[ This is currently a draft. Apologies.]

I, Pushkar Kulkarni, apply for MOTU upload rights.

I am applying because:

• I'd like to eliminate delays in getting my work sponsored.
• I'd like to reduce the burden on my sponsors.

Who I am

Since graduation, I have been working on JVM technologies including dynamic compilation, standard libraries and debugging tools, across Java releases starting 1.3 and covering two JVM implementations - Open J9 and Hotspot. I contributed to Apple's Swift language project, as a committer on their "Swift Foundation" libraries and also contributed towards the creation of a "server-side Swift" ecosystem. For the past nineteen months, working for Canonical, I have been contributing to Ubuntu, focused on improving the overall Java developer experience.

I live in Belagavi, India. I Computer Science graduate from R.V College of Engineering, Bangalore.

My Ubuntu story

I remember a friend giving my a set of Ubuntu CDs sometime in 2006 and strongly recommending "this flavor with an African name" over $(another-popular-linux-distro) which I used back then. I don't remember which version it was, but I do recall being glad about switching to it for my graduation project and thesis. Later, in my professional life in JVM technology, Ubuntu was often the go-to distro for all Linux-related development and debugging, simply because most things that I needed worked out-of-the-box and there was ample support available online. For three years starting 2016, I contributed to the creation of a "server-side Swift" ecosystem where trusty and xenial were the target platforms.

Since June 2023, working with Canonical, I have been actively contributing to Ubuntu.

My involvement

I am a part of the Foundations team and currently focused on maintaining OpenJDK packages as well as introducing newer packages to enrich Ubuntu's Java development ecosystem. I am involved in preparing OpenJDK's quarterly security updates for Ubuntu LTS releases. I worked on the initial scripting effort around TCK certification of Ubuntu's OpenJDK packages and am now responsible for the ensuring compliance with TCK on a quarterly basis.

On the Ubuntu Pro side of things, I contribute to Canonical's OpenJDK FIPS solution and have prototype'd an OpenSSL-based Java FIPS provider.

Apart from my OpenJDK/Java-related contributions, I have taken up +1 maintenance shifts, proposed-migrations and Debian merges where I have worked on a variety of universe packages, up until now.

Examples of my work / Things I'm proud of

New Packages

• - crac-criu - openjdk-17-crac and openjdk-21-crac

SRU

• - puppetdb

Merges

Other bug fixes that I am proud of

Contributions to OpenJDK packaging in Debian

• - copyright generator

Include your existing sponsored uploads for the packages for which you are seeking upload rights. You can link directly to an upload by following this pattern.

Areas of work

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

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.

Comments

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Endorsements

As a sponsor, just copy the template below, fill it out and add it to this section.

TEMPLATE

== <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.''
## Full list of sponsored packages can be generated here:
##  https://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/ubuntu-sponsorships.cgi
=== Areas of Improvement ===