Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues

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

• 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

• help making Debian bootstrappable