MOTU Application

[Loïc Minier]

On Mon, Oct 22, 2007, Stefan Potyra wrote:
> Coming from Debian, I have no doubts about your technical skills and/or 
> contributions to Ubuntu. Nonetheless, I'm curious: What do think was/is the 
> impact of the MOTU team to Debian?

 Thanks for your question.

 I wouldn't be confortable in commenting on the MOTU Team as a whole in
 the name of Debian, but I can certainly comment on the always rising
 number of MOTUs who I see hanging around in Debian communities: there's
 a continuous flow of skilled people seemingly falling from the sky who
 are interested in pushing Ubuntu fixes to Debian, reducing work
 duplication with shared maintenance, or simply interested in enhancing
 Debian.
   I witness that the MOTU Team is the source of this new flow of Debian
 and Ubuntu developers and I can only conclude that the MOTU Team is a
 good place on the path joining us.  In my eyes, this is the result of a
 better teaching organization but also of a friendlier atmosphere.

 I'm impressed by the work that some MOTUs such as Sebastian Dröge or
 Laurent Bigonville are investing in Debian and Ubuntu (at the same
 time!), and I'm happy that the general trend means more developers and
 more skilled developers for both distros.

-- 
Loïc Minier