Application for Juju Charmer Status

[Charles Butler]

First and foremost, I apologize for the length of time it took me to
compose this reply.

I had a bit of an internal monologue with myself as your ~charmer sponsor
looking over
the personal growth you've achieved in the last year alone.

Your work has been an amazingly great asset to the community through the
highlights Antonio Rosales, Tim Vansteenburgh, and Matt Bruzek have already
sent in response to your application.

You've been an exemplary ambassador to the Juju Ecosystem in presentation,
charm schools,
and community involvement. Your charm development skills have improved
compared to
our first interaction with the Postfix charm so many months ago. And you've
come a long way in
understanding the ecosystem as a whole.

I have no doubt in my mind you will make an excellent charmer, and given
the proper supervision
and guidance of the other ~charmers, there will be no problem with my seal
of endorsement of you
becoming a charmer.

José, Thank you for persevering and striving for excellence.

I send the final +1 to this app.

Welcome Aboard

- Charles



On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 4:36 PM, José Antonio Rey <jose at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Hello, Juju-ers!
>
> So I believe it's the time. After a while, I'm now applying for charmer
> status.
>
> For those who don't know me, I am not a Canonical employee, but instead
> have been contributing to Juju as what I am - a community contributor.
> My contributions to the Juju Charm Ecosystem include various things,
> such as writing, adopting, improving and reviewing charms. I am the
> author for:
>
>  * postfix - https://jujucharms.com/precise/postfix/
>  * mailman - https://jujucharms.com/precise/mailman/
>  * chamilo - https://jujucharms.com/precise/chamilo/
>  * seafile - https://jujucharms.com/precise/seafile/
>  * pubphoto (still on the RevQ) -
> https://code.launchpad.net/~jose/charms/precise/pubphoto/trunk
>
> I have, as well, taken maintainership of the ownCloud charm
> (https://jujucharms.com/precise/owncloud/).
>
> In terms of charm improvements, I recognize that quality is one of the
> most important things. That is why I have taken some charms and
> refactored them as they were not working, or fixed some bitesize bugs.
> Examples of the refactoring can be seen in the ownCloud charm, as well
> as in the Tracks charm (https://jujucharms.com/precise/tracks/, see MP
> at https://code.launchpad.net/~jose/charms/precise/tracks/fixes). More
> of the work I have been doing in terms of bitesize bugs can be found at
> https://code.launchpad.net/~jose.
>
> I also see bugs as a vital part of the ecosystem, letting us know what's
> going on with charms. Here are some of the bugs I have fixed:
>
>  * Wordpress bug #1309980 "Relationship to memcache seems incomplete" -
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/charms/+source/wordpress/+bug/1309980
>  * ownCloud bug #1310164 "Support SSL Connections" -
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/charms/+source/owncloud/+bug/1310164
>  * ownCloud bug #1315091 "juju remove-relation mysql owncloud does not
> work." - https://bugs.launchpad.net/charms/+source/owncloud/+bug/1315091
>
> I have, as well, filed bugs and fixed them for proof errors that were
> currently on the store. Some examples are distcc
> (https://code.launchpad.net/~jose/charms/precise/distcc/fix-various),
> chef-server
> (
> https://code.launchpad.net/~jose/charms/precise/chef-server/add-icon-categories-fix-readme
> ),
> nyancat
> (
> https://code.launchpad.net/~jose/charms/precise/nyancat/add-categories-fix-readme
> )
> and jenkins-slave
> (https://code.launchpad.net/~jose/charms/precise/jenkins-slave/1297601-fix
> )
>
> On the other hand, I have been listed as deputy reviewer one week, and
> have (apart from that) done in-depth new submission and MP reviews. I
> have blocked charms into the Charm Store when they are not yet ready or
> do not meet a policy, and celebrated the efforts of the author(s) if
> they are. Some examples of that are:
>
>  * Bug #993483 "Charm Needed: CakePHP" -
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/charms/+bug/993483
>  * Bug #803538 "Charm Needed: Diaspora" -
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/charms/+bug/803538
>  * MP #222358, adding tests to Ceph -
> https://code.launchpad.net/~mbruzek/charms/precise/ceph/trunk/+merge/222358
>  * Bug #1314699 "New charm - Apache Allura" -
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/charms/+bug/1314699
>
> And fixed one bitesize bug in juju-core
> (https://bugs.launchpad.net/juju-core/+bug/1309805).
>
> I am also working on advocacy and outreach, which is why I already have
> two Charm Schools scheduled, one for September in Orlando, FL, and one
> for October, at University of Lima, Peru. And I helped host some of the
> Charm Schools held at Ubuntu on Air!
>
> Finally, I understand the Charm Audit that is currently taking place and
> that tests are an important feature we want in charms. That's why I have
> also started working in tests for the Chamilo charm
> (https://code.launchpad.net/~jose/charms/precise/chamilo/add-tests, work
> still in progress).
>
> I believe that's all I have for now. If you have any questions, feel
> free to ask and I'll make sure to respond as soon as possible. Until
> now, I can say it's been awesome working with all you guys. Thanks for
> taking a look!
>
> --
> José Antonio Rey
>
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