MOTU Application for Onkar Shinde (slytherin)

[Scott Kitterman]

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:39:08 +0530 "Onkar Shinde" <onkarshinde at ubuntu.com> 
wrote:
>Hi,
>
>My name is Onkar Shinde [1][2]. Please consider my application to
>become a member of MOTU team.
>
>I have been a UUC for little over three months. My main work in
>Intrepid development cycle has been related to java
>applications/libraries. This involved fixing various FTBFS, some
>merges/syncs, moving packages to universe and some major packaging
>work like 'batik' and 'electric'.
>From time to time I have tried to keep Debian and Ubuntu in sync.[3][4][5][6]
>Also I have tried to port/forward the fixes we do in Ubuntu to Debian
>as appropriate.[7][8] One of the major work in this area has been
>putting 'electric', which was updated in Ubuntu, back into pkg-java
>svn.[9] I plan to continue working in this area.
>
>Plans as MOTU:
>1. Improve the state of java packages, keep them well maintained and
>improve collaboration between Debain and Ubuntu on java front.
>2. Optimization of java stack, specifically reducing duplication in 
libraries.
>3. Packaging more applications/libraries that will make a java developer 
happy.
>4. Get more involved in package reviews and developer sessions.
>
>Plans for Jaunty cycle:
>1. Kill sun-java5-*. Since we already have Sun's Java 6 ("the perfect
>java") and OpenJDK ("not so perfect java") there is no point keeping
>Java 5. This will involve fixing packages that have hard build/runtime
>dependencies on java 5 packages. The task is simplified by the fact
>that Debian is already moving many packages to OpenJDK.
>2. Some important updates/additions like struts, jsf, jmeter if possible.
>3. Help Thierry Carrez with his maven plan.
>
I've seen you very active in Java related packages.  What is your 
experience with other types of packages?  Do you have plans in other areas?

Scott K