Richard Hecker

Applying for	Debian Developer, emeritus
Applicant	Richard Hecker <hecker@debian.org>, currently Debian Developer, uploading
OpenPGP fingerprint	5919 FC3B DC30 CE41 35F1 DC07 0F5E 1ED4 6641 96E2
Activity timespan	2017-09-08 to 2017-09-09
Status	Closed
Completed	2017-09-09
Debian account name	hecker
Missing requirements	Declaration of intent
Requirements OK	none

Requirements

Requirement	Approved by	Approved date	Notes
351: Declaration of intent	-	-

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Log

Date	Author	Requirement	Action	Content	Public
2017-09-08 18:20	tobi	-	-	Sent WAT ping email	yes
2017-09-09 19:09	hecker	-	proc_close	I attended DebConf in Montreal this year. While at DebConf, I offered to become the maintainer for the BusyBox package. Next week when Michael Meskes and Andrew Lee attend the Open Source Summit, I plan on getting together with them and we will see where those conversations lead. While at DebConf, I met and talked with Holger Levsen. He has been looking for some help with piuparts. I told him I would take a closer look at the package after I return home. I am still reading about piuparts but I anticipate that I will likely get actively involved with it. Now having said all that, is this the best use of Debian's limited resources? I like heuristics about as much as everyone else. But setting up an automated mechanism like this feels like a subtle way to force someone out. I would point to the recent rash of emeritus requests as an indication that such a message was loud and clear. I am all for protecting Debian accounts and making sure they are not misused. But until an automated way exists to reactivate an account and reinsert the critical GPG key, I wonder what harm may be done. My own login history could serve to support a proposed system that automatically removes accounts and then turns them back on when required. But what time period would be chosen? Activating an account on a daily basis might seem extreme, but I have seen the use of tokens that effectively make such a short window practical. So before this turns into a full fledged rant, I would like to point out that despite my accumulation of time and experience on this planet I am still limited to 24 hours every day. Since I cannot magically increase time, I allocate slices of it for specific activities. Debian is one slice with a fixed amount. If I spend time replying to something like this, that time is not available for other activities that your heuristics might detect. Richard	yes