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| = Other Wiki homepages = | = Involvements = == Software maintained == I am the upstream maintainer of the following software. * [http://www.mwolson.org/projects/EmacsMuse.html Emacs Muse (muse-el)] * [http://www.mwolson.org/projects/EmacsWiki.html emacs-wiki] * [http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/ERC ERC] == Software contributions == In addition to the software I maintain, I also make contributions to various projects. * [http://www.plannerlove.com/ Planner (planner-el)]: former maintainer and continuing contributor * [http://www.gnu.org/software/emms EMMS]: wrote {{{emms-player-mpd.el}}}, which allows MusicPD to be a backend for EMMS * [http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/ErBot ErBot]: fixed various bugs, added {{{contrib/wtf.el}}}, and implemented the Makefile-based build system * [https://gna.org/projects/remember-el Remember]: set up mailing lists, Arch archive, and Makefile-based build system * [http://download.gna.org/dvc DVC]: fixed a couple of bugs, implemented bzr patch submission via email == Debian packages maintained == I regularly coordinate updates with Romain Francoise, the sponsor of my Debian packages. * [http://packages.qa.debian.org/m/muse-el.html muse-el] * [http://packages.qa.debian.org/e/emacs-wiki.html emacs-wiki] * [http://packages.qa.debian.org/e/erc.html erc] * [http://packages.qa.debian.org/p/planner-el.html planner-el] == Wiki homepages == |
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| * Maintainer of muse-el, planner-el, erc, and emacs-wiki packages for Debian * Interested in maintaining kazehakase, muse-el, planner-el, erc, emms, and emacs-snapshot packages for Ubuntu * Potentially interested in becoming a MOTU |
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| * Jabber: mwolson at hcoop.net * IRC: mwolson on irc.freenode.net |
* Maintaining or helping with the emms, emacs-snapshot, and kazehakase packages for Ubuntu, in addition to the Debian packages I already maintain * Building an Emacs (possibly MOTU-related, with a mailing list) community for Ubuntu: see /EmacsCommunity for details. * Becoming a MOTU = Background = This section explains why I switched from Debian to Ubuntu. By January 2006, I had come to maintain the Debian packages erc, muse-el, emacs-wiki, and planner-el. I found an excellent sponsor who uploaded updates to the packages for me. I was going to try to become a Debian developer, but the following vote soured me on that. The result of [http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_001 Debian's vote on the GFDL] was unsatisfactory to me, and was my primary reason for switching to Ubuntu. I sent [http://lists.debian.org/debian-emacsen/2006/03/msg00011.html several] [http://lists.debian.org/debian-emacsen/2006/03/msg00016.html emails] to the debian-emacsen list to this effect. (I realize in retrospect that it would have been best not to have included the last paragraph to the first email message.) The main consequence of this vote is that the emacs21 maintainer for Debian will be forced to put the Emacs manuals in a separate package and place it in non-free. Without the manuals, the utility of Emacs for new users is greatly decreased. In addition, the maintainer will probably have to remove several key files from the /etc subdirectory that explain Free Software and the GNU Project. As an associate member of the FSF and a maintainer of GNU software, this is completely unacceptable to me. Because of this vote alone, Ubuntu is now the best choice for Emacs and Free Software aficionados who want an apt-based GNU/Linux distribution. Ubuntu's rapid release cycle and refreshing human-oriented philosophy are also important factors. |
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Name: Michael W. Olson
Email: MailTo(mwolson AT member DOT fsf DOT org)
Launchpad: [https://launchpad.net/people/mwolson-member]
Website: [http://www.mwolson.org]
Projects: [http://www.mwolson.org/projects/]
Involvements
Software maintained
I am the upstream maintainer of the following software.
[http://www.mwolson.org/projects/EmacsMuse.html Emacs Muse (muse-el)]
[http://www.mwolson.org/projects/EmacsWiki.html emacs-wiki]
Software contributions
In addition to the software I maintain, I also make contributions to various projects.
[http://www.plannerlove.com/ Planner (planner-el)]: former maintainer and continuing contributor
[http://www.gnu.org/software/emms EMMS]: wrote emms-player-mpd.el, which allows MusicPD to be a backend for EMMS
[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/ErBot ErBot]: fixed various bugs, added contrib/wtf.el, and implemented the Makefile-based build system
[https://gna.org/projects/remember-el Remember]: set up mailing lists, Arch archive, and Makefile-based build system
[http://download.gna.org/dvc DVC]: fixed a couple of bugs, implemented bzr patch submission via email
Debian packages maintained
I regularly coordinate updates with Romain Francoise, the sponsor of my Debian packages.
[http://packages.qa.debian.org/e/emacs-wiki.html emacs-wiki]
[http://packages.qa.debian.org/p/planner-el.html planner-el]
Wiki homepages
[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/MichaelOlson Emacs Wiki]
[http://wiki.gnuarch.org/MichaelOlson GNU Arch Wiki]
[http://wiki.hcoop.net/MichaelOlson HCoop (Internet Hosting Cooperative)]
[http://www.plannerlove.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.MichaelOlson Planner Love]
[http://plug.student-orgs.purdue.edu/wiki/MichaelOlson Purdue Linux Users Group]
Roles
- Wiki power user
Interests
- Maintaining or helping with the emms, emacs-snapshot, and kazehakase packages for Ubuntu, in addition to the Debian packages I already maintain
Building an Emacs (possibly MOTU-related, with a mailing list) community for Ubuntu: see /EmacsCommunity for details.
- Becoming a MOTU
Background
This section explains why I switched from Debian to Ubuntu.
By January 2006, I had come to maintain the Debian packages erc, muse-el, emacs-wiki, and planner-el. I found an excellent sponsor who uploaded updates to the packages for me. I was going to try to become a Debian developer, but the following vote soured me on that.
The result of [http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_001 Debian's vote on the GFDL] was unsatisfactory to me, and was my primary reason for switching to Ubuntu. I sent [http://lists.debian.org/debian-emacsen/2006/03/msg00011.html several] [http://lists.debian.org/debian-emacsen/2006/03/msg00016.html emails] to the debian-emacsen list to this effect. (I realize in retrospect that it would have been best not to have included the last paragraph to the first email message.)
The main consequence of this vote is that the emacs21 maintainer for Debian will be forced to put the Emacs manuals in a separate package and place it in non-free. Without the manuals, the utility of Emacs for new users is greatly decreased. In addition, the maintainer will probably have to remove several key files from the /etc subdirectory that explain Free Software and the GNU Project. As an associate member of the FSF and a maintainer of GNU software, this is completely unacceptable to me.
Because of this vote alone, Ubuntu is now the best choice for Emacs and Free Software aficionados who want an apt-based GNU/Linux distribution. Ubuntu's rapid release cycle and refreshing human-oriented philosophy are also important factors.
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