On Sun, Jul 27, 2025 at 12:36:45PM +0200, Muflone wrote: > > my name's Martin, you can more often find me under "C0rn3j". > > Professionally, I work as a DevOps, and in my free time I do things I've > > most recently stumbled upon, which usually has to do with FOSS. > > > > I've been using Arch for about a decade, I mostly hang out in the > > unofficial Telegram group*, which I help moderate. > > > I know Martin since a lot of years and I can confirm he's very active on > Telegram, helping users daily with their questions. Since all the years, he > always was a professional, respectful and polite person. > > On this side Martin could be a very valid addition to the team.
Martin, thank you for the application and taking care of the Telegram users all these years! I agree that another maintainer with years long relations to Arch would be a great addition. > > I've been maintaining a random assortment of things in the AUR, a lot of > > the times simply because I was using a package that the previous > > maintainer disowned, and I figured I might pick up the torch. > > > > Which brings me to why I want to become a PM - I would like to see some > > of the things I currently maintain in the official repositories, such as > > sc-controller** or Tauon**, and to help out with the maintenance in > > general. > > > When Martin proposed himself to apply as PM I expressed him my concerns > about his packages quality and lack of knowledge about the packaging > guidelines. > > He went through his packages and some days later asked me to do further > checks about his AUR packages. In such occasion I expressed him I was not > yet convinced about the packaging skill and asked him to posticipate his > application until he has enhanced his packaging skills and so refused to > sponsor him during this application. It's a shame that your judgement has been ignored in this case ... > Therefore, as long the sponsors will take care about this application, > helping Martin to fix the weak points, he could be a great help on our team. > However we first need to make sure the sponsor will take care about this. ... and given that the sponsors haven't confirmed their sponsorship yet, 3 days after the initial message, I wonder what the motivation was to sponsor Martin without any further improvements. Giancarlo, Thomas could you elaborate on this please? Best regards, Frederik
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