Application for ubuntu-desktop membership - Alessandro Astone

[Daniel van Vugt]

This is an easy yes from me. Alessandro does really great work, and crucially
is sufficiently thoughtful in his uploads that I am confident he is ready for
additional upload rights.

- Daniel


On 12/6/25 18:33, Alessandro Astone wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I am applying to become a member of the ubuntu-desktop team.
> 
> Here's a document I had prepared showcasing my background and my contributions
> in Ubuntu: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/aleasto/ContributingDeveloperApplication
> 
> Some additional information on my way of working is available in this interview
> with an (ex) DMB member: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/devel-
> permissions/2025-April/002822.html
> 
> That was intended for my Ubuntu Contributing Developer application, but the DMB
> has been rather unresponsive, so after over 3 months of waiting I have decided
> to skip that step.
> 
> Since applying for Contributing Developer, I've gained additional experience
> with preparing an upload thanks to the sru-staging repository, which is why I
> feel ready to apply for upload rights: https://launchpad.net/~canonical-
> desktop-team/+archive/ubuntu/sru-staging
> 
> I am applying to reduce the burden on my sponsors, and increase the throughput
> of fixes we can deliver to our users.
> 
> Please reach out if you have any doubts or comments.
> Thank you for considering my application,
> 
> Alessandro
> 
>