc.
Plans for the future
General
I would like to eventually become a Core Developer.
What I like least in Ubuntu
I dislike that apt-get/dpkg requires a separate package in order to search for which uninstalled package that provides a specific file. Yum has a search utility built in which doesn't require an additional helper package. I admit this is purely a quibble.
Community - Ubuntu is a community, it's also a community that can be pretty hard or intimidating for even smart people to break into. I think we still have some room for improvement here. Specifically in the areas of attribution, community mentor-ship, and involvement.
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