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| '''I, Graham Inggs, apply for core-dev.''' | |
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| ---- '''Please do not edit this page. It is a template to be used by people applying as an Ubuntu developer.''' Head over to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/YourName/YourDeveloperApplication instead and make use of this template. ---- '''I, <YOUR NAME>, apply for <universe-contributor|MOTU|core-dev|upload rights for package(s) <X>>.''' || '''Name''' || <YOUR NAME> || || '''Launchpad Page''' || <link to your launchpad page> || || '''Wiki Page''' || <link to your Wiki page> || |
|| '''Name''' || Graham Inggs || || '''Launchpad Page''' || https://launchpad.net/~ginggs || || '''Wiki Page''' || https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GrahamInggs/ || |
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| ''Tell us a bit about yourself.'' | I'm a sysadmin for the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment at the University of Cape Town. I support staff and post-graduates who use Linux-based desktops (primarily Ubuntu) and an HPC cluster running Rocks/CentOS. I also look after an under-graduate teaching lab of 30 PCs with NVIDA GPUs that run Ubuntu. |
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| ''Tell us how and when you got involved, what you liked working on and what you could probably do better.'' | I've been using Ubuntu as my primary desktop operating system since Gutsy Gibbon. I started contributing to Ubuntu in late 2012 fixing bugs in packages we use at our university; cntlm, (open)motif and CUDA. |
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| Packaging, SRUs, syncs, merges and bug triaging. I was accepted as a MOTU in December 2013 and since then have sponsored a few syncs and merges, and fixed some FTBFS that were stuck in -proposed. I became a Debian Maintainer in February 2014 and a Debian Developer in August 2015. |
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| * [[http://qa.debian.org/[email protected]|List of packages maintained and co-maintained by me in Debian]] * [[http://ubuntu-dev.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/ubuntu-sponsorships.cgi?render=html&sponsoree=Graham+Inggs&sponsoree_search=name|List of uploads sponsored for me in Ubuntu]] * [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1327753|A complicated merge of nvidia-settings (main)]] * [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1222747|Lesstif2 to Motif transition]] * [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1158182]Eclipse-rse / Javatools shipping a broken symlink]] * [[https://launchpad.net/~ginggs/+uploaded-packages|List of packages I have uploaded to Ubuntu]] * [[https://launchpad.net/~ginggs/+synchronised-packages|List of packages I have synchronized in Ubuntu]] * [[https://ubuntu-dev.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/ubuntu-sponsorships.cgi?render=html&sponsor=Graham+Inggs&sponsor_search=name&sponsoree=&sponsoree_search=name|List of uploads sponsored by me in Ubuntu]] |
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| ''Let us know what you worked on, with which development teams / developers with whom you cooperated and how it worked out.'' ## As a per-package uploader, please give us some insight into the package maintenance and bug situation since you're working on it. |
While supporting users of Ubuntu desktops, I end up reporting and fixing bugs in all kinds of packages. I am also involved with packaging in the Debian-Science and Debi-Chem teams. |
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| I'd like to do more in main without having to take up the time of a sponsor. | |
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| There are several science-related packages I intending packaging for Debian for use at the university and I also plan to make these work well in Ubuntu. |
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| ''Please describe what you like least in Ubuntu and what thoughts do you have about fixing it.'' | Sometimes bugs are fixed in the development release and those fixes never make it into the stable release, leaving users to live with annoyances for 6 months and wondering why the bug status is "fix released" while it is still broken for them. I think there should be more SRUs. I wrote the above for my MOTU application, and since becoming a MOTU, I've done fewer SRUs. I think I've gotten better at fixing bugs before the release date. |
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== Daniel Holbach (dholbach) == === General feedback === I wholeheartedly support Graham's application. In the past years I had enough chances to see his work and I'm very happy how he works with other projects, helps others and takes extra good care of everything. It looks like I sponsored around 20 of his uploads, but feel like I reviewed a good deal more. :-) |
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Contents |
I, Graham Inggs, apply for core-dev.
Name |
Graham Inggs |
Launchpad Page |
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Wiki Page |
Who I am
I'm a sysadmin for the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment at the University of Cape Town. I support staff and post-graduates who use Linux-based desktops (primarily Ubuntu) and an HPC cluster running Rocks/CentOS. I also look after an under-graduate teaching lab of 30 PCs with NVIDA GPUs that run Ubuntu.
My Ubuntu story
I've been using Ubuntu as my primary desktop operating system since Gutsy Gibbon. I started contributing to Ubuntu in late 2012 fixing bugs in packages we use at our university; cntlm, (open)motif and CUDA.
My involvement
Packaging, SRUs, syncs, merges and bug triaging. I was accepted as a MOTU in December 2013 and since then have sponsored a few syncs and merges, and fixed some FTBFS that were stuck in -proposed. I became a Debian Maintainer in February 2014 and a Debian Developer in August 2015.
Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of
List of packages maintained and co-maintained by me in Debian
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1158182]Eclipse-rse / Javatools shipping a broken symlink
Areas of work
While supporting users of Ubuntu desktops, I end up reporting and fixing bugs in all kinds of packages. I am also involved with packaging in the Debian-Science and Debi-Chem teams.
Things I could do better
I'd like to do more in main without having to take up the time of a sponsor.
Plans for the future
General
There are several science-related packages I intending packaging for Debian for use at the university and I also plan to make these work well in Ubuntu.
What I like least in Ubuntu
Sometimes bugs are fixed in the development release and those fixes never make it into the stable release, leaving users to live with annoyances for 6 months and wondering why the bug status is "fix released" while it is still broken for them. I think there should be more SRUs.
I wrote the above for my MOTU application, and since becoming a MOTU, I've done fewer SRUs. I think I've gotten better at fixing bugs before the release date.
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.
Daniel Holbach (dholbach)
General feedback
I wholeheartedly support Graham's application. In the past years I had enough chances to see his work and I'm very happy how he works with other projects, helps others and takes extra good care of everything. It looks like I sponsored around 20 of his uploads, but feel like I reviewed a good deal more. 
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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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