Im glad to sponsor him as i said. Let's start the discussion period. On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 12:05 AM, Anders Bergh wrote:

Hi!

I'd like to apply to become a Trusted User. I talked to Angel Velásquez (angvp) on IRC and he said he would be my sponsor. I've used Arch Linux since early 2006 and Linux since 2001. I've also been doing some work on Arch Linux PPC, mainly been trying to keep the packages that I use up to date, but I've also been working on tools to make it easier to do so... but I haven't yet completely figured out the best human-friendly way to see what needs updating and rebuilding.

Currently I maintain packages related to the D programming language in the AUR, and recently got permission for Arch Linux to distribute the D compiler. It's closed source, however the front-end is open source and there are already a couple of open source D compilers, however the gcc-based gdc is not very maintained (doesn't work with gcc versions > 4.1) and the others are quite early in development.

I used to maintain a small binary repository but I don't think a lot of people actually used it. But I did get quite a bit of experience with the repository tools and how to build packages. After adopting most of the D-related packages I no longer needed to host my own.

I'm also quite interested in the Lua programming language, and I maintain a few Lua packages and so far one got adopted by another TU into community.

I used to be a rabid Debian user but the one thing that annoyed me was how you almost had to read a book in order to create your own packages. In Arch Linux it was so easy to create them and that's the main reason I use this distribution. I really like when things are simple!

My list of AUR packages: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?K=Anders&SeB=m

Note that I haven't updated the gdc packages yet, I think they're kind of tricky to install since the gcc makefiles aren't really helpful when you want to install one frontend only.

About me: I'm Swedish and 17 years old. Most of my interests involve computers, such as programming, IRC, games... it's a bit hard to think of all the things I do because I often like to try new things. I'm currently focusing quite a bit on web dev such as PHP and Django. I'm not much of a web design guy so it's mostly the coding part that interests me.

My native language is Swedish, and I did English in school ever since 1st grade, however most of my English is self taught because of all the time I've spent on IRC and other places on the Internet.

I have an Arch 64 installation so building 64-bit packages isn't a problem for me.

Regards, Anders

-- Angel Velásquez angvp @ irc.freenode.net Linux Counter: #359909 Arch Linux Trusted User

Lua packages and so far one got adopted by another TU into community. I'd be glad to work with you on this. I currently maintain luarocks. I

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 12:05 AM, Anders Bergh > I'm also quite interested in the Lua programming language, and I maintain a few think we should think on some kind of automation, if possible. I looked at your work a few times, communicated with you and am very pleased by your candidature. Moreover, I personnaly see your "focus" on the D language as something very useful. I think you could do a great job in the TU team. +1 -- Geoffroy Carrier