MOTU Application for kirkland [Was Re: Universe Contributors application for Dustin Kirkland (kirkland)]

[Dustin Kirkland]

As pointed out by persia on IRC, I used the term "Universe Contributors"
when I intended to apply for MOTU.

I read a few of the recent threads in the archive on this list, and I
saw a significant number of applications for "Universe Contributor", and
I became confused by the terminology.  I thought perhaps "Universe
Contributor" was a colloquial term used in place of "MOTU" on the
mailing list, "motu-council".

Sorry about the confusion.  My application follows.

:-Dustin



On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 17:50 -0500, Dustin Kirkland wrote:
> Howdy MOTU Council-
> 
> This is my application to become a MOTU.  I would like to be a MOTU
> in order to help mentor other new contributors and to continue to
> raise the Ubuntu Server as a stable, secure, and functionally-advanced
> server platform.
> 
> I've been a full-time Ubuntu developer for about 7 months, though I have
> been a full-time Linux, Free, and Open Source Software developer for
> over 5 years.  Most of my work involves Ubuntu Server and Security
> projects.
> 
> Beyond the daily bug fixing, patching, and merging, I have also been
> working on several areas of new development for Ubuntu, including:
>  * Encrypting ~/Private directories
>   * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EncryptedPrivateDirectory
>  * Adding 'status' actions to init scripts
>   * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/InitScriptStatusActions
>  * Booting degraded RAID
>   * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BootDegradedRaid
> 
> I am particularly proud of the merges and functionality that I have
> added to:
>  * ecryptfs-utils (extensive support for private directories)
>   * https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils
>  * debianutils (per user editor selection)
>   * https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debianutils
>  * lsb (status_of_proc() function for init script status)
>   * https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lsb
> 
> I have also developed:
> * The Ubuntu Manpage Repository:
>   * http://ubuntu.dustinkirkland.com/search.py?title=man
> * The Ubuntu Documentation Search for Developers:
>   * http://people.ubuntu.com/~kirkland/search.html
> 
> More complete documentation of my Ubuntu contributions, past, present,
> and future work efforts can be found at:
>  * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DustinKirkland
> 
> I am CC'ing several sponsors with whom I've worked closely:
>  * Bryce Harrington (bryce)
>  * Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)
>  * Kees Cook (kees)
>  * Martin Pitt (pitti)
>  * Mathias Gug (mathiaz)
> 
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