MOTU application for Matvey Kozhev (Sikon)

[Sikon]

Dear MOTUs,

I have been involved with Ubuntu development 2007-06-04, when I joined the 
Ubuntu contributors team.

I have contributed two new packages to Ubuntu via REVU: videotrans and 
inkblot, both of which I currently maintain. A third package 
(smplayer-themes) is underway. The videotrans package has been since then 
included into the debian-multimedia.org repository by Christian Marillat.

Here is my Launchpad packages page: https://launchpad.net/~sikon/+packages

Apart from new packages, there are some other contributions that I consider 
significant:
- In Gutsy, added patches to solve an FTBFS in ktoon that had been present 
since Feisty. They have since been merged into Debian, albeit without my 
involvement.
- Merged psi 0.11 into Hardy, and after that, cooperated with the Debian 
maintainer to completely eliminate the divergence between Debian and Ubuntu.
- Got freecol from Debian into Ubuntu, along with two dependent libraries, by 
advocating changes to the Debian maintainer necessary to build them under 
Ubuntu.
- Upgraded smplayer to a new upstream release, making it lintian-clean and 
closing all Ubuntu bugs in the process (and continuing to do so with 
subsequent releases). As of now, smplayer in Ubuntu contains 0 bugs.
- Merged new upstream releases of qdvdauthor and avidemux from 
debian-multimedia.org, at the same time advocating Ubuntu changes back to 
Marillat (quite successfully). Also, for avidemux, successfully pushed a 
patch for an Ubuntu build issue upstream prior to the release of 2.4 preview 
3.

There is also f-spot 0.4.1-1, for which I tested unreleased Debian versions  
and reported issues and patches prior to filing a sync request and MIRs for 
dependent libraries. This, however, is in main so not directly relevant.

I'm seeking MOTUship to more effectively maintain my packages, without bugging 
sponsors for every change no matter how minor, as well as to avoid "I am not 
a MOTU" disclaimers when giving advice on #ubuntu-motu.

I am CCing this message to those who had sponsored my packages at various 
times:

Emmet Hikory
Daniel Holbach
Cesare Tirabassi
Luke Yelavich
William Grant
John Dong

There may be others I have missed, since I do not remember who reviewed 
videotrans and the old REVU is lost.

I should add that I found Ubuntu developers, MOTU and core developers alike, 
amazingly responsive and helpful. Special thanks go to Emmet "persia" Hikory 
for his advice to me and other people on #ubuntu-motu and for being so active 
on REVU.
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