I, Leônidas S. Barbosa, apply for core-dev.

Who I am

My name is Leônidas S. Barbosa and I'm Brazilian. I'm familiar with many programming language, mostly with Python and C. I'm an Ubuntu user since 2008 and I'm also member of Ubuntu Security Team since 2017.

My Involvement

I am an Ubuntu user since 2008 and I'm a Software Engineer since 2008. I learnt about Debian and Ubuntu packaging when I joined Ubuntu Security Team in 2017. Since then I have been producing security updates for the archive, Ubuntu pro, main and universe.

Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of

My work so far has been doing security updates for many packages in main. Mostly of them for ESM releases. As one of the last updates I did ask for sponsor is this one https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fwupd-signed/1.27.1ubuntu1 that required rights to be done.

Areas of work

My areas of work involves security updates and bug fixes. For an overview about what I've been work so far/uploaded https://launchpad.net/~leosilvab/+ppa-packages.

Things I could do better

• Bug fixing
• Merges
• Syncs

Plans for the future

General

• Become better dev for both Ubuntu and Debian
• Become a kernel dev

What I like least in Ubuntu

• The collaboration between Ubuntu and Debian: We have to collaborate closely with Debian as Debian is our upstream; for example we should always forward non-specific Ubuntu changes to Debian. Doing so we will improve Debian and minimize the Ubuntu delta. We should encourage Ubuntu contributing developers to collaborate with Debian too but at the same time encourage the Ubuntu contributing Developers to contribute to Ubuntu.

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I have worked with Leonidas before Canonical and at Canonical. He has always been conscientious and hard working. He loves taking on new challenges and expanding his knowledge base both in breadth and in depth. I saw this when he worked on a kernel crypto driver a while back in old job and now as we work together in expanding the security team's OVAL. His genuine curiosity and ability to quickly consume information results in his always honing his skills. And on top of that he is fun to work with! -- j-latten

I've also worked with Leonidas before Canonical and at Canonical. Leonidas is always eager to help and share his knowledge with others. He's also curious and always trying to learn something new. Since I met him, he has worked with kernel crypto driver, SELinux and a lot of security work for Main packages and is currently the focal point on patching ESM packages. Becoming a coredev would suit him well! -- @Eduardo Barretto@

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