-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ian Beckwith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to apply to be a Debian Maintainer. [...] > I currently maintain netkit-telnet-ssl, ckermit, libmp3-tag-perl, > libwww-opensearch-perl, liburi-template-perl and git (That's GNU > Interactive Tools, not the VCS. Soon to be renamed gnuit.). [...] > I'm already in the NM process. I want to be a DM to avoid having > to hassle busy sponsors for uploads, and I see it as a temporary > thing on the path to (hopefully) becoming a full DD.
I support Ian Beckwith's application for DM status. I have been sponsoring his git work since mid-2004. In that time, he has tidied the package somewhat, updated it to new Standards-Versions, handled the messy git/git-core/gitfm situation with a transition, cooperated with debian-release on that and lately become the upstream maintainer for this useful GNU software. Recently, I have not needed to intervene in his packaging. If anything, his packaging seems to be better than mine now and has caused me to go look some forgotten rarely-used things up to check(!), so I don't expect giving DM to cause any problems. I'm glad that he has applied for NM. I had the great honour of meeting ianb at the recent DebConf7 and we discussed NM, among other things. It's a bit of a shame that it's taken such a readily- verifiable long-term contributor over a year to get through AM processing. I am not currently subscribed to -newmaint (blood pressure). Please cc me on replies. Best wishes, - -- MJ Ray http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html tel:+44-844-4437-237 - Webmaster-developer, statistician, sysadmin, online shop builder, consumer and workers co-operative member http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ - Writing on koha, debian, sat TV, Kewstoke http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHZ9D+mUY5euFC5vQRAt6wAJ4pzY78zgeNoNq4CnkkdqkYwn0L6QCghcnl IQrd6PNbqhij/rrRZdxMkWg= =0Dzl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
