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Nathan O

5 Sep 2010 5 Sep '10

7:43 a.m.

How do I find somebody that will sponsor me?

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vlad

5 Sep 5 Sep

8:32 a.m.

On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 12:43:03AM -0500, Nathan O wrote:

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How do I find somebody that will sponsor me? I'll sponsor you.

Nathan O

9:52 a.m.

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 1:32 AM, vlad wrote:

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On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 12:43:03AM -0500, Nathan O wrote:

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How do I find somebody that will sponsor me? I'll sponsor you.

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Currently I have over 130 packages, I know quality overrules quantity. I believe that most if not all of my packages are up to standards or atleast close. At this time, I am going through the ophaned packages and updating them to the latest versions and adopting packages(in my opinion this helps AUR out).

Heiko Baums

1:39 p.m.

Am Sun, 5 Sep 2010 02:52:55 -0500 schrieb Nathan O :

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At this time, I am going through the ophaned packages and updating them to the latest versions and adopting packages(in my opinion this helps AUR out).

And this is why I don't think you should become a TU. Your deletion mania was a bit too big. You asked for package deletion obviously without reading the PKGBUILDs and other files in the packages and without comparing packages enough. If you send a removal request to the mailing list as a normal user then a TU can first make sure if a package can indeed be removed, but if you were a TU then you could remove those packages by yourself without asking another TU first. So I don't think you should be a TU until you proof that you learned reading PKGBUILDs and that you deal with packages not owned by yourself trustworthily. I don't see this, yet. And I don't want my packages be removed from AUR just because you think they can be removed because of a pointless reason. See again your removal request for alevt and alevt-dvb. Packages are not the same just because a part of the package names is identical. Heiko

Nathan O

7:18 p.m.

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 6:39 AM, Heiko Baums wrote:

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Am Sun, 5 Sep 2010 02:52:55 -0500 schrieb Nathan O :

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At this time, I am going through the ophaned packages and updating them to the latest versions and adopting packages(in my opinion this helps AUR out).

And this is why I don't think you should become a TU. Your deletion mania was a bit too big. You asked for package deletion obviously without reading the PKGBUILDs and other files in the packages and without comparing packages enough.

If you send a removal request to the mailing list as a normal user then a TU can first make sure if a package can indeed be removed, but if you were a TU then you could remove those packages by yourself without asking another TU first.

So I don't think you should be a TU until you proof that you learned reading PKGBUILDs and that you deal with packages not owned by yourself trustworthily. I don't see this, yet.

And I don't want my packages be removed from AUR just because you think they can be removed because of a pointless reason. See again your removal request for alevt and alevt-dvb. Packages are not the same just because a part of the package names is identical.

Heiko

I can understand your concern about deletion and I will work on that area.

Nathan O

6 Sep 6 Sep

6:44 a.m.

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Nathan O wrote:

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On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 6:39 AM, Heiko Baums wrote:

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Am Sun, 5 Sep 2010 02:52:55 -0500 schrieb Nathan O :

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At this time, I am going through the ophaned packages and updating them to the latest versions and adopting packages(in my opinion this helps AUR out).

And this is why I don't think you should become a TU. Your deletion mania was a bit too big. You asked for package deletion obviously without reading the PKGBUILDs and other files in the packages and without comparing packages enough.

If you send a removal request to the mailing list as a normal user then a TU can first make sure if a package can indeed be removed, but if you were a TU then you could remove those packages by yourself without asking another TU first.

So I don't think you should be a TU until you proof that you learned reading PKGBUILDs and that you deal with packages not owned by yourself trustworthily. I don't see this, yet.

And I don't want my packages be removed from AUR just because you think they can be removed because of a pointless reason. See again your removal request for alevt and alevt-dvb. Packages are not the same just because a part of the package names is identical.

Heiko

I can understand your concern about deletion and I will work on that area.

Also I already knew that I wasn't ready to apply for a TU posistion yet. I mainly meant by sponsor as more as somebody that I could go to, to see if I did something correct or whatever. So don't concider my question as an application, atleast just yet :) I have two questions: 1. Is it bad to adopt many packages to update them since they are orphaned(since somebody didn't want the package(s) anymore), if so why? 2. On the note of deciding which packages to request to delete: I should mainly look at the PKGBUILDS that enable certain features than the other and does a package be concidered pretty much the same if the package uses something like, for example, ./configure --disable-scrollkeeper or things like that Thanks

Thomas Dziedzic

8:13 a.m.

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Nathan O wrote:

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On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Nathan O wrote:

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On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 6:39 AM, Heiko Baums wrote:

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Am Sun, 5 Sep 2010 02:52:55 -0500 schrieb Nathan O :

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At this time, I am going through the ophaned packages and updating them to the latest versions and adopting packages(in my opinion this helps AUR out).

And this is why I don't think you should become a TU. Your deletion mania was a bit too big. You asked for package deletion obviously without reading the PKGBUILDs and other files in the packages and without comparing packages enough.

If you send a removal request to the mailing list as a normal user then a TU can first make sure if a package can indeed be removed, but if you were a TU then you could remove those packages by yourself without asking another TU first.

So I don't think you should be a TU until you proof that you learned reading PKGBUILDs and that you deal with packages not owned by yourself trustworthily. I don't see this, yet.

And I don't want my packages be removed from AUR just because you think they can be removed because of a pointless reason. See again your removal request for alevt and alevt-dvb. Packages are not the same just because a part of the package names is identical.

Heiko

I can understand your concern about deletion and I will work on that area.

Also I already knew that I wasn't ready to apply for a TU posistion yet. I mainly meant by sponsor as more as somebody that I could go to, to see if I did something correct or whatever. So don't concider my question as an application, atleast just yet :)

I have two questions:

1. Is it bad to adopt many packages to update them since they are orphaned(since somebody didn't want the package(s) anymore), if so why?

I don't see anything wrong with that, as long as you commit yourself to maintain them in a timely fashion.

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2. On the note of deciding which packages to request to delete: I should mainly look at the PKGBUILDS that enable certain features than the other and does a package be concidered pretty much the same if the package uses something like, for example, ./configure --disable-scrollkeeper or things like that

I think that a package should get deleted if another package provides the exact same thing, otherwise it is a case by case matter imo.

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Thanks

Cheers!

Nathan O

8:16 a.m.

On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 1:13 AM, Thomas Dziedzic wrote:

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On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Nathan O wrote:

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On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Nathan O wrote:

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On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 6:39 AM, Heiko Baums

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Am Sun, 5 Sep 2010 02:52:55 -0500 schrieb Nathan O :

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At this time, I am going through the ophaned packages and updating them to the latest versions and adopting packages(in my opinion this helps AUR out).

And this is why I don't think you should become a TU. Your deletion mania was a bit too big. You asked for package deletion obviously without reading the PKGBUILDs and other files in the packages and without comparing packages enough.

If you send a removal request to the mailing list as a normal user then a TU can first make sure if a package can indeed be removed, but if you were a TU then you could remove those packages by yourself without asking another TU first.

So I don't think you should be a TU until you proof that you learned reading PKGBUILDs and that you deal with packages not owned by yourself trustworthily. I don't see this, yet.

And I don't want my packages be removed from AUR just because you think they can be removed because of a pointless reason. See again your removal request for alevt and alevt-dvb. Packages are not the same just because a part of the package names is identical.

Heiko

I can understand your concern about deletion and I will work on that

area.

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Also I already knew that I wasn't ready to apply for a TU posistion yet. I mainly meant by sponsor as more as somebody that I could go to, to see if I did something correct or whatever. So don't concider my question as an application, atleast just yet :)

I have two questions:

1. Is it bad to adopt many packages to update them since they are orphaned(since somebody didn't want the package(s) anymore), if so why?

I don't see anything wrong with that, as long as you commit yourself to maintain them in a timely fashion.

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Cheers!

If I see an out-of-date notification, I check and make sure it is out dated and if so, then I update it right then.

Nathan O

8:18 a.m.

On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Nathan O wrote:

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On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 1:13 AM, Thomas Dziedzic wrote:

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On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Nathan O wrote:

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On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 6:39 AM, Heiko Baums

wrote:

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Am Sun, 5 Sep 2010 02:52:55 -0500 schrieb Nathan O :

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At this time, I am going through the ophaned packages and updating them to the latest versions and adopting packages(in my opinion this helps AUR out).

And this is why I don't think you should become a TU. Your deletion mania was a bit too big. You asked for package deletion obviously without reading the PKGBUILDs and other files in the packages and without comparing packages enough.

If you send a removal request to the mailing list as a normal user then a TU can first make sure if a package can indeed be removed, but if you were a TU then you could remove those packages by yourself without asking another TU first.

So I don't think you should be a TU until you proof that you learned reading PKGBUILDs and that you deal with packages not owned by

yourself

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trustworthily. I don't see this, yet.

And I don't want my packages be removed from AUR just because you

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Nathan O wrote: think

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they can be removed because of a pointless reason. See again your removal request for alevt and alevt-dvb. Packages are not the same just because a part of the package names is identical.

Heiko

I can understand your concern about deletion and I will work on that area.

Also I already knew that I wasn't ready to apply for a TU posistion yet. I mainly meant by sponsor as more as somebody that I could go to, to see if I did something correct or whatever. So don't concider my question as an application, atleast just yet :)

I have two questions:

1. Is it bad to adopt many packages to update them since they are orphaned(since somebody didn't want the package(s) anymore), if so why?

I don't see anything wrong with that, as long as you commit yourself to maintain them in a timely fashion.

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Cheers!

If I see an out-of-date notification, I check and make sure it is out dated and if so, then I update it right then.

Thanks for not bashing me or anything, like I mentioned a little ago. I pretty much knew that it isn't time to apply for a posistion. My thing is that I like having more of a one-on-one "advisor" or so to speak.

Ionuț Bîru

5 Sep 5 Sep

9:57 a.m.

On 09/05/2010 09:32 AM, vlad wrote:

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On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 12:43:03AM -0500, Nathan O wrote:

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How do I find somebody that will sponsor me? I'll sponsor you.

i don't recall you being a TU -- Ionuț

Xyne

12:42 p.m.

On 2010-09-05 10:57 +0300 (35:7) Ionuț Bîru wrote:

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On 09/05/2010 09:32 AM, vlad wrote:

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On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 12:43:03AM -0500, Nathan O wrote:

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How do I find somebody that will sponsor me? I'll sponsor you.

i don't recall you being a TU

Maybe he's a Trolling User. The bylaws are full of loopholes! :P

Ng Oon-Ee

2:38 p.m.

On Sun, 2010-09-05 at 10:42 +0000, Xyne wrote:

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On 2010-09-05 10:57 +0300 (35:7) Ionuț Bîru wrote:

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On 09/05/2010 09:32 AM, vlad wrote:

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On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 12:43:03AM -0500, Nathan O wrote:

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How do I find somebody that will sponsor me? I'll sponsor you.

i don't recall you being a TU

Maybe he's a Trolling User. The bylaws are full of loopholes! :P

I'd like a sponsor to be a Trolling User, it seems fun =)

Ray Rashif

4:40 p.m.

On 5 September 2010 20:38, Ng Oon-Ee wrote:

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On Sun, 2010-09-05 at 10:42 +0000, Xyne wrote:

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On 2010-09-05 10:57 +0300 (35:7) Ionuț Bîru wrote:

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On 09/05/2010 09:32 AM, vlad wrote:

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On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 12:43:03AM -0500, Nathan O wrote:

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How do I find somebody that will sponsor me? I'll sponsor you.

i don't recall you being a TU

Maybe he's a Trolling User. The bylaws are full of loopholes! :P

I'd like a sponsor to be a Trolling User, it seems fun =)

Vlad the Impaler was definitely a Troll.

Nathan O

7:11 p.m.

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Ray Rashif wrote:

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On 5 September 2010 20:38, Ng Oon-Ee wrote:

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On Sun, 2010-09-05 at 10:42 +0000, Xyne wrote:

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On 2010-09-05 10:57 +0300 (35:7) Ionuț Bîru wrote:

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On 09/05/2010 09:32 AM, vlad wrote:

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On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 12:43:03AM -0500, Nathan O wrote:

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How do I find somebody that will sponsor me? I'll sponsor you.

i don't recall you being a TU

Maybe he's a Trolling User. The bylaws are full of loopholes! :P

I'd like a sponsor to be a Trolling User, it seems fun =)

Vlad the Impaler was definitely a Troll.

Alright I can wait

Nathan O

7:16 p.m.

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Nathan O wrote:

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On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Ray Rashif wrote:

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On 5 September 2010 20:38, Ng Oon-Ee wrote:

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On Sun, 2010-09-05 at 10:42 +0000, Xyne wrote:

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On 2010-09-05 10:57 +0300 (35:7) Ionuț Bîru wrote:

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On 09/05/2010 09:32 AM, vlad wrote:

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On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 12:43:03AM -0500, Nathan O wrote: > How do I find somebody that will sponsor me? I'll sponsor you.

i don't recall you being a TU

Maybe he's a Trolling User. The bylaws are full of loopholes! :P

I'd like a sponsor to be a Trolling User, it seems fun =)

Vlad the Impaler was definitely a Troll.

Alright I can wait

I always thought maybe going through orphaned packages were maybe a good thing, since somebody orphaned them and no longer maintained. After I update them, clean them and removing unnessary things in them, I adopt the package.

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