core-dev application for Stefan Potyra (sistpoty)

[Soren Hansen]

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 05:12:21PM +0200, Stefan Potyra wrote:
>>    3. Discuss their specific technical interests and plans for
>>    contributing to Ubuntu
> Make Ubuntu better by e.g. fixing bugs as I stumble upon them, and
> have the knowledge to fix it.

Yes, I sort of guessed that part :)

Traditionally, core-dev privileges have not been handed out only based
on technical merits. The applicant must present a specific purpose and
intent for achieving core-dev privileges. Recent additions to the
core-dev team like Bryce, Till, Jamie, and Tim have needed core-dev
privileges to maintain X, maintain the entire printing domain, provide
security fixes for supported packages, and to upload kernels,
respectively. I forget who it was, but I distinctly remember someone
applying for core-dev at some point and was rejected on these grounds.

I'm not personally taking a stand on the subject. I'm just pointing out
what the procedure is, and trying to save you the trouble of turning up
at a TB meeting only to be rejected because you didn't provide a good
reason like this.

> Also I'm not too much interested in the big window managers, in case
> you're wondering.

I -- for one -- will not hold that against you :)

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Soren Hansen               | 
Virtualisation specialist  | Ubuntu Server Team
Canonical Ltd.             | http://www.ubuntu.com/
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