Alexis Murzeau

I got into GNU/Linux first as a lightweight OS to run on school computers from a USB key, in 2008/2009. As I discovered this new ecosystem (of GNU/Linux), I settled mostly on Debian because of the clean and intuitive package installation experience even on low-end computers.

Then, as I learned developing stuff mostly in C/C++ myself and at graduate engineering school, I started to love the openness of Debian. It is always possible to read the source of a program, file a bug report or contribute a fix to make the Debian system better.

I very much like the idea of working on something that can not only be useful for myself, but also to others, which is what open source and Debian allows.

In 2017, I wanted to contribute more and I started to package streamlink python program for Debian which I still use regularly today. Streamlink is a fork of livestreamer which was already in Debian but dead upstream. It was easy enough to package as a first packaging experience for me while ensuring I could maintain it over a long time.

In the mean time, I learned to use Debian packaging scripts as a way to build anything from source to try patches and contribute to various projects, the method to build something being the same for all packages (instead of learning how a particular project is built, especially the largest one).

Now, I'm interested to become a Debian Maintainer for the streamlink package, to reduce the mentoring activity needed for that package.