Report for new developer applicant Thaddeus H. Black <t@b-tk.org>: Identification -------------- Thaddeus' key (KeyID 1024D/38015E7E) has been signed by the Debian Developer David I. Lehn: pub 1024D/38015E7E 2003-09-18 Thaddeus H. Black <t@b-tk.org> sig 2 1A3B48DE 2003-10-02 David I. Lehn <dlehn@lehn.org> sig 3 38015E7E 2003-09-18 Thaddeus H. Black <t@b-tk.org> sub 1024g/578EDD98 2003-09-18 sig 38015E7E 2003-09-18 Thaddeus H. Black <t@b-tk.org> Background ---------- Thaddeus writes: I am married eight years and have two small sons. Presently I am pursuing a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Virginia Tech which I mean to complete May 2007. My professional background prior to starting doctoral work is in the construction business. If my age interests you, I was born in Arizona in 1967, which makes me thirty-six at the time of this writing. Technology fascinates me. It always has. Who can say why? Perhaps like you, I have been a gear-head since the early days. Most kinds of technology interest me, but most especially bridges, electronics and computers. Debian software packaging as such---by which I mean the packaging for Debian of non-Debian software created by others---is admittedly not my chief interest. While there do exist one or two pieces of software not yet packaged for Debian which I might eventually package if DFSG-compliant licensing could be negotiated with the upstream authors, Debian thankfully already enjoys a vast number of software packages; it is not really my intent to add many to the number. My chief interest is in documenting the existing system. Documentation is my chief purpose. The package `debram' serves this purpose, as you will observe when the time comes for you to review it. After the `debram', which indexes thousands of Debian packages by function, my future intentions include * a proper free C-language reference manual and tutorial (now 20 % complete). * an extension of the C manual and tutorial to cover C++ (now 0 % complete) * an appendix to the C tutorial introducing relevant assembly-language concepts, concepts without which C is hard to understand deeply (now 2 % complete), and * a proper free manual on the PostScript page-description language (now 1 % complete). These will keep me busy in my spare time for some years, nor do I claim that I will be able to finish them all; but I can finish some, and the `debram' with full coverage through woody is 100 % ready for use now, with full sarge coverage on schedule to be added January 2005. Philosophy and Procedures ------------------------- Thaddeus has a good understanding of Debians Philosophy and Procedures. He answered all my questions about Social Contract, DFSG, BTS, etc. without problems and has a decent understanding of software license issues. Tasks and Skills ---------------- Thaddeus answered my T&S questions and solved practical exercises (fixing RC bug, NMU'ing it, writing some scripts, fixing a hypothetical package) in a very good way. He learned very fast, answers questions thoroughly and with dedication, and handled a few bugs in his package fast and well. He currently maintains the package 'debram', a categorization and documentation of all packages in Sarge. Recommendation -------------- I recommend to accept him as a Debian Developer. Martin -- Martin Pitt http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntulinux.org Debian GNU/Linux Developer http://www.debian.org
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