Martin Michlmayr | |
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 Former Debian Project Leader | |
| Occupation(s) | Free and open-source software advocate andDebian developer |
Martin Michlmayr is afree and open-source software advocate andDebian developer, formerly president ofSoftware in the Public Interest.
Michlmayr joined the Debian project in 2000.[1] In 2003, Michlmayr was elected asDebian Project Leader;[2][3] he was re-elected to that position one year later, in 2004.[4][5]
Michlmayr contributed to Debian's New Member process, participating in the recruitment of over 120 new members.[6] Additionally, Michlmayr made various contributions to Debian'squality assurance effort. He identified the problem of packages with inactive maintainers and implemented processes to address this problem systematically.[7] He also became involved in identifying inactive maintainers whosepackages should be reassigned; created overviews ofbugs in Debian; and coordinatedkeysigning to improve Debian'sweb of trust.[8] He also contributed to Debian's ports to theARM andMIPS platforms, by porting Debian to several embedded devices andNetwork Attached Storage (NAS) devices. He used snapshots of the GCC compiler to build the entire Debian archive. This work resulted in the identification of compiler bugs as well as build errors in many open source packages.[9]
Michlmayr completed adoctorate in technology management at theUniversity of Cambridge in 2007. The focus of this research was onquality improvement infree software and open source projects, and particularly on release management processes and practices.[10]
In 2013,O'Reilly awarded anopen source award to Michlmayr, putting him in "the 'unsung heroes' category—the people who devote themselves to the important but not always glorious jobs that keep open source healthy".[11]
Between 2008 and 2014[12] Michlmayr served on theboard of directors of theOpen Source Initiative, acting as the organization's secretary.[13] He is a member ofSoftware Freedom Conservancy's evaluation committee, which evaluates projects that apply to Conservancy for membership.[14] Michlmayr acted as an advisor toSoftware in the Public Interest in the past.
| Preceded by | Debian Project Leader March 2003 – March 2005 | Succeeded by Branden Robinson |
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