Ben Collins

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Status Debian Contributor on nm.debian.org since 2024-12-22

Short Biography

Ex Debian Project Leader: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Debian_project_leaders

Ubuntu Core Developer: https://launchpad.net/~ben-collins

I started using Linux 25+ years ago. For Debian, I maintained GNU Libc, OpenLDAP, dpkg, and many other packages. I also maintained the SPARC and UltraSPARC ports (GLibc, GCC, SILO, Linux Kernel), and I created the original Debian Developer Machine Access (dchroot, which became schroot over many iterations).

I worked for Canonical as the Kernel Team Lead.

Currently, I work on a lot of personal projects, including LibJWT (which I see Debian uses): https://github.com/benmcollins/libjwt

I would like to come back into Debian, first to work as the package maintainer for LibJWT, progressing to more in-depth participation as I get back into the community.

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