Report for Debian Developer Applicant Barry deFreese <bddebian@comcast.net>: 1. Identification & Background ------------------------------ Check with Keyid 0x4B394F7E: ID Check passed, Key signed by 3 DDs. Output from keycheck.sh 0x4B394F7E ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | pub 1024D/4B394F7E 2004-06-04 | Key fingerprint = 6F1F 4003 9E09 BD7A 8099 C5F3 E48B 65B5 4B39 4F7E | uid Barry deFreese <bddebian@comcast.net> | sig!3 DC47CA16 2005-03-01 David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se> | sig! X 627CCF95 2005-03-01 Bas Wijnen <wijnen@debian.org> | sig!3 X 5E3619D3 2005-02-26 Arnaud Fontaine <arnaud@andesi.org> | sig!3 X 90267086 2005-03-01 Marc Dequènes (Duck) <Duck@DuckCorp.org> | sig!3 4B394F7E 2006-04-24 Barry deFreese <bddebian@comcast.net> | sig!3 4B394F7E 2004-06-04 Barry deFreese <bddebian@comcast.net> | uid Barry deFreese <bddebian@bddebian.com> | sig!3 4B394F7E 2006-04-24 Barry deFreese <bddebian@comcast.net> | sig!3 4B394F7E 2005-03-13 Barry deFreese <bddebian@comcast.net> | sub 1024g/4FE0945F 2004-06-04 [expired: 2006-06-04] | sig! 4B394F7E 2004-06-04 Barry deFreese <bddebian@comcast.net> | | 6 signatures not checked due to missing keys | Let's test if its a version 4 or greater key | Key is ok Applicant writes: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Unfortunately I have pretty much grown up and continue to work in the | Microsoft realm. I had a little bit of experience with AIX in college | and a tiny bit of SCO while working for a small computer reseller. | | In around 2003/2004 I installed my first distro, RedHat. Mainly out of | curiosity. I liked what I saw but grew frustrated with RedHat quickly. | I don't even remember how I got turned on to Debian after that but soon | installed Potato. In fact I was in to Neverwinter Nights soon after | that and was running a public server on Debian GNU/Linux. | | After getting on to the Debian mailing lists and IRC channels I somehow | found my way on to the GNU/Hurd folks. I find Hurd technically | interesting so I still dabble there though not as much as I would like | to. I'm not a super skilled developer so my contributions are mainly | around package porting (which I have been severely slacking on lately). | | I adopted my first package (colorgcc) in 2005 and was actually in the NM | queue for a short time. I withdrew that application and went to Ubuntu | at the time as they seemed more welcoming of someone with a more limited | skillset. I became an MOTU shortly there-after and continue to do so. | Though I am doing more now via Debian so that I can hopefully improve | both distributions. | | My main areas of interest within Debian for now are the Games Team (of | which I am already a member), Debian QA (I hate broken packages), and | still the GNU/Hurd port. As for goals for Debian, they are mainly to | keep the games in good shape, find new games that are worthy of public | distribution and so forth. I hope to also stay involved in QA work | fixing packages that don't get the work they deserve, removing unused / | broken packages and the like. And for the Debian GNU/Hurd port I want | to get as many packages ported as possible. Ideally I'd like to aid in | getting Gnome running but some of the current issues are well beyond my | current skillset. | | In my personal life, I am the IT Manager of a small flavor company near | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We make flavorings for food, medicine, etc. | Though that's really a misnomer as I am sometimes DBA, sometimes | programmer, sometimes systems admin, and so forth. Unfortunately, again | it is an MS shop. I have a wife of nearly 10 years (yes, I'm old) and | three daughters, ages 8, 6, and 4. So they keep me pretty busy but I | still get some decent time to work on Debian and Ubuntu. 2. Philosophy and Procedures ----------------------------- Barry has a good understanding of Debian's Philosophy and Procedures. He answered all my questions about the Social Contract, the DFSG and the BTS. 3. Tasks and Skills ------------------- Barry is maintainer of colorgcc and an active member of the Debian Games Team. He also does a great job in the Debian QA team, helping out with several standard tasks that are always in need of manpower. He answered my questions regarding T&S without problems. 4. Recommendation ----------------- I am happy to recommend to accept Barry as a Debian Developer, which will hopefully ease his work and allow him to spend more time on actual work instead of searching for sponsors. Account: bdefreese Forward-Email: bddebian@comcast.net Marc -- BOFH #254: Interference from lunar radiation
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