I, Steven Beattie, apply for core-dev.

Who I am

Tell us a bit about yourself.

My Ubuntu story

Tell us how and when you got involved, what you liked working on and what you could probably do better.

My involvement

Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of

Areas of work

Let us know what you worked on, with which development teams / developers you cooperated and how it worked out.

Sponsored packages as part of security team duties

• dtc: 0.30.18-1ubuntu1 (maverick), 0.30.10-1ubuntu1 (lucid), 0.25.3-2ubuntu1.1 (hardy), bug 729700

• gitolite: 1.5.4-1ubuntu0.1

• lcms: 1.16-7ubuntu1.3 (maverick), 1.18.dfsg-1ubuntu2.10.04.1 (lucid), 1.18.dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 (karmic), 1.16-7ubuntu1.3 (hardy), bug 700198

• libapache2-mod-fcgid: 1:2.3.5-2ubuntu0.1 (maverick), 1:2.3.4-2ubuntu0.2 (lucid), 1:2.2-1ubuntu0.9.10.1 (karmic), 1:2.2-1ubuntu0.8.04.1 (hardy), bug 698060

• clamav: 0.96.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1.2 (maverick), 0.96.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1.0.10.04.2 (lucid), bug 673654

• systemtap: 1.3-1ubuntu0.1 (maverick), 677226 (I ended up improving the submitted patch to match upstream's intent, which the Debian maintainer incorporated into their packaging)

• proftpd-dfsg: 1.3.2e-4ubuntu0.1 (maverick), 1.3.2c-1ubuntu0.1 (lucid), bug 674798

Non-USN security updates

• git, git-core: 1:1.7.1-1.1ubuntu0.1 (maverick), 1:1.7.0.4-1ubuntu0.2 (lucid), 1:1.6.3.3-2ubuntu0.1 (karmic)

Things I could do better

Plans for the future

General

What I like least in Ubuntu

Please describe what you like least in Ubuntu and what thoughts do you have about fixing it.

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== <SPONSORS NAME> ==
=== General feedback ===
## Please fill us in on your shared experience. (How many packages did you sponsor? How would you judge the quality? How would you describe the improvements? Do you trust the applicant?)

=== Specific Experiences of working together ===
''Please add good examples of your work together, but also cases that could have handled better.''
=== Areas of Improvement ===

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