I, Stéphane Graber, apply for core-dev.

Who I am

I'm Stéphane Graber, currently living in Canada and working for Revolution Linux as LTSP developer and liaison with the Ubuntu community. I develop and maintain LTSP and LTSP-Cluster for Revolution Linux, the first being already in main, the second being packaged at the moment. I also maintain iTalc which we use for classroom management on LTSP networks and help when possible the edubuntu project so we have a good set of educational softwares available in Ubuntu.

My Ubuntu story

I started using Linux 9 years ago switching from a distro to another for a few years, then using Debian most of the time before switching to Ubuntu with Warty. I first contributed by doing testing/bug reporting mainly on LTSP and Edubuntu around Edgy's release then contributed mainly in the QA team by working on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker. After UDS-Boston I started to maintain iTalc, got more involved in community activities (EMEA council, loco team leader, ...) and finally started maintaining LTSP and all its components. At UDS-Karmic I was voted as an Edubuntu council member and worked on the Edubuntu Strategy document to get that project active again.

I attended UDSes: Boston, Prague (Fosscamp only), Mountain View and Barcelona

My involvement

• Current maintainer of ltsp/ltspfs/ldm/italc in Main
• MOTU
• Administrator of the Ubuntu QA team
• Main developer of the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker
• Member of the EMEA membership approval board
• Edubuntu council member
• Upstream for: Mirrorkit, pastebinit, LTSP and LTSP-cluster

Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of

• LTSP and its components in Intrepid, Jaunty and Karmic
• iTalc and its launcher scripts since Hardy
• Bug triaging and fixing for LTSP, iTalc and some other packages

Things I could do better

• Improve the community around LTSP in Ubuntu (testing, bug reporting, documentation, ...)
• Work on doing some SRUs for LTSP and iTalc or at least mentor someone to do it

Plans for the future

General

• Taking a more important part in Edubuntu's development (packaging and release management)
• Get LTSP's experience to be as similar to the regular desktop one as possible
• Work on getting a SRU process for LTSP (and finding people willing to help cherry-picking fixes)

What I like least in Ubuntu

Some process being unclear for newcomers and therefore giving them the feeling of being ignore from the project by not receiving enough attention.

Comments

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Endorsements

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Jordan Mantha (LaserJock)

General feedback

I've sponsored a number of packages for Stéphane going back to when he started developing pastebinit and wanted to learn packaging so he could get it into Universe back in Feisty. He picked up packaging very quickly from the start and has always been very professional. I've also worked with Stéphane on the Ubuntu QA team where he has show great leadership and technical knowledge in his work on the ISO tracker and qa.ubuntu.com site. IMO, he is ready and able to be an Ubuntu Core Developer and would be a great help to the Edubuntu and Ubuntu teams. As the Edubuntu community is attempting to revitalize development, Stéphane will play a key role in sponsoring contributions, managing seeds, and developing a stronger developer community.

Specific Experiences of working together

My first technical experience with Stéphane was when I reviewed and sponsored his pastebinit package. It was honestly one of the easiest package reviews I've ever done. Stéphane does a lot of groundwork before coming to a sponsor and is very prepared. I never felt like I needed to do any hand-holding.

A more recent experience has been doing some sponsoring of LTSP related packages before he got his package-specific uploading rights. I never once had to request a change. He has also shown himself to be a dedicated, reliable, and helpful package maintainer. Since I've been overseeing Edubuntu and have watched not only his uploads but also his bug work I can confidently say that he is a top-notch package maintainer.

Areas of Improvement

Not much that I can think of other than maybe branching outside of LTSP some more, which I'm confident he'll do if he's given full Core Dev upload permissions.

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