Request for getting a Ubuntu (Core) Developer

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 03:48:30PM +0000, Till Kamppeter wrote:
> Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > 
> > I'm afraid I can't agree; I've repeatedly told community applicants that
> > it's OK to apply for core-dev straight away if they are qualified.  For
> > example, this opportunity should be open to experienced Debian developers,
> > who by virtue of their involvement with Debian, already have most of the
> > knowledge and skills needed to work on Ubuntu and deserve to be
> > fast-tracked.
> > 
> > This should only be for exceptional cases, though.  In general, it makes
> > more sense to apply for MOTU first.
> > 
> 
> Then should we consider my application as for Ubuntu Core Developer now? 
>   I think with the set of packages I am working on (all in main) this 
> makes more sense. My experience should be sufficient:
> 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TillKamppeter
> 
> [ Adding my upload sponsors (pitti, doko) to this thread. ]

I'm not prepared to comment on your application specifically, but I do want
to clarify that this decision should not be made on the basis of which
packages someone happens to be working on.

Core developers have access to packages in main because they are
experienced, stable, trusted contributors, not because they are interested
in a specific set of packages.

-- 
 - mdz