Report for new developer applicant Ben Hutchings
<ben@decadentplace.org.uk>:
1. Identification & Background
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Check with Keyid 0x12066207:
ID Check passed, Key signed from 70 existing DDs
Output from keycheck.sh 0x12066207
Syncing Debian Keyrings with rsync from keyring.debian.org
Receiving and checking key
gpg: requesting key 12066207 from hkp server subkeys.pgp.net
gpg: using classic trust model
pub 1024D/12066207 2003-08-16
Key fingerprint = 3FA5 45F1 0304 9F9A AE90 2F84 EFD6 4D09 1206 6207
uid Ben Hutchings <ben@decadentplace.org.uk>
sig! 0813569F 2005-07-29 Jeroen van Wolffelaar <jeroen@wolffelaar.nl>
sig!3 12066207 2004-08-28 Ben Hutchings <ben@decadentplace.org.uk>
sig!3 12066207 2004-08-28 Ben Hutchings <ben@decadentplace.org.uk>
sig!3 12066207 2003-08-16 Ben Hutchings <ben@decadentplace.org.uk>
sig! 149CDDB2 2005-07-21 Jacobo Tarrio <jtarrio@trasno.net>
sig! 1880283C 2005-07-20 Anibal Monsalve Salazar <anibal@debian.org>
sig! 1BF8DE0F 2005-07-26 Roland Stigge <stigge@antcom.de>
sig!3 1CDB0FE3 2005-08-27 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
sig! 1CF2D62A 2005-07-19 Micah Anderson <micah@debian.org>
sig! 1E880A84 2005-07-18 Frans Pop (Debian) <aragorn@tiscali.nl>
sig!2 20687895 2004-12-11 Daniel Silverstone (DOB: 1980-04-09) <dsilvers@digital-scurf.org>
sig! 258D8781 2005-07-16 Michael Bramer <michael@debsupport.de>
sig!3 2C0FCD1A 2004-08-30 Daniel Glassey <wdg@debian.org>
sig! 2EDFE670 2005-07-19 Jarno Elonen <elonen@debian.org>
sig! 2FA3BC2D 2005-07-24 Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net>
sig! 307D56ED 2005-07-21 Noèl Köthe <noel@debian.org>
sig! 330C4A75 2005-07-19 Martin F. Krafft <mail@martin-krafft.net>
sig! 39A8CCE2 2005-07-18 Eugeniy Meshcheryakov <eugen@debian.org>
sig! 3CC88C09 2005-07-23 Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.org>
sig! 3FCC2A90 2005-07-31 Amaya Rodrigo Sastre <amaya@debian.org>
sig! 45F3FBF9 2005-07-21 John Lightsey <lightsey@debian.org>
sig! 4743206C 2005-07-15 Joachim Breitner <mail@joachim-breitner.de>
sig! 52B7487E 2005-07-15 Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org>
sig! 534584E8 2005-07-16 Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho <ajk@debian.org>
sig! 551BE447 2005-07-19 Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org>
sig!3 5B430367 2004-08-30 Jonathan McDowell <noodles@earth.li>
sig! 5C6153AD 2005-07-16 Mark Brown <broonie@tardis.ed.ac.uk>
sig! 5D64F870 2005-07-15 Martin Zobel-Helas <zobel@debian.org>
sig!3 5E0577F2 2005-07-18 Martin Pitt <martin@piware.de>
sig! 5F6D8015 2005-07-15 Kalle Kivimaa <killer@killeri.net>
sig! 607559E6 2005-08-07 Benjamin Hill (Mako) <mako@atdot.cc>
sig! 67209BDE 2005-07-22 Aigars Mahinovs <aigarius@debian.org>
sig! 68AC5746 2005-07-24 Robert Alan Larson (Blars) <blarson@blars.org>
sig!2 68FD549F 2004-08-29 Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
sig! 7244970B 2005-07-29 Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
sig! 72D03CB1 2005-07-22 Kenshi Muto <kmuto@debian.org>
sig! 78446F26 2005-07-16 Joshua Kwan <joshk@triplehelix.org>
sig! 797EBFAB 2005-08-26 Enrico Zini <enrico@enricozini.com>
sig! 808D0FD0 2005-07-19 Don Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com>
sig! 882A6C4B 2005-07-18 Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov@debian.org>
sig!3 88C7C1F7 2005-07-16 Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>
sig!3 88C7C1F7 2004-08-29 Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>
sig! 8B8D7663 2005-07-16 Andreas Metzler (private key) <ametzler@downhill.at.eu.org>
sig! 8E635A5E 2005-09-10 Florian Ragwitz <florian@gnoppix.org>
sig!3 8F068012 2005-07-16 Andrew McMillan (Andrew @ Work) <andrew@catalyst.net.nz>
sig! 90788E11 2005-07-22 Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo <jsogo@debian.org>
sig!2 94C09C7F 2005-07-19 Peter Palfrader
sig! 964199E2 2005-07-21 Fabian Fagerholm <fabbe@paniq.net>
sig! 98FAA0AD 2005-07-15 Roger So <rogerso@debian.org>
sig!3 9B7C328D 2005-08-04 Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
sig! PN AF79D29E 2005-08-02 Wouter Verhelst <wouter@grep.be>
sig! B3C281F4 2005-08-01 Alain Schroeder <alain@parkautomat.net>
sig!2 B7D86E0F 2004-08-28 Chris Boyle <cmb@debian.org>
sig! C0143D2D 2005-07-17 Christian Perrier <bubulle@kheops.homeunix.org>
sig! C09FD35A 2005-08-19 Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
sig! DA6AE621 2005-07-20 Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
sig! DC47CA16 2005-08-28 David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se>
sig!3 DD9B9910 2005-03-22 Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
sig!3 DED45912 2004-08-29 Paul Martin <pm@debian.org>
sig!3 DF5CE2B4 2004-08-29 Simon Huggins <huggie@blackcatnetworks.co.uk>
sig! DF81EE83 2005-08-29 Rob Bradford (robster) <robster@debian.org>
sig! E02FEF11 2005-07-19 Robert Jördens <jordens@debian.org>
sig! E19F188E 2005-07-26 Troy Heber <troy.heber@hp.com>
sig! EA2D2C41 2005-07-18 Mattia Dongili <malattia@linux.it>
sig! EAF19B60 2005-08-08 Emanuele Rocca <ema@linux.it>
sig!3 EBE31EF5 2004-09-07 Vincent Sanders <vince@kyllikki.org>
sig! EFAA3331 2005-07-26 Dennis Stampfer <seppy@debian.org>
sig! F0D7D44A 2005-07-17 Jimmy Kaplowitz <jimmy@kaplowitz.org>
sig! F1BCDB73 2005-07-19 Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
sig! F2833C93 2005-07-21 Eric Evans <eevans@debian.org>
sig! F2CF01A8 2005-07-20 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
sig! FC05DA69 2005-08-15 Anand Kumria <akumria@acm.org>
sig!3 FDB4E459 2004-09-01 Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>
sub 1024g/0F814A3A 2003-08-16
sig! 12066207 2003-08-16 Ben Hutchings <ben@decadentplace.org.uk>
47 signatures not checked due to missing keys
Let's test if its a version 4 or greater key
Key is ok
Check for key expire stuff
Key has no expiration date set, nothing to check.
Applicant writes:
| --8<------------------------schnipp------------------------->8---
| I have been programming since 1983 and started publishing freeware about
| 10 years later. At that time I was somewhat aware of free software (I
| had seen RMS in TV documentaries) but I didn't feel able to get involved
| in it, as I lacked an Internet connection and there didn't seem to much
| that would run on my computer.
|
| Once I bought my first PC in 1997 I installed Red Hat Linux and started
| making minor changes to it, beginning that day with the addition of my
| network card's IDs to the appropriate driver. I contributed patches to
| Linux, PINE (though I realise that's not strictly free), trn and various
| other programs. A year or so later I had had enough of the Red Hat
| distribution and switched to Debian.
|
| Around the same time I began my professional programming career and in
| the time since then my programming efforts have mostly been directed
| towards my work. I have made use of the Boehm garbage collector on two
| separate projects and my respective employers were happy for me to send
| changes back, including both bug fixes and new features. However, for
| the most part I worked on proprietary software. At home, however, I
| have used Debian almost exclusively since 1998 and have felt that I
| should be contributing back to it.
|
| In the last few years I became socially involved with local Debian
| developers and users, participated in BSPs, and so became more familiar
| with Debian packaging and development infrastructure. In 2005 I found a
| good software project that was surprisingly absent from Debian, and
| packaged that as sgt-puzzles. I believe I have done a reasonable job of
| keeping this package up to date and dealing with bug reports relating to
| it.
|
| I attended Debconf 5, which made me very enthusiastic about getting more
| involved. When I found that there was no plan to compile the video
| recordings for DC5 onto DVD, I resolved to make this happen, and did so
| over the next few months, using free software and images, and releasing
| everything necessary to reproduce my build process. I found some parts
| of this sufficiently frustrating that I am now working on a new
| front-end for creating DVD videos (provisionally called WebDVD), which I
| will propose to include in Debian in due course. I also found and
| submitted fixes for various bugs in dvdauthor. I will be a member of
| the video team for this year's conference.
|
| While I was at Debconf, Steve McIntyre suggested I do some work on
| mkisofs and debian-cd to speed up the Debian CD/DVD production process.
| This is ongoing but some of my changes to mkisofs are already included
| in the Debian package. Steve also encouraged me to apply to NM.
| --8<------------------------schnapp------------------------->8---
Nothing was requested to be kept private.
Google shows some good security work, and a general interest in open
source software.
2. Philosophy and Procedures
-----------------------------
Ben has a good understanding of Debians Philosophy and
Procedures. He answered all my Questions about Social Contract,
DFSG, BTS etc fine.
3. Tasks and Skills
-------------------
Ben is the Maintainer of:
libclass-dbi-plugin-abstractcount-perl
libclass-dbi-plugin-pager-perl
libhtml-tagcloud-perl
libtest-mockmodule-perl
maypole (in NEW queue)
sgt-puzzles
all Packages in Debian (sponsored by myself).
He also answered my other Questions regarding T&S with minimal
prompting on a couple of questions.
I checked the package sgt-puzzles (new version) which was uploaded to
dak.ganneff.de sucessfully. There was no problems with it, and it's
been uplaoded to ftp-master.
4. Recommendation
-----------------
I recommend to accept him as a Debian Developer.
Account: benh
Forward-Email: ben@decadentplace.org.uk
Cheers,
Neil
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