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The most important requirement for changing status in Debian is to make sure that a person actually intends to do so.

This requirement has been approved by Housekeeping Robot <nm@debian.org> 7 years, 9 months ago.

This process has been closed by nm@debian.org on 2017-09-04: no further modifications are possible.

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For nm.debian.org, at 2017-08-11:
I would like to apply to change my status in Debian to Debian Developer, uploading.

I am currently doing a PhD in bioinformatics, after years working in a wet lab.  I prefer to use free software tools, and think that all research should be available as free software.

I started creating packages for Debian because it saves a lot of pain to have libraries available compared to needing to install them manually. So far I've packaged some packages related to bioinformatics, mostly R libraries. Currently I'm working on packaging a Python library (python-ete3) and making packages for some new code developed in my own research.

In DebConf in Cape Town and Montreal I gave tutorials on packaging for beginners. I've also been thinking about how we can improve/update the documentation for people who are trying packaging for the first time (and are impatient). 

I would like to be able to upload my own packages and documentation.

Signed with key D8B5 B982 6015 895D E110 D59E 4902 9077 E763 4ED2

alba

2017-08-12

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Date	Author	Action	Content	Public
2017-08-12 15:14	nm@debian.org	req_approve	New statement received, the requirement seems satisfied	yes
2017-08-12 15:14	alba	add_statement	Added a signed statement	yes