New Kernel Uploaders

Andy Whitcroft apw at canonical.com
Thu Nov 6 13:57:50 UTC 2025


Today, the Kernel Uploaders Team[1] had an ad-hoc Matrix meeting on
#kernel:ubuntu.com with the following people in attendence:

Team Members:
  Andy Whitcroft                 ~apw                @apw:ubuntu.com
  Benjamin Wheeler               ~benjaminwheeler    @bentel_inside:matrix.org
  Bethany Jamison                ~bjamison           @bjamison:matrix.org
  Edoardo Canepa                 ~ecanepa            @ecanepa:matrix.org
  Emil Renner Berthing           ~esmil              @esmil:matrix.org
  Hui Wang                       ~hui.wang           @hui.wang:matrix.org
  Ian Whitfield                  ~ijwhitfield        @ijwhitfield:ubuntu.com
  Jacob Martin                   ~jacobmartin        @jacobmartin:ubuntu.com
  Jian Hui Lee                   ~jianhuilee         @jianhuilee:matrix.org
  Kevin Becker                   ~kevinbecker        @kevinbecker:ubuntu.com
  Kleber Sacilotto de Souza      ~kleber-souza       @kleber-souza:ubuntu.com
  Kuan-Ying Lee                  ~kyyc0426           @kyyc0426:ubuntu.com
  Kuba Pawlak                    ~kuba-t-pawlak      @kuba-t-pawlak:matrix.org
  Magali Lemes do Sacramento     ~magalilemes        @magalilemes:ubuntu.com
  Manuel Diewald                 ~diewald            @diewald:ubuntu.com
  Mehmet Basaran                 ~mehmetbasaran      @mehmetbasaran:ubuntu.com
  Noah Wager                     ~nwager             @nwager:ubuntu.com
  Stefan Bader                   ~smb                @esembee:matrix.org
  Thibault Ferrante              ~thibf              @thibf:matrix.org
  Tim Whisonant                  ~tswhison           @tswhison:ubuntu.com
  Timo Aaltonen                  ~tjaalton           @tjaalton:ubuntu.com
  Vinicius Peixoto               ~vpeixoto           @nukelet:nukelet.dev

Applicants:
  Abdur Rahman                   ~maskedarray        @maskedarray:ubuntu.com
  Guoqing Jiang                  ~guoqingjiang       @guoqingjiang:ubuntu.com
  Massimiliano Pellizzer         ~mpellizzer         @mpellizzer:ubuntu.com

Observers:
  Anthony Wong                   ~anthonywong        @anthonywong:ubuntu.com
  John Cabaj                     ~john-cabaj         @john-cabaj:matrix.org

[1] https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel-uploaders

We reviewed the application[2] by Abdur Rahman (~maskedarray)[3] for
Kernel Upload Rights.  After representations by the applicant and
their sponsors a vote was held as below:

  Edoardo Canepa                 +1
  Emil Renner Berthing           +1
  Hui Wang                       +1
  Ian Whitfield                  +1
  Jacob Martin                   +1
  Kevin Becker                   +1
  Kleber Sacilotto de Souza      +1
  Kuan-Ying Lee                  +1
  Kuba Pawlak                    +1
  Mehmet Basaran                 +1
  Noah Wager                     +1
  Stefan Bader                   +1
  Thibault Ferrante              +1
  Timo Aaltonen                  +1
  Vinicius Peixoto               +1

The application was unanimously approved; congratulations to Abdur
Rahman.

[2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/maskedarray/KernelUploadRightsApplication
[3] https://launchpad.net/~maskedarray

We reviewed the application[4] by Massimiliano Pellizzer
(~mpellizzer)[5] for Kernel Upload Rights.  After representations by
the applicant and their sponsors a vote was held as below:

  Edoardo Canepa                 +1
  Hui Wang                       +1
  Ian Whitfield                  +1
  Jacob Martin                   +1
  Kevin Becker                   +1
  Kleber Sacilotto de Souza      +1
  Kuan-Ying Lee                  +1
  Mehmet Basaran                 +1
  Noah Wager                     +1
  Stefan Bader                   +1
  Thibault Ferrante              +1
  Tim Whisonant                  +1
  Timo Aaltonen                  +1
  Vinicius Peixoto               +1

The application was unanimously approved; congratulations to
Massimiliano Pellizzer.

[4] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MassimilianoPellizzer/KernelUploadApplication
[5] https://launchpad.net/~mpellizzer

We reviewed the application[6] by Guoqing Jiang (~guoqingjiang)[7] for
Kernel Upload Rights.  After representations by the applicant and
their sponsors a vote was held as below:

  Bethany Jamison                +1
  Edoardo Canepa                 +1
  Emil Renner Berthing           +1
  Hui Wang                       +1
  Ian Whitfield                  +1
  Jacob Martin                   +1
  Jian Hui Lee                   +1
  Kevin Becker                   +1
  Kleber Sacilotto de Souza      +1
  Kuan-Ying Lee                  +1
  Magali Lemes do Sacramento     +1
  Manuel Diewald                 +1
  Mehmet Basaran                 +1
  Stefan Bader                   +1
  Timo Aaltonen                  +1
  Vinicius Peixoto               +1

The application was unanimously approved; congratulations to Guoqing
Jiang.

[6] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/guoqingjiang/KernelUploadRightsApplication
[7] https://launchpad.net/~guoqingjiang

Congratulations to all of the successful applicants.  Enjoy your new
rights.  Andy Whitcroft (~apw) was tasked with adding them to the
~ubuntu-kernel-uploaders team and announcing these results.

-apw (on behalf of the ~ubuntu-kernel-uploaders team)



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