Report for new developer applicant Luis Rodrigo Gallardo Cruz <rodrigo@nul-unu.com>:
1. Identification & Background
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Check with keyid ADC9BC28:
ID check passed, key signed by several existing developers:
Output from keycheck.sh:
pub 1024D/ADC9BC28 2002-02-26
Key fingerprint = 7C81 E60C 442E 8FBC D975 2F49 0199 8318 ADC9 BC28
uid Luis Rodrigo Gallardo Cruz <rodrigo@nul-unu.com>
sig! 29499F61 2006-05-20 Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
sig! 6E8169D2 2006-05-21 Raphael Hertzog <raphael@ouaza.com>
sig! 0ED704EA 2006-05-20 Mohammed Adn�e Trojette (adn) <adn@arabeyes.org>
sig! 4B729625 2006-05-20 Peter Van Eynde <pvaneynd@debian.org>
sig! 6B79D401 2006-05-20 Giunchedi Filippo <filippo@esaurito.net>
sig! 9B7C328D 2006-05-20 Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
sig! 6D742669 2006-05-20 Luca Capello <luca@pca.it>
sig! C671257D 2006-05-20 David Moreno Garza <damog@espiral.org.mx>
sig! 6FECCDE0 2006-05-20 Santiago Ruano Rinc� <santiago@unicauca.edu.co>
sig! EA59038E 2006-05-20 Stephen Gran <sgran@debian.org>
sig! D54F0847 2006-05-20 Mark Shuttleworth <mark@ubuntu.com>
sig! 330C4A75 2006-05-20 Martin F. Krafft <mail@martin-krafft.net>
sig! 307D56ED 2006-05-21 Noèl Köthe <noel@debian.org>
sig! F1BCDB73 2006-05-21 Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
sig! C0143D2D 2006-05-21 Christian Perrier <bubulle@kheops.homeunix.org>
sig! 90E5CA46 2006-05-21 Felipe Augusto van de Wiel (faw) <faw@debian.org>
sig! 71473F66 2006-05-22 Todd Troxell <ttroxell@debian.org>
sig! 12066207 2006-05-25 Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
sig! 16D970C6 2006-05-28 Eric Dorland <eric@debian.org>
sig! 808D0FD0 2006-05-29 Don Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com>
sig! 8BB527AF 2006-05-31 Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@gwolf.org>
sig! DD9B9910 2006-06-01 Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
sig! 58510B5A 2006-06-01 Christoph Berg <cb@df7cb.de>
sig! 1880283C 2006-06-10 Anibal Monsalve Salazar <anibal@debian.org>
sig! 964199E2 2006-07-24 Fabian Fagerholm <fabbe@paniq.net>
sig! 3FCC2A90 2006-12-22 Amaya Rodrigo Sastre <amaya@debian.org>
sig! 4E2ECA5A 2007-01-14 Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@debian.org>
sig! 096C4DD3 2007-06-13 Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>
sig!2 5706A4B4 2006-05-21 Simon Richter <Simon.Richter@hogyros.de>
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 got interested in computers at an early age (blame that on an
overzealous mom). Having them firmly established as my main hobby,
when I entered college I spent most of my free time reading about
CS stuff in the library, where I learned about and was pretty much
convinced by the GNU Manifesto.
My first use of Linux was in the email systems of my school. The
second foray into free software was with LaTeX (downloaded in
internet cafes and transported via floppies) in my increasingly
unsatisfying W95 machine. By early '99 I gathered enough courage to
go out and get a Linux book/cd with which I made my first install
and have not looked back since (That old W95 install was updated
once, to W98, in order to use a HW gadget. It finally disappeared
about a year ago, in my latest oh-no-the-disk-died-again episode.)
My contact with Debian happened later, around '01 or '02.
Basically, I was fed up with RH's 'Well, just back up your /home
and reinstall' approach to upgrading and I really bought gwolf's
prodding.
The reasons driving me to Linux were twofold. First, for me a
computer is basically something you can program. Not having access
to development environments was pretty much like being given a car
but no gasoline must feel like to car lovers.
The second was the fundamental 'rightness' I felt in rms' ideas
(not that I love his way of delivering them).
Unfortunately, I had never found a place where I felt I could
*really* contribute back to the communities I was taking from. Now,
why do I want to contribute? Well, one thing is basic fairness. I
have taken enough, I believe I should 'pay back'. I also have more
non-altruistic motives. I work as a TI consultant. I believe being
a Free Software consultant gives me an edge, because I don't have
to invest so much *money* into it (It's also an underprovided
market, here in .mx) Active participation in a project such as
Debian has two advantages. It gives me knowdlege, or the
opportunity to get it, and it gives me visibility. Much easier to
say 'I'm an expert' when you can point to specific accomplishments.
So far my main contributions to Debian have been in package
maintainership (sawfish, liferea) and in being a helpful presence
in the debian-user-spanish ML as well as the #debian-es and
#debian-mx IRC channels. I have also contributed patches to bugs,
helping close about 8 RC bugs and around 6 of the python transition
bugs in the last ~6 months. And I organized the
not-very-successful-but-hey-at-least-we-did-it first Mexican BSP :-).
2. Account Data
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Account: rodrigo
Forward-Email: rodrigo@nul-unu.com
2a. Advocate writes (Frontdesk and DAM only)
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From: Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@gwolf.org>
Rodrigo has for a long time been a friend of mine - I first worked
with him at a development project back in 1999. He was already a
Linux and Free Software enthusiast/advocate. He studied
Mathematics, and went on for a Computer Science Masters degree. He
is one of the first people that signed my GPG key, as one of the
first people to take seriously the task of building a web of trust,
even inside our country. As for Debian, besides being a happy user
for quite a long time, he took part of the local organization in
Debconf 6, providing quite a good deal of help, and organized our
first Bug Squashing Party. I must testify he is quite shy, so he is
not yet very known inside the project, but I fully advocate him
joining us.
3. Philosophy and Procedures
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Rodrigo 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. Rodrigo committed to uphold the SC
and DFSG in his Debian work and accepts the DMUP.
4. Tasks and Skills
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Rodrigo has a good understanding of the technical side of Debian.
Rodrigo is maintainer of keytouch, liferea, sawfish, and pubtal.
All packages are in good shape. Rodrigo also answered my other
questions regarding T&S without problems and provided patches for
RC bugs.
5. Recommendation
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I recommend to accept Rodrigo as a Debian Developer.
Christoph
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