Simon Poirier | Contributing Developer Application
About me
I started as a Debian (slink!) user around 1999, after experimenting with the more minimal distros at the time (ulinux and such). I have also done my fair share of distro-hopping (and configurations before their time, like coLinux) up until 2010. After I graduated, I got introduced to Ubuntu by colleagues and I got to think “this is pretty good”, making me settle on it up to the present.
My contributions to opensource are scattered. I enjoy figuring problems, digging into how things work, and helping people around. I seldom hang around on IRC, Reddit and StackExchange to answer people queries and learn something while doing it. More formally, I get to contribute, to make use of my experience, and to raise the bar, thanks to my role at Canonical.
Outside of tech (with occasional cross-overs) I enjoy cycling, baking, swing dancing, overengineering my own infrastructure and playing music.
Contact information
| Launchpad | ~simpoir |
| Libera | simpoir |
| Matrix | @simpoir:simpoir.com |
| Discourse | @simpoir |
| Askubuntu | simpoir |
| simon.poirier@canonical.com simpoir@gmail.com |
Contributions
- A few years back, a lot of Landscape-client
- List of sponsored uploads. For a long time, mostly around landscape-client SRUs, then around livecd-rootfs, then diversifying.
- misc bugfix in python-apt
Other contributions:
- I still subscribe to and occasionally take time to answer questions on Askubuntu, mostly around Landscape. Although I’m not directly involved with that project, I think I still have a positive impact on users and the community.
- I’m usually responsive to queries on libera.chat#ubuntu-cloud and matrix #ubuntu-cloud:ubuntu.com.
Future goals
- To keep broadening my contributions.
- To eventually enable colleagues and contributors, by coaching and/or sponsoring their work. Preserving a vibrant community implies fostering present and future collaborators. I would like to be part of that.
- To improve tooling related to Ubuntu contributions, in order to remove irritants and facilitate accessibility of contributions.