It is really great to hear that you want to help out!
But as you mentioned you don't have any packages in the AUR. How do we know you qualify for the job ? Did you do anything Arch related ? Do you have any project you work on ?
Best would be to take a bunch of packages in the AUR and show that you are capable of creating and maintaining packages.
Timm Preetz wrote:Yes, most definitely. As I mentioned in my earlier introductory email,
> On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 09:00 -0500, Chess Griffin wrote:
>> Although I am not a TU, I would be happy to help build these packages as
>> I have an x86_64 machine. Once I have an updated PKGBUILD and binary
>> package, what would be the best way for me to get them to into the right
>> hands?
>>
>
> Hmm, are you interested in becoming a TU? I think that would be the most
> common practise.
I've been packaging for other operating systems for awhile now, but
would like to contribute to Arch. I have an x86_64 machine as well as
several i686 machines. I've been lurking here for 3-4 years and have
been building my own packages from time to time so I'm pretty
comfortable with the process.I understand. I plan to adopt some orphaned PKGBUILDS in AUR, but in
>
> I'm not sure whether other TU take binary packages by mail and publish
> them.
>
the meantime it seemed like there was a need and so I thought I would
jump in and help.