A gentleman by the name of Arif Ali reached out to me on LinkedIn. I won’t share the actual text of the message, but I’ll paraphrase:
“I hope everything is going well with you. I’m applying to be an Ubuntu ‘Per Package Uploader’ for the SOS package, and I was wondering if you could endorse my application.”
Arif, thank you! I have always appreciated our chats, and I truly believe you’re doing great work. I don’t want to interfere with anything by jumping on the wiki, but just know you have my full backing.
“So, who actually lets Arif upload new versions of SOS to Ubuntu, and what is it?”
Great question!
Firstly, I realized that I needed some more info on what SOS is, so I can explain it to you all. On a quick search, this was the first result.
Okay, so genuine question…
Why does the first DuckDuckGo result for “sosreport” point to an article for a release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux that is two versions old? In other words, hey DuckDuckGo, your grass is starting to get long. Or maybe Red Hat? Can’t tell, I give you both the benefit of the doubt, in good faith.
So, I clarified the search and found this. Canonical, you’ve done a great job. Red Hat, you could work on your SEO so I can actually find the RHEL 10 docs quicker, but hey… B+ for effort. ;)
Anyway, let me tell you about Arif. Just from my own experiences.
He’s incredible. He shows love to others, and whenever I would sponsor one of his packages during my time in Ubuntu, he was always incredibly receptive to feedback. I really appreciate the way he reached out to me, as well. That was really kind, and to be honest, I needed it.
As for character, he has my +1. In terms of the members of the DMB (aside from one person who I will not mention by name, who has caused me immense trouble elsewhere), here’s what I’d tell you if you asked me privately…
“It’s just PPU. Arif works on SOS as part of his job. Please, do still grill him. The test, and ensuring people know that they actually need to pass a test to get permissions, that’s pretty important.”
That being said, I think he deserves it.
Good luck, Arif. I wish you well in your meeting. I genuinely hope this helps. :)
And to my friends in Ubuntu, I miss you. Please reach out. I’d be happy to write you a public letter, too. Only if you want. :)
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