Report for new developer applicant Kilian Krause <kk@verfaction.de>: 1. Identification & Background ------------------------------ Check with Keyid 0x85FEC17F ID Check passed, Key signed from 1 existing DD, Thorsten Sauter <tsauter@debian.org>. Output from gpg --check-sigs 0x85FEC17F pub 1024D/85FEC17F 2002-03-19 Kilian Krause <kk@verfaction.de> sig!3 85FEC17F 2002-03-19 Kilian Krause <kk@verfaction.de> sig!3 07447252 2003-07-24 Thorsten Sauter <tsauter@gmx.net> sub 2048g/9937EA8F 2002-03-19 sig! 85FEC17F 2002-03-19 Kilian Krause <kk@verfaction.de> Kilian writes: ------------------------------- > - self-introduction about yourself and > what you intend to do for Debian what i do for debian is more or less what i already do. i want to help with the pwlib/openh323/gnomemeeting release and maybe even the -cvs versions in experimental (to come). Goedson has planned the -cvs in experimental, but we had no time yet to go any further steps than just concluding it a good idea ;) If there's more i need to do than co-maintain (and maybe full-maintain) these packages, please feel free to propose things to me. As i'm currently trying to install some buildd system for gnomemeeting-cvs (which will be cross-distro), i might also help mid-term or long-term with the buildd or dak/wanna-build stuff - in case that's needed. Sorry, this is not Debian-specific, but the Debian stuff only started other distro-users requesting these packages ;) Anyway, the knowledge derived from non-i386 cvs-building will be ported back into Debian, which is a not to be underestimated point, imho. So this is somewhat like a worst-case testing scenario (which will be trying to implement the debian-source onto all distros taking part in our cvs-packaging). Last but not least, most of the buildd system will run debian with a distro-chroot, so this is not that far from debian anyway. *g* > - how you came to Linux and free software, > and why you want to volunteer your time. ehrm, good question. and LOOOONG answer.. i came to linux like 12 years ago (around that time, give or take a year) and i've moved from a small home server to a fully featured home network with multiple internet outposts. so the answer is: i came to linux for a friend gave me a DLD CD (from delix, who are dead now and were long time ago bought by RedHat) and he told me i was unable to operate a machine with linux. Ok, admitted, at the time of 1.2.4 kernels it was a rough time getting a linux up and running - at least for a teenager who has never had a unix before; but in the end i succeeded and kept i for i liked the free spirit from about the first moment on, when i tried to patch things and make it feel more "home" to me than the default i got from the tarball. The other answer is: for i love Debian and i personally think it's the best distro with its principles and the entire philosophy of a free group doing what they think is best - opposed to a small group concluding in a gross average "best". This has kept me running Debian since the first time i had it installed and will accompany me until there will be no more computers in this world (which i hope will never happen). So i'd be happy to help both, the GnomeMeeting Project - whom i think do a remarkable job and are underestimated for the problems that have to be solved with pwlib/openh323, which are a pain to package, if not tracked actively - and of course Debian. The latter i've already helped so far, but i hope it'll be easier to manage the packages with 2 persons being able to upload. ------------------------------- Santiago Garcia Mantinan <manty@debian.org> writes: ------------------------------- What I can say is that he has been making Debian packages for the cvs versions of these libs which you can find at snapshots.seconix.com, that before I had orphaned pwlib/openh323 he was pushing me real hard to upgrade these libs on Debian so that new versions of GnomeMeeting could be compiled and could enter sarge, and after Tim adopted the libs Kilian has been the link in between me and Tim, asking sugestions on the problems they were finding with the libs and testing things or asking me to test them and then reporting to Tim and helping him, but I believe that this last part must be explained by Tim. ------------------------------- Goedson Teixeira Paixao <goedson@debian.org> writes: ------------------------------- I'm working with Kilian since he and Tim offered to adopt pwlib and openh323 for which I'm acting as their sponsor. He's doing a good job of helping Tim keep these packages in shape and have been very responsive to bug reports and buildd failures. I believe Tim may talk more about their cooperation in this work. He has also been of great help on gnomemeeting's packaging. He has made gnomemeeting packages available before I started making the current 0.98.x packages and helped me get the current packages in shape. He also kept me updated on upstream releases, even making sources available before the real upstream release. He's playing the role of an upstream packager for gnomemeeting. And is a very cooperative one. ------------------------------- Tim Johann <t1m@phrogstar.de> writes: ------------------------------- ~ I am working together with Kilian on pwlib and openh323, and have to say that he is of really great help to this. His knowledge of the ongoing work on upstream, as well as of maintenance tools and duties is rather extensive. This contributed much to our success in adopting the packages. ~ He's very communicative, knowledgeable and persistent at his work. I am glad to be working with him. ------------------------------- (Tim is the maintainer of pwlib/openh323 sponsored through Goedson) 2. Philosophy and Procedures ----------------------------- Kilian shows his good understanding of Debians Philosophy and Procedures. He answered all my Questions about Social Contract, DFSG, BTS etc. in a good way. 3. Tasks and Skills ------------------- As written in the comments above, Kilian has been working on GnomeMeeting as upstream developer and co-maintainer. Also he makes experimental debian packages for cvs-version of gnomemeeting, pwlib, openh323 to help the work on official Debian packages of these softwares. His packages are available at http://snapshots.seconix.com/debian. He also answered my other Questions regarding T&S. 4. Recommendation ----------------- I recommend to accept Kilian as a Debian Developer. Account: kilian Forward-Email: kk@verfaction.de -- Taketoshi Sano: <sano@debian.org>,<sano@debian.or.jp>,<kgh12351@nifty.ne.jp>
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