On 11/03/13 05:52 PM, Dave Reisner wrote: > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 04:24:31PM -0400, member graysky wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hi All. Inspired by Allan's talk @ SINFO XX, I decided to throw my >> hat into the ring and formally apply to be a TU. My linux history >> started with RH and SUSE over a decade ago. I discovered Debian and >> Ubuntu. I found myself wanting more control and up-to-date repos and >> discovered Arch. I find it and its underlying philosophies, and its >> community to be to my liking. I have an interest in giving back to >> the Arch Community though maintaining some packages in [community]. > This is surely me being old and grumpy, but I miss the days when TUs > wanted to do more than just maintain a few packages. But a lot of us miss the days when 100 votes was enough to get an AUR package into [community]. These days, votes are meaningless and a proper package will go into [community] if and only if it is used by an existing TU. I'm not saying this is a bad thing but it increases the number of TU candidates looking to make minor contributions. > I'm replying to the rest of this with full disclosure: graysky asked me > to sponsor him first, and I've declined based on a lack of skill and > what I feel isn't necessarily the correct attitude for an Arch TU. FWIW I have found graysky helpful in the past, particularly with regard to Xfce issues.
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