CoreDeveloperApplication

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I, Vladimir Petko, apply for core-dev.

Name

Vladimir Petko

Launchpad Page

https://launchpad.net/~vpa1977

Wiki Page

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/vpa1977

I am applying because:

Remove any reasons that don't apply, add any extra reasons and edit as needed. These examples are the common cases, but are not a hard requirement for applications.

  • I'd like to eliminate delays in getting my work sponsored.
  • I'd like to reduce the burden on my sponsors.
  • Be able support core toolchains initiative - introduce a set to core toolchain packages (e.g. build tools such as ant, maven) into main
  • Help with the Patch Pilot program
  • Support team efforts such as proposed-migration and +1 maintenance.
  • Assist in toolchain migrations (e.g. default Java 21)

Who I am

A software developer from Hamilton, New Zealand currently employed by Canonical within the Foundations team. Prior to joining Canonical I have worked for First Watch (NZ cybersecurity startup), Gallagher (Physical Access Control), OpenWay (Credit card processing), Alcatel-Lucent (Convergent Rating Engine), TopsBI (Life insurance project) and Togethersoft (UML modelling tool).

I hold a specialist diploma in Computer Science from St. Petersburg State Technical University and MSc from University of Waikato.

When I am not in front of the computer I enjoy spending time mountain biking or hiking.

My Ubuntu story

I have started using Ubuntu during the studies in University of Waikato (2011-2015) - I had lucid and later precise installed. It was used as a development environment for the assignments and research. In Gallagher we have used Ubuntu as a development environment for the T20 reader and eventually switched to it for the controller development. In First Watch we have used Jammy as a host development environment.

My involvement

As a member of the toolchains squad my primary focus is Java and Java packages, though as part of normal Foundations work I am exposed to a wider range of packages, e.g. my first task was fixing cryptsetup autopackage test.

Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of

Ubuntu Contributions:

Debian Contributions:

Upstream Contributions

Areas of work

Let us know what you worked on, with which development teams / developers with whom you cooperated and how it worked out.

Things I could do better

Plans for the future

General

What I like least in Ubuntu

Please describe what you like least in Ubuntu and what thoughts do you have about fixing it.

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.

TEMPLATE

== <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.''
## Full list of sponsored packages can be generated here:
##  https://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/ubuntu-sponsorships.cgi
=== Areas of Improvement ===