I'm a longtime mandriva contributer, maintaining already way too much packages. I've also initiated the PLF project, aiming to provide legally-challenged packages Mandriva couldn't afford to distribute directly. And as I had still free time at hand (it was a long time ago), I've also been one of the founder of JPackage, a java package distribution project. As such, I'm quite familiar with the technical issues involved in building a packaging infrastucture.

When I'm not busy trying to have innocent newbies running 'rm -rf /var' commands on IRC, I'm usually trying to drown other newbies in cold water, as I'm a scuba diving instructor.