MOTU Application for Scott Kitterman

[Jordan Mantha]

Not that he really needs more help, but Scott has a big +1 from me. I've
sponsored/reviewed some of his work and it's always been top notch. He's
been a consistent and valuable contributor to Universe and even let me
do a Behind MOTU interview of him ;-)

-Jordan


Scott Kitterman wrote:
> Dear MOTU Council,
>
> Those that are cc'ed have agreed to speak as sponsors of my work.  I've worked 
> with different MOTUs on different things, so I don't have just one or two 
> people who've seen most of my work.
>
> I'd like to be a MOTU and believe that I am ready.  In my case, I think ready 
> means I know enough to be trusted to do some things on my own and to ask if 
> I'm unsure.  IMO becoming a MOTU is a starting point, not an end.
>
> In addition to the packaging work I've done directly, I've also been helping 
> others who know less than I do on #ubuntu-motu.  I believe that growing the 
> community is a critical responsibility for all of us.  Actually being able to 
> upload stuff would enable me to be more effective in this role.
>
> I've tended to focus on bug fixing in Python packages because I know Python.  
> Doko asked my to join his Pythoneers and Pythonistas teams so I get and read 
> all bugmail for Python packages in Ubuntu.  I am also a member of the Debian 
> Python Modules Team, so I've also been able to fix some stuff in Debian.  
> Investing time with Debian to keep the diff between Debian and Ubuntu down 
> has been a priority for me.
>
> Packaging work:
>
> New packages:
>
> pypolicyd-spf and pyyaml are new packages I did from scratch.  I've also 
> gotten these packages into Debian (after learning first with MOTU) and now 
> maintain them in Debian.
>
> I also brought libnet-dns-resolver-programmable-perl, 
> postfix-policyd-spf-perl, and mail-spf-perl, but I had outside help on those.
>
>
> Focus Packages:
>
> pyspf is not a new package, but I've modernized it enough that most of the 
> existing package is mine.  I've also gotten these changes back into Debian.
>
> I did some significant work on python-dns and recently took over as it's 
> maintainer in Debian.
>
> I did multiple fixes for libspf2 and worked with the new Debian maintainer of 
> the package to get them incorporated there.
>
> I've done multiple merges of clamav.  The clamav 0.90.2-0ubuntu1 upstream 
> update a week before the Feisty release is probably my proudest packaging 
> moment.  I've also gotten the discussion started on how we can do a better 
> job of maintaining this security related package in the older releases.  I've 
> also fixed some packaging related bugs in clamav.
>
> I've also done multiple merges of courier as well as significantly improving 
> it's init scripts.  
>
> I've taken an interest in spamassassin and did the latest update from upstream 
> since it now uses the mail-spf-perl library I packaged.  I also sent patches 
> to Debian for this to save them duplicating the effort.
>
> I consider myself the primary contact for clamsmtp and have done some work on 
> the init scripts.
>
> Other packaging work:
>
> Details are, of course, here:
>
> https://launchpad.net/~kitterman/+packages
>
> I've done a dozen or so merges for Feisty and Gutsy.  I'm currently wrestling 
> with understanding how the Debian init changes in the latest clamav interact 
> with the Ubuntu init diff we've been carrying.  I've also gone through and 
> triaged the bugs filed for each package.
>
> I've packaged security fixes (and when I do it, I do it all the way back to 
> Dapper).  I got my first main upload recently doing a security fix for pptpd.
>
> For Gutsy I've committed to Kubuntu to get Kmail S/MIME signing and decrypting 
> by default working.  I expect this will involve both packaging changes and 
> main inclusion requests.
>
> Thank you for your consideration,
>
> Scott K
>
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