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[Brian Murray <brian@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 03:42:06PM +0200, Kjell Braden wrote:
> Jean-Baptiste Lallement schrieb:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm glad to apply to the bugcontrol team and give some time to make
> > Ubuntu better.
> > 
> > My name is Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel on irc.freenode.net) I'm
> > French. I'm an early user and a supporter of Linux, and more generally
> > Open Source Software, in the business world.
> > 
> > I have started using Linux in 1995 with Slackware. Then I've switched
> > to Redhat until v6 in 2000, Debian and finally Ubuntu since Dapper in
> > 2006.
> > 
> > I've been triaging Ubuntu bugs for a few months now. I'm a generalist
> > working on a lot of minor/low activity packages. When time and skills
> > allow it, I fix them and provide backport to supported releases.
> > 
> > Here is my application as requested:
> > 1) I promise to be polite to bug reporters even if they are rude to me
> > or Ubuntu. I have signed the Ubuntu Code of Conduct.
> > 
> > 2) I have read Bugs/HowToTriage, Bugs/Assignment and Bugs/Importance
> > and I don't have any questions.
> > 
> > 3) In private Apport crash report, I should look for sensitive data
> > like passwords,  various kind of keys, private information like phone
> > numbers, bank accounts, personal informations, ...
> > 
> > 4) Currently I'm mostly interested in:
> > - Upgrade/install issues
> > - Old forgotten but still supported reports
> > - Following up with "No Package/New/Undecided" reports, "Confirmed"
> > with no package, "In progress" without assignee, ...
> > - Kernel bugs
> > - And all those little things that can improve user experience (man
> > pages, core utils, hardware support, ...)
> > 
> > 5) You'll find below an extract of my work and noticable reports. A
> > full list of the "fix released" bug reports I've been working on is at
> > http://tinyurl.com/4df89k
> > For each report, I've added a comment, and set the importance below the url.
> > 
> > faac : faac doesn't have a manpage.
> > reviving old bug and providing a patch
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/58012
> > 
> > mpage: mpage bugs and sync request
> > https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mpage/+bug/58236
> > https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mpage/+bug/260223
> > => low
> > 
> > xserver-xorg-input-keyboard : Tajik keyboard layout: put 'щ' in place of
> > the letter 'o' for Russian words
> > foreign langage support & fix sent upstream
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67051
> > => low
> > 
> > cobex: man pages fix & patch
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/71341
> > 
> > xmoto: xmoto flickers just entering it.
> > following up with the user
> > https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xmoto/+bug/123771
> > and the fix
> > https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xmoto/+bug/243819
> > => medium
> > 
> > gimp: GIMP color wheel looks ugly
> > confirming, reporting upstream & enhancement included upstream.
> > https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/+bug/231080
> > 
> > grep: grep -i fails to work on intrepid
> > digging into deep,providing a patch and accepted
> > https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grep/+bug/241990
> > 
> > gfcui: new report : gfc-examples must depend on libgfcui-dev in order to
> > build the examples
> > Reporting an issue
> > https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gfcui/+bug/254234
> > 
> > rarian : failed to upgrade : "update-xmlcatalog: error:    entity
> > already registered"
> > Into deep & marking duplicates
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256131
> > 
> > linux : ATA error messages reported in syslog
> > Following up with the user
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/267306
> > 
> > dhcp3: error send_packet:message too long
> > following up with the user and propose a workaround
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/274069
> > => medium
> > 
> > grep : grep -w doesn't always grab whole words
> > Filling an upstream report
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grep/+bug/274221
> > => low
> > 
> > landscape-client: "landscape-client" error, upgrade to 8.10 beta
> > quickly sorting out the issue & propose a workaround
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/278518
> > => medium
> > 
> > 
> > I would be very happy to join the team and use my background and
> > experience to help to improve Ubuntu.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > PS: Third attempt, sorry for multiposting but that list definitely
> > doesn't like gmail.
> > --
> > Jean-Baptiste
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I currently can't find the time to look at your reports in detail, but I
> saw jibel creating quite some good bugmail in my INBOX, so thats a +1
> from me.

Based on everyone's feedback and the superb quality of jibel's work I've
approved his membership in team.

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Brian Murray                                                 @ubuntu.com

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