Debian related information
Debian QA work
See [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?submitter=jari.aalto%40cante.net BTS]. About 1000 items reported to BTS by 2008-12.
Debian package maintenance
See [http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=jari.aalto@cante.net Developer information]
Helping other packages
The following list is only an exerpt.
2009-03 [http://packages.debian.org/dh-make dh-make]: Provided patch to improve GPL template [http://bugs.debian.org/518162 518162]
2009-02 [http://packages.debian.org/wcd wcd]: provided patch to reformat and improve manual pages [http://bugs.debian.org/517334 517334]
2009-02 [http://packages.debian.org/pbzip2 pbzip2]: provided patches to improve program's help texts and manual pages [http://bugs.debian.org/517259 517259], [http://bugs.debian.org/517268 517268]
2008-10 [http://packages.debian.org/joe joe]: helped to work out bugs [http://bugs.debian.org/163628 163628], [http://bugs.debian.org/204449 204449], [http://bugs.debian.org/386883 386883], [http://bugs.debian.org/430565 430565], [http://bugs.debian.org/443181 443181], [http://bugs.debian.org/459687 459687], [http://bugs.debian.org/258435 258435], [http://bugs.debian.org/343284 343284], [http://bugs.debian.org/343462 343462], [http://bugs.debian.org/368530 368530], [http://bugs.debian.org/440158 440158], [http://bugs.debian.org/42631 42631 ], [http://bugs.debian.org/283953 283953], [http://bugs.debian.org/392749 392749], [http://bugs.debian.org/356267 356267], [http://bugs.debian.org/389410 389410], [http://bugs.debian.org/414245 414245], [http://bugs.debian.org/504122 504122], [http://bugs.debian.org/504439 504439], [http://bugs.debian.org/402565 402565], [http://bugs.debian.org/453310 453310]
2008-09 [http://packages.debian.org/dh-make dh-make]: Provided patch to replace obsolete dh_clean [http://bugs.debian.org/502698 502698]
2007-09 [http://packages.debian.org/dpkg-dev dpkg-dev]: provided patch to implement default value for -I option in dpk-source; [http://bugs.debian.org/440972 440972]
2007-03 [http://packages.debian.org/devscripts devscripts]: provided patch to add more VCS files; [http://bugs.debian.org/414794 414794]
2006-11 [http://packages.debian.org/hostname hostname]: Fixed all bugs [http://bugs.debian.org/400078 400078]
2006-11 [http://packages.debian.org/dh-make dh-make]: Provided new GPL debian/copyright template and other improvements [http://bugs.debian.org/310110 310110], [http://bugs.debian.org/360640 360640], [http://bugs.debian.org/399820 399820]
2005-12 [http://packages.debian.org/rootkit rootkit]: provided patch to improve output formatting [http://bugs.debian.org/343284 343284]
Other patches (just examples; see full listing at archived bugs): [http://bugs.debian.org/294073 294073], [http://bugs.debian.org/298789 298789], [http://bugs.debian.org/309893 309893], [http://bugs.debian.org/326874 326874], [http://bugs.debian.org/354972 354972], [http://bugs.debian.org/361200 361200], [http://bugs.debian.org/373929 373929], [http://bugs.debian.org/399673 399673], [http://bugs.debian.org/409132 409132], [http://bugs.debian.org/436429 436429], [http://bugs.debian.org/465985 465985], [http://bugs.debian.org/470446 470446], [http://bugs.debian.org/472197 472197], [http://bugs.debian.org/479877 479877], [http://bugs.debian.org/479956 479956], [http://bugs.debian.org/479958 479958], [http://bugs.debian.org/482563 482563], [http://bugs.debian.org/500913 500913], [http://bugs.debian.org/501893 501893], [http://bugs.debian.org/502512 502512], [http://bugs.debian.org/502522 502522], [http://bugs.debian.org/502524 502524], [http://bugs.debian.org/502698 502698], [http://bugs.debian.org/502933 502933], [http://bugs.debian.org/503700 503700], [http://bugs.debian.org/503896 503896]
Debian project
2006-04-19 update-alternatives proposal to add new categories for WORD, EXCEL, MEDIA-PLAYER etc. [http://bugs.debian.org/363486 Bug#363486]
2006-12-04 Debian BTS: Suggestion for new notbug tag [http://bugs.debian.org/376594 Bug#376594]
2006-11-05 Policy improvement: "Proposed new POSIX sh policy" and proposal to change /bin/sh -> /bin/dash at [http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/11/msg00168.html Debian Devel]
2008 Wiki: DebianIRCChannelGuidelines (former ?PoundDebianGuidelines). Contributed by editing the page rearrange page to use headings and related subjects. Edited whole page to use more user friendly tone. See revision log for cimplete changes.
2008 Wiki: ?CopyrightFormat. Contributed to new debian/copyright format: EBNF, licensing tables, license clarifications (OpenSSL, Font etc.), Examined and added numerous links to mailing lists regarding the version numbering and use of licenses. See revision log for complete list of changes. See also previous format [http://bugs.debian.org/360640 360640]
External Projects
IRC/Bug reporter nick: jaalto
Contributed patches and fixes to numerous Open Source projects during past years, those of Emacs, XEmacs, Perl Language itself, Git, [http://bazaar-vcs.org Bzr], Quilt, Parted, [https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=browse&group_id=9538&atid=109538 Splint] etc. Check [http://www.google.com Google] and [http://www.gmane.org Gmane] lists for "Jari Aalto".
Personal
Open Source Author, Developer, Package porter/maintainer, Project Manager since 1994 at [http://www.sf.net Sourceforge], [http://savannah.gnu.org Savannah], [http://launchpad.net Ubuntu Launchpad], [http://www.cygwin.com Cygwin]. See http://bazaar-vcs.org/JariAalto for more information.