Summary for Eric Sharkey <sharkey@superk.physics.sunysb.edu> Identity -------- Eric recently met Adam Di Carlo, and they did key signing. pub 1024D/2224FABC 2000-11-04 Eric Sharkey <sharkey@superk.physics.sunysb.edu> sig FD5A67CD 2000-12-07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Philosophy & Procedures ----------------------- Eric gave me very verbose answeres to my philosophy questions and showed a very good understanding of the issues. When CERNLIB (one of the core software packages used by most high energy physicists) was trying to go "open source", he pointed out a problem with their license. Eric is also a user of the BTS -- he has submitted many bugs already, and knows how to deal with the BTS. Additionally, he explained NMUs to me. Tasks & Skills -------------- Eric has packaged "msttcorefonts" (basically an installer for non-free TT fonts) and is working on "unprint" together with another Debian developer. He has also submitted code to free software projects like gnuplot and xarchon. Debian developer Adam Di Carlo, who recently met Eric in real life, recommends him, saying "he is a long time user of Debian, knows the system well, and knows the benefits of Free Software well. His background is in scientific work. He seems like a competent person who would be a valuable addition to Debian." I can only agree with Adam. Recommendation -------------- I recommend that Eric be accepted as a Debian maintainer. -- Martin Michlmayr tbm@cyrius.com
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