Application Manager report

For Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk> to become DD, upl., an Application Manager has a look at all the information collected on this site, has a look to past contributions, asks a few questions if needed, and tries to build some trust that Mark Hindley should indeed be Debian Developer, uploading.

The applicant will be notified once an Application Manager is assigned, and the AM will contact them.

This requirement has been approved by Housekeeping Robot <nm@debian.org> 4 years, 1 month ago.

This process has been closed by noodles on 2021-03-23: no further modifications are possible.

Application Manager

AM	Paused	Assigned by	Assigned time	Unassigned by	Unassigned time	Actions
hartmans	no	noodles	2021-02-07

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For nm.debian.org, at 2021-02-23: After looking at Mark Hindley
<mark@hindley.org.uk>'s contributions and after exchanging some emails
to get to know them a bit better, I agree with the other advocate that
Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk> can and should indeed be a Debian
Developer, uploading right now. I was an advocate for this
application, but after discussing with front desk and DAM we decided
to go forward. My advocacy focused on good communication of
cross-package issues, and on why I thought DD made sense even though
Mark is not a DM. I entered the AM process with no preconceived
notions for P&P and for most of what we cover in T&S.

As AMs we look to see that we can trust an applicant, that an
applicant accepts our philosophy and procedures (and understands them)
in their Debian work, that they have the skills to contribute (and
know where they need help), and are motivated to contribute. Mark has
been maintaining packages for Debian since 2007, but hasn't maintained
a large number of packages. However Mark has been heavily involved in
a derivative, has encouraged upstreaming of changes, has worked to see
that happen, and has worked to facilitate that both within Debian and
within derivatives. When you maintain your own instance of dak and Britney, understand large chunks of our ecosystem enough to keep a fork working, you have the skills to be a DD. (Mark's packages are in good shape and he did a great job of talking about the trade offs in maintaining them).
Mark is interested in continuing to contribute to Debian, and I think he's reached a point where being a DD would facilitate that.

Signed with key 332D 4CE3 A2FA E543 9B7E 25B2 2836 81BA 6FE7 F41D

hartmans

2021-02-23

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Log

Date	Author	Action	Content	Public
2021-02-23 16:46	hartmans	add_statement	Added a new statement	yes
2021-02-23 16:46	nm@debian.org	req_approve	New statement received, the requirement seems satisfied	yes
2021-02-07 18:21	noodles	assign_am	Assigned AM hartmans	yes