Motu application for Emanuele Gentili (emgent)

[Emanuele Gentili]

Please consider this my application to become an Ubuntu Motu.


_Background_

I'm Emanuele Gentili and i joined Ubuntu on July 2005 with 5.04 "Hoary", 
but I started to contribute in September 2007. I created an account (2007-11-09) on
launchpad and later in forums to give support to people and community.

I'm working to the Ubuntu Motu-Swat [0],  Ubuntu White Hat [1] (I'm coordinator), 
Ubuntu Server [2] (I'm working in Rapache [3] a python + GTK tool that uses the SSH protocol 
to manage and configure apache2 and all of its modules, now in alpha version i'm working to complete
it for Intrepid+1), Ubuntu Flybook Team [4] (The intent of this team is to collect all Ubuntu users 
that possessing the jewel of Dialogue, The flybook, especially *V5 model*,to make it fully supported 
in Ubuntu.) and Ubuntu Hardened [5]. 

My primary focus is providing security updates for packages in Universe and some in 
main but i work too in Ubuntu/Canonical infra (auditing), I examined REVU, launchpad, 
Soyuz, and ubuntu.com, blog.canonical.com and I found more security issue, now fixed [6].
Also i wrote Anteater[7] a python tool for manage Ubuntu White Hat report with launchpad.

More info about me available here:
https://edge.launchpad.net/~emgent <https://edge.launchpad.net/%7Eemgent>
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/emgent



_Security_

I have already uploaded few packages for Ubuntu's stable and development
releases through security updates. The most important are:

Wireshark, audacity and more other.

The wireshark [8] update was very difficult, as upstream makes many changes to
their codebase. I worked to backport patches and test it (assigned to me by Stephan Hermann).

Audacity update was very difficult too, Debian and Gentoo wrote a wrong fix in the first time, but in Ubuntu was perfect.
Comparing Ubuntu's patches against other distributions revealed that our patches
are the most perfect of any distribution.

About the other Security Fix in main/universe the work has been very long especially for write/testing fix and package testing.

My work in Ubuntu White Hat was hard too. 
I was found a few issue on launchpad, ubuntu.com, Soyuz, canonical.com but i helped canonical coders/webmasters to fix all issue.

Also i have some debdiff in waiting for fix some issue on apache2, fetchmail and tmsnc.

_Packages_
I am author (and maintainer) of uwha and Rapache (not yet in universe), and i'm maintainer of flickr-poster
now pending in debian that i will sync it in ubuntu.
Also I worked in Gosa, fprint-demo [9] and some other packages in Ubuntu and Debian for fix some bugs and optimize packages.


_Future_
I'd like became motu for work direcly in Universe for upload my security and non-security fix and maintain packages.
Also I`d like to join ubuntu-universe-sponsor and ubuntu-backporters for help in this team to sponsor and backport requested packages.
I will continue to work in security branch (ubuntu whitehat, motu swat) for try to close the impossible bug #208413.


CCing my sponsors and I would say at them a big "Thank You" for their
feedbacks:

Kees Cook
Stephan Hermann
Luca Falavigna

[0] https://edge.launchpad.net/~motu-swat <https://edge.launchpad.net/%7Emotu-swat>
[1] https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-whitehat <https://edge.launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-whitehat>
[2] https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-server <https://edge.launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-server>
[3] https://edge.launchpad.net/rapache
[4] https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu-flybook-support/
    http://en.emanuele-gentili.com/index.php/2008/06/23/ubuntu-flybook-team-is-up/
    http://en.emanuele-gentili.com/index.php/2008/06/24/ubuntu-flybook-v5-fingerprint-driver-and-stuff-in-ubuntu-universe/
[5] https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hardened
[6] https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/207490
    https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/207494
    https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/208327
    https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/soyuz/+bug/204617
    https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+bug/180468
    https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/phpbb2/+bug/181853
[7] https://code.edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-whitehat/ubuntu-whitehat-project/uwht
[8] http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12856998/gutsy_wireshark_0.99.6rel-3ubuntu0.2.debdiff
[9] https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fprint-demo


Thank you for you consideration, and have a nice day!


Emanuele Gentili


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Emanuele Gentili 	    | Ubuntu Security Group
emgent at ubuntu.com           | https://edge.launchpad.net/~emgent

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