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by mhall119 3491 days ago
> possibly by means of having his upload privileges to Ubuntu reinstated. That seems to be an indication of him being willing to do it.

He wouldn't need upload rights, he could do the work and ask an Ubuntu Developer to review and sponsor it. In fact, anybody can contribute anything to Ubuntu this way, doesn't matter if you're an old kernel hacker or a total newbie.