Summary for Sebastian Schmidt <yath@yath.eu.org> Identity -------- pub 1024D/5A13B048 2001-08-28 Sebastian Schmidt <yath@yath.eu.org> sig!3 5A13B048 2002-07-23 Sebastian Schmidt <yath@yath.eu.org> sig!2 A3E45D66 2003-01-21 Alexander Neumann <alexander@debian.org> uid Sebastian Schmidt (yath) <yathen@web.de> sig!3 5A13B048 2001-08-28 Sebastian Schmidt <yath@yath.eu.org> sig!2 A3E45D66 2003-01-21 Alexander Neumann <alexander@debian.org> sub 1024g/286E19A1 2001-08-28 sig! 5A13B048 2001-08-28 Sebastian Schmidt <yath@yath.eu.org> Background ---------- He started using GNU/Linux about 6 years ago, with a SuSE Linux. He found it very interesting - not only the software itself but the philosphy behind it: Everything (or nearly everything) is made by people who allow him to do everything with the software, he want to. After SuSE he tried out some other distributions and stopped at Slackware. The user (him) wasn't bound to specific configuration tools and could use everything of the software. But there was still a problem: his Computer was slow, and he was annoyed of compiling new Bugfixes, Security Patches or simply software with new features by hisself. Many people told him to try out Debian, and he did so. He was really impressed: Simply run "apt-get install foobar" to install/upgrade the newest available version. Later, he found out the many other advantages of Debian, for example stability and, of course, security. What he want to do for Debian is, to make it more convenient for the so-called "end users" - the people who simply want to switch on their computer and read mails. How do he want to do this? For example, in Germany, he see many users despairing of the english messages and manuals. So what he intend to do is to translate some web pages, manuals, software, etc. he already maintain the german translation of penggy (see below), but hopefully he'll find the time to translate more. There are two reasons, why he intend to do this: - he want to give the community something back. he wouldn't be able to use this software he currently use if there weren't any volunteers who wrote them. - he want the users getting impressed by free software. They should see, how easy free software is to use. OTOH they can use all the features by reading the documentation in their native language. Philosophy & Procedures ----------------------- He understands Debian's philosophy and agrees with it. Tasks & Skills -------------- Sebastian answered correctly to all the question, he surely knows what he is talking about. He maintains penggy package, it is pretty clean. Recommendation -------------- I feel comfortable to recommend that Sebastian be accepted as a Debian maintainer. Debian login: yath Forwarding email: yath@yath.eu.org -----[ Domenico Andreoli, aka cavok --[ http://filibusta.crema.unimi.it/~cavok/gpgkey.asc ---[ 3A0F 2F80 F79C 678A 8936 4FEE 0677 9033 A20E BC50
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