Report for new developer applicant Thaddeus H. Black <t@b-tk.org>:
Identification
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Thaddeus' key (KeyID 1024D/38015E7E) has been signed by the Debian Developer
David I. Lehn:
pub 1024D/38015E7E 2003-09-18 Thaddeus H. Black <t@b-tk.org>
sig 2 1A3B48DE 2003-10-02 David I. Lehn <dlehn@lehn.org>
sig 3 38015E7E 2003-09-18 Thaddeus H. Black <t@b-tk.org>
sub 1024g/578EDD98 2003-09-18
sig 38015E7E 2003-09-18 Thaddeus H. Black <t@b-tk.org>
Background
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Thaddeus writes:
I am married eight years and have two small sons. Presently I am pursuing a
Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Virginia Tech which I mean to complete
May 2007. My professional background prior to starting doctoral work is in
the construction business. If my age interests you, I was born in Arizona
in 1967, which makes me thirty-six at the time of this writing.
Technology fascinates me. It always has. Who can say why? Perhaps
like you, I have been a gear-head since the early days. Most kinds of
technology interest me, but most especially bridges, electronics and
computers.
Debian software packaging as such---by which I mean the packaging for Debian
of non-Debian software created by others---is admittedly not my chief
interest. While there do exist one or two pieces of software not yet
packaged for Debian which I might eventually package if DFSG-compliant
licensing could be negotiated with the upstream authors, Debian thankfully
already enjoys a vast number of software packages; it is not really my
intent to add many to the number. My chief interest is in documenting the
existing system. Documentation is my chief purpose. The package `debram'
serves this purpose, as you will observe when the time comes for you to
review it.
After the `debram', which indexes thousands of Debian packages by
function, my future intentions include
* a proper free C-language reference manual and tutorial
(now 20 % complete).
* an extension of the C manual and tutorial to cover C++
(now 0 % complete)
* an appendix to the C tutorial introducing relevant
assembly-language concepts, concepts without which C is hard to
understand deeply (now 2 % complete), and
* a proper free manual on the PostScript page-description language
(now 1 % complete).
These will keep me busy in my spare time for some years, nor do I
claim that I will be able to finish them all; but I can finish some,
and the `debram' with full coverage through woody is 100 % ready for
use now, with full sarge coverage on schedule to be added January
2005.
Philosophy and Procedures
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Thaddeus has a good understanding of Debians Philosophy and
Procedures. He answered all my questions about Social Contract,
DFSG, BTS, etc. without problems and has a decent understanding of
software license issues.
Tasks and Skills
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Thaddeus answered my T&S questions and solved practical exercises
(fixing RC bug, NMU'ing it, writing some scripts, fixing a hypothetical
package) in a very good way. He learned very fast, answers questions
thoroughly and with dedication, and handled a few bugs in his package fast
and well.
He currently maintains the package 'debram', a categorization and
documentation of all packages in Sarge.
Recommendation
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I recommend to accept him as a Debian Developer.
Martin
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Martin Pitt http://www.piware.de
Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntulinux.org
Debian GNU/Linux Developer http://www.debian.org
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