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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 03:59

Debian developer Frans Pop passes away

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The Debian GNU/Linux Project is in mourning following the untimely death of a senior developer, Frans Pop, who died in the Netherlands on August 20.

A freelance IT consultant, Frans got involved in the Debian project in 2004. In May the following year he became a developer.

Early in 2006, he became the release manager for the Debian Installer project, taking over from veteran Joey Hess.

According to the Debian project, Frans was a maintainer of several packages, a supporter of the S/390 port, and one of the most involved members of the Debian Installer team.

Frans was also Debian Listmaster, editor and release manager of the Installation Guide and the release notes, as well as a Dutch translator.

"The Debian Project honours his good work and strong dedication to Debian and Free Software," a media release said. "Frans' broad technical knowledge and his ability to share that knowledge with others will be missed. 

"The contributions of Frans will not be forgotten, and the high standards of his work will continue to serve as an inspiration to others."

He was in his 40s and single at the time of his death.

 

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Sam Varghese has been writing for iTWire since 2006, a year after the site came into existence. For nearly a decade thereafter, he wrote mostly about free and open source software, based on his own use of this genre of software. Since May 2016, he has been writing across many areas of technology. He has been a journalist for nearly 40 years in India (Indian Express and Deccan Herald), the UAE (Khaleej Times) and Australia (Daily Commercial News (now defunct) and The Age). His personal blog is titled Irregular Expression.

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