Name : short: Al Stone
long: Albert H. Stone, III
Process for this application:
ID check: The applicant sent me his signed GPG key. It is attached.
Philosophy and Procedures were checked in the following way:
The applicant was asked to select 3 packages from non-free. For each
package, he was asked to compare their licenses with each of the first
9 points of the DFSG, and show what changes would be needed to make
the package DFSG-free. He did this work for the following three
packages:
acroread
mmix-src
primenet
Tasks and Skills were checked in the following way:
The applicant made Debian packages for oprofile and prospect. I warned Al
about the difficulty of starting off with such a big job, but he was
enthusiastic to do it, since these packages were/are relevant to his work.
These packages were especially challenging because:
-- the upstream code was in a state of rapid evolution. Early
versions did not work on the systems where I tested it.
-- oprofile itself had to be built in several packages, including packages
to help users build their own oprofile modules.
-- it was also found that a special installation script was required
to detect the kernel on the target machine.
I tested (and tested ...) the packages Al sent on a sid system.
Al's responsiveness to my bug reports were, I think, a good indication
of his likely mode of operation as a Debian developer. This is a good
thing for a package as complicated as oprofile.
Recommendation:
I am happy to recommend that Al Stone should become a Debian developer.
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