Report for new developer applicant Kevin Coyner <kevin@rustybear.com> 1. Identification & Background ------------------------------ Check with keyid 0x8CE11941: ID check passed, key signed by 2 existing developers: | pub 1024D/8CE11941 2002-05-20 | Key fingerprint = DA92 4DA5 045B 1D72 AACF E33C A8F7 1E54 8CE1 1941 | uid Kevin Coyner (Greenwich and Tokyo) <kevin@rustybear.com> | sig! 06A7376E 2006-04-18 Patrick Ouellette <pat@flying-gecko.net> | sig!3 8CE11941 2002-05-20 Kevin Coyner (Greenwich and Tokyo) <kevin@rustybear.com> | sig!3 8CE11941 2004-09-19 Kevin Coyner (Greenwich and Tokyo) <kevin@rustybear.com> | sig!3 8CE11941 2002-05-20 Kevin Coyner (Greenwich and Tokyo) <kevin@rustybear.com> | sig! 398B371D 2007-02-15 Joseph Nahmias <joe@nahmias.net> | sig! 75C024C8 2007-02-18 Yaroslav Halchenko (Yarik) <yoh@onerussian.com> | uid Kevin Coyner <kevin@coyner.net> | sig- 06A7376E 2006-04-18 Patrick Ouellette <pat@flying-gecko.net> | sig! 06A7376E 2006-04-18 Patrick Ouellette <pat@flying-gecko.net> | sig!3 8CE11941 2004-09-19 Kevin Coyner (Greenwich and Tokyo) <kevin@rustybear.com> | sig- 398B371D 2007-02-15 Joseph Nahmias <joe@nahmias.net> | sig! 398B371D 2007-02-15 Joseph Nahmias <joe@nahmias.net> | sig- 75C024C8 2007-02-18 Yaroslav Halchenko (Yarik) <yoh@onerussian.com> | sig! 75C024C8 2007-02-18 Yaroslav Halchenko (Yarik) <yoh@onerussian.com> | uid Kevin Coyner (Greenwich, CT Station 2) <kevin.coyner@coscobfire.org> | sig! 06A7376E 2006-04-18 Patrick Ouellette <pat@flying-gecko.net> | sig!3 8CE11941 2004-09-19 Kevin Coyner (Greenwich and Tokyo) <kevin@rustybear.com> | sig! 398B371D 2007-02-15 Joseph Nahmias <joe@nahmias.net> | sig! 75C024C8 2007-02-18 Yaroslav Halchenko (Yarik) <yoh@onerussian.com> | sub 2048g/8C5BAA3E 2002-05-20 | sig! 8CE11941 2002-05-20 Kevin Coyner (Greenwich and Tokyo) <kevin@rustybear.com> | | 3 bad signatures | 87 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: > I'm 47 years old and live in Greenwich, Connecticut, US. We've lived here > about 11 years. Prior to Greenwich, I lived about 12 years in Tokyo, > Japan. And prior to that I used to work in Washington, D.C. > > I recently started my second career, which is firefighting. My first > career was as a bond and options trader for Morgan Stanley and Citibank. > Some people think I'm crazy to go from Wall Street to firefighting, but > you've got to like your work, and so I'm doing what I like now. Don't get > me wrong -- Wall Street was great and it treated me well. But the > politics got to be overbearing and the physical aspects and ability to > help others are appealing attributes of my present job of firefighting. > > While I am a full-time firefighter, we only work once every four days, so > the other three days allows time for other occupations. For three or four > years now I've maintained a couple of Debian servers for several clients. > This is primarily website, database, database and server admin work that I > thoroughly enjoy. > > My education background in summary: BA in Economics from Lewis & Clark > College in Portland, Oregon and a MBA in International Business from the > George Washington University in Washington, D.C. And within the last > three or four years numerous computer related courses at the State > University of New York. > > > I cannot remember specifically when I came to Linux, but it was probably > around 2001. I started with SuSe and played with Mandrake and Red Hat as > well. Eventually I tried Debian because of apt and was tired of RPM-hell. > Once I tried I was hooked. I only started packaging software for Debian > in 2005. > > I covered the description of myself above. Let me know if you need more > detail. Like many people, I came to GNU/Linux out of frustration with the > MS world. Too many BSOD's, too much money spent every couple years for OS > upgrades and application upgrades, and just general frustration with their > product and lack of service. > > Additionally, when I worked for Morgan Stanley, we used Unix on several > trading platforms I used daily. During those years (1980's and 1990's) I > played around on the Unix platform and attempted to learn the A+ > programming language. > > So given the Unix exposure and the frustration with MS, it was easy for me > to make the move to GNU/Linux. Once I started using Linux, there was no > looking back. Of course, the transition to Linux had its ups and downs. > Installation wasn't always easy, and configuring servers can still be > complicated. But one of the things that made Linux great was the support > from the community. Whenever I got stuck on something, I could always > find the answer via a Linux user list (i.e. debian-user) or IRC. Someone > was "always" there to help. > > It's this great sense of community that makes Linux in general, and Debian > in particular, so attractive. Everyone pitches in and everyone helps > anyone who asks. Over the years I've been primarily on the receiving side > of this, so last year I decided to try and give back to the community. So > I started packaging, which I've found to be challenging and interesting. > It's rewarding to be part of a community where the product (Debian) is so > well regarded and works so well. > > Going forward I'd like to continue with my packaging and would hope to > pick up some additional packages. I also intend to join the > python-modules team although at this time I am not involved in any python > related packages. And since I do website design/construction, I also plan > to start helping with Debian website maintenance. 2. Account Data --------------- Account: kcoyner Forward-Email: kevin on rustybear.com 3. Philosophy and Procedures ----------------------------- Kevin has a good understanding of Debian's philosophy and procedures and answered all my questions about the social contract, DFSG, BTS, etc. in a good way. Kevin committed to uphold the SC and DFSG in his Debian work and accepts the DMUP. 4. Tasks and Skills ------------------- Kevin has a good understanding of the technical side of Debian. He currently maintains the following packages: - bbmail (sponsored by: bruno on debian.org) - bbpager (sponsored by: daniel on debian.org) - bbrun (sponsored by: daniel on debian.org) - bbtime (sponsored by: tmancill on debian.org) - bottlerocket (sponsored by: bubulle on debian.org) - htmlgen (sponsored by: tmancill on debian.org) - kodos (sponsored by: malex on debian.org) - libphp-phpmailer (sponsored by: daniel on debian.org) - nmzmail (sponsored by: roktas on debian.org) - photon (sponsored by: daniel on debian.org) - pyexcelerator (sponsored by: fpeters on debian.org) - rpl (sponsored by: tmancill on debian.org) - sitebar (sponsored by: bubulle on debian.org) - tnef (sponsored by: tmancill on debian.org) - wyrd (sponsored by: eriks on debian.org) All packages are in good shape. Kevin also answered my other questions regarding T&S without problems and provided patches for RC bugs. 5. Recommendation ----------------- I recommend to accept Kevin as a Debian Developer. -- Kind regards, +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Bas Zoetekouw | GPG key: 0644fab7 | |----------------------------| Fingerprint: c1f5 f24c d514 3fec 8bf6 | | bas@debian.org | a2b1 2bae e41f 0644 fab7 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
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