Report for new developer applicant Mohammed Sameer <debian@foolab.org>
1. Identification & Background
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Check with keyid 0xA3FD0DF7:
ID check passed, key signed by 2 existing developers:
Output from keycheck.sh:
pub 1024D/A3FD0DF7 2002-08-15
Key fingerprint = 9F73 032E EAC9 F7AD 951F 280E CB66 8E29 A3FD 0DF7
uid Mohammed Sameer <msameer@foolab.org>
sig! 63E8BE82 2005-07-02 Ayman Negm <negm@debian.org>
sig! 3B0BB9A9 2006-09-20 Teemu Hukkanen <tjhukkan@iki.fi>
sig!3 A3FD0DF7 2004-09-25 Mohammed Sameer <msameer@foolab.org>
sig!3 A3FD0DF7 2005-04-18 Mohammed Sameer <msameer@foolab.org>
uid Mohammed Sameer <debian@foolab.org>
sig! 63E8BE82 2005-07-02 Ayman Negm <negm@debian.org>
sig! 3B0BB9A9 2006-09-20 Teemu Hukkanen <tjhukkan@iki.fi>
sig!3 A3FD0DF7 2004-08-30 Mohammed Sameer <msameer@foolab.org>
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Key is ok
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Key has no expiration date set, nothing to check.
Applicant writes:
I came across GNU/Linux and the free software world in late 2000/early
2001, I can't really remember. The 1st distro I use was winlinux2000,
I've got a copy from "The windows users magazine, ME" and this was the
best I can get at that time when I had dial up.
I continued digging until I was able to get a copy of red hat 7.0, A few
months and I switched to mandrake 8.x
Later came Debian woody, in late 2002.
I was originally a pharmacy student and I have a bachelor degree in
pharmaceutical science, I always wanted to be a coder and I was able to
achieve this with GNU/Linux.
I've been volunteering since I discovered the Egyptian GNU/Linux community,
My first experience was through Linux-Egypt (linux-egypt.org). Later, We
forked and founded the Egyptian GNU/Linux User Group (eglug.org) because
we didn't have enough freedom.
[...]
You ask me why ? As I said, I wasn't able to be a coder except under the
GNU/Linux environment, The great developers and people out there gave me
a life and great software "not always :-)" where I can use to develop, Run
my box, Run my server,... Useful software, The least thing I can do is
to give back to the community.
The FLOSS community gave me a job and the least I can do is to try and
improve it.
I really feel joy when I write a piece of software or a patch and find other
people using it. And I feel that I'm a human being when I volunteer for
something, Give a session about GNU/Linux or FLOSS, Teach someone something
new, ... etc.
I also still think that we still need things to fully support Arabic under
GNU/Linux and if I "I = the Arabic community" don't do it, No one will.
And I'd love to be part of the Debian project to make life better for the
Arabic community as much as I can and because I see a handful of software
that will benefit the Arabic user and I think it'd be better if they are in.
2. Philosophy and Procedures
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Mohammed has a good understanding of Debian's philosophy and procedures.
He answered all my questions about the social contract,
DFSG, BTS, etc. in a good way. He committed to uphold the SC and DFSG
in his Debian work and accepts the DMUP.
3. Tasks and Skills
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Mohammed has a good understanding of the technical side of Debian.
He is maintainer of multi-gnome-terminal, aspell-ar-large, unidesc,
aspell-ar and katoob (sponsored by {baruch,kaplan,he}@debian.org).
All packages are in good shape.
He also answered my other questions regarding T&S without problems
and provided patches for RC bugs.
5. Recommendation
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I recommend to accept him as a Debian Developer.
Marc
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