Tim Andersson - Contributing Developer Application

[Simon Quigley]

Hi Tim!

On 3/19/25 10:32 AM, Tim Andersson wrote:
> Hi!

Sorry for the delay... Beta. ;)

> I'm applying to be a Contributing Developer.
> 
> Wiki Page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TimAndersson/DeveloperApplication <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TimAndersson/DeveloperApplication>
> Date: 2025-06-09
> Time: 19:00
> Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DeveloperMembershipBoard/Agenda <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DeveloperMembershipBoard/Agenda>
> 
> I'm wondering however if we could perhaps do this meeting asynchronously? I know there's precedent to do this in the past, hehe.

+1 on reviewing via email.

If you've read the recent precedent for this, you probably also know that I'm about to ask a mix of social and technical questions.

Please take your time on a response; I'm not asking for perfection, just your best.

As opposed to some of the previous applications you may have read, this one is going to be much more free-form. I balanced asking for more details than usual with being looser on the pedanticism.

In your own words, what does it mean to be an Ubuntu Member?

I've cherry-picked a handful of merge proposals and commits from your application. For each one, please briefly explain:
  - How were you made aware of the issue, or what piqued your interest about it in particular, and did you collaborate on it?
  - Did you initially take a different approach to your solution, and if so, could you briefly walk through your thought process here?
  - What was the end result, what kind of impact did it make, and in hindsight, would you have done anything differently?

You don't have to answer all three questions for every single point, you can select a mix of each depending on what feels right, but for at least one, I'd like to see all three.

Bonus points for a well-articulated story as opposed to rigid answers; I'm simply asking you to paint a picture.

https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-release/britney/+git/britney2-ubuntu/commit/?id=522adc7f7c6356d1d677853978c76bb6f3a02433
https://git.launchpad.net/autopkgtest-cloud/commit/?id=87f9a323cc945375b6c04d931c813e14fe7b12ef
https://git.launchpad.net/autopkgtest-cloud/commit/?id=bc98541daa133ed90b3648740f110cdc434982ce
https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-upgrader/commit/?id=6b21b56970db27db15bd73e691a70c66b51c35a7
https://git.launchpad.net/autopkgtest-cloud/commit/?id=63598c9967339b5a724a49a68c9a5375e41ca2d3

And finally, make up a question of your own, and answer it how you see fit. It could be very easy, or very hard. I'm intentionally leaving this one wide open. (And if it's a top-tier question, I just might use it myself in the future.)

Warm regards,
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