Report for 'Debian Developer, uploading' applicant Johannes Schauer

[Felipe Augusto van de Wiel via nm <faw@debian.org>]

Hello,

I recommend to accept Johannes Schauer as a new Debian Developer, uploading.
The account name is josch.

 * Applicant background

Contributions I have made to Debian
-----------------------------------

I understand "contributions to Debian" in the widest sense, i.e.
including instances where I made use of Debian in other projects and
thus promoted its usage.

 - solving the Debian bootstrap problem:
      - gsoc2012:
        https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2012/StudentApplications/JohannesSchauer
      - master thesis: https://mister-muffin.de/bootstrap/thesis.pdf
      - fosdem talk:
        https://fosdem.org/2013/schedule/event/debian_bootstrap/
      - debconf13 talk:
        http://penta.debconf.org/dc13_schedule/events/984.en.html
      - TODO for developers: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianBootstrap/TODO
      - botch: https://gitorious.org/debian-bootstrap/botch
      - bootstrap.debian.net: https://bootstrap.debian.net/
 - contribution to 88 Debian bug reports:
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?correspondent=j.schauer%40email.de;archive=both
 - Debian on embedded devices
      - gta01 and gta02: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Manual_Debian
      - gta04 armhf:
        http://lists.goldelico.com/pipermail/gta04-owner/2011-October/000517.html
      - notion ink adam:
        https://blog.mister-muffin.de/2011/05/01/putting-debian-on-the-notion-ink-adam
 - polystrap - create foreign architecture Debian rootfs without needing
   superuser priviliges:
   http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=emdebian/polystrap.git
 - organization of local linux install fests

Primary areas of interest
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 - heuristics/approximations for NP problems:
      - minimal feedback arc set (bootstrapping problem, see above)
      - knapsack problem:
        https://blog.mister-muffin.de/2012/05/21/sisyphus-wins-icra-2012-vmac
 - embedded (see above + n900)
 - reverse engineering of file formats and protocols:
      - keene fm transmitter:
        https://blog.mister-muffin.de/2011/03/14/keene-fm-transmitter
      - sirf/nmea:
        https://blog.mister-muffin.de/2011/04/18/sirf/nmea-protocol-switch
      - Deutsche Bahn timetable binary format:
        https://github.com/josch/hafaspln
 - pdf (more hate than love): https://github.com/josch/img2pdf
 - lego (ITP for brickutils, ldraw-parts, lgdlite, ldview)
 - fractals https://github.com/josch/mandelbrot
 - multi-arch + build profiles

Goals I wish to accomplish
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 - help making Debian bootstrappable



Regards,

Felipe Augusto van de Wiel