application as package maintainer - fabiscafe
Hey everyone! My name is Fabian Bornschein, I'm an IT-service-technician from germany and I would like to join the group of package maintainers. Let's start with the lengthy and less exciting parts of my Linux journey. My first Arch installation took place around 2010. I believe it was due to the fact that the other Linux distribution wasn't functioning properly on my new laptop. A few months later, I switched to Kubuntu and stuck with it for several years. During that time, I was heavily involved in designing various components for KDE Plasma such as themes, icons, and more. Thanks to this work and some contributions[0], I was invited to become a founding member of the KDE Visual Design Group[1]. Unfortunately, I didn't contribute much during my time there before eventually moving on. So, around 2015/16-ish, I found my way back to Arch, just to jump ship yet again over to (oh no!) Manjaro. After some time, lots of talks and small contributions, I ended up as the go-to person for maintaining the Radeon+AMDGPU[2]/FGLRX[3] setup scripts. Later on, I took charge of all those setup scripts for open-source drivers through "mhwd". Another project that kept me busy was my re-do of Manjaro's Steam client[4]. In late 2017 or early 2018, I left Manjaro and returned to Arch. However, to this day, I'm still the creator and owner of the Manjaro (Community) Telegram group[5] :P Now that I'm back on Arch, I do help people on various platforms, such as Fedi/Mastodon, Matrix, and Telegram. You can find me using my 'fabiscafe' alias. In the last 2-3 years, I've been working on another project: FCGU. It's an Arch Linux repo for GNOME pre-releases[6]. I started it because testing GNOME pre-releases on Arch was tough, and the AUR wasn't suitable for something as big as GNOME. What began as a personal venture grew when others wanted to test it too. I reached out to find some people who wanted to provide mirrors, and now it's a thing! :) The PKGBUILDs are nowadays on Arch gitlab[7]. In my rare spare time, I try to relax, spend time with family, or simply be with friends. I enjoy Anime/Manga and, of course, a good cup of coffee \o/. So, what do I want to do for Arch? Essentially, it's pretty much the same as what I'm currently doing for FCGU. Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) asked me (twice already, sorry about that) if I'm willing to help with GNOME in Arch and if I'd like to incorporate the FCGU work into gnome-unstable. I believe it would benefit everyone if Arch could provide official unstable releases of GNOME in a repository. On the flip side, this might also speed up the availability of new stable releases on Arch - and thus, potentially reduce user spam on Reddit. :D So, in a nutshell, I want to: - Offer GNOME unstable releases (beta, rc) in gnome-unstable - Assist in transitioning them to Arch once they become stable versions My sponsors are Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) and Torsten Keßler (tpkessler). Many thanks to both of you! Now I hope the Manjaro stuff doesn't exclude me directly and thanks for reading all of this. :) Fabian Bornschein - fabiscafe [0] https://jgrulich.cz/2014/02/27/plasma-nm-is-finally-out/ [1] https://wheeldesign.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-visual-design-group-short-intro... [2] https://github.com/manjaro/mhwd-db/commit/2bc57fddcc081ded1d3d701b83f6e7029d... [3] https://github.com/manjaro/packages-extra/commit/b867bd3c26f4f3672889d1deac8... [4] https://github.com/manjaro/packages-community/pull/252 [5] https://t.me/Manjaro [6] https://codeberg.org/fabiscafe/fcgu [7] https://gitlab.archlinux.org/fabiscafe [aur] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/fabiscafe
Am 11.08.23 um 10:04 schrieb Fabian Bornschein:
So, in a nutshell, I want to: - Offer GNOME unstable releases (beta, rc) in gnome-unstable - Assist in transitioning them to Arch once they become stable versions
My sponsors are Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) and Torsten Keßler (tpkessler). Many thanks to both of you!
Now I hope the Manjaro stuff doesn't exclude me directly and thanks for reading all of this. :)
Fabian Bornschein - fabiscafe
I confirm my sponsorship for Fabian. Cheers, Torsten
On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 10:05 AM Fabian Bornschein <fabiscafe@mailbox.org> wrote:
My sponsors are Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) and Torsten Keßler (tpkessler). Many thanks to both of you!
Great application; thank you! I confirm my sponsorship of Fabian. Greetings, Jan
Am 12.08.23 um 01:21 schrieb Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig):
On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 10:05 AM Fabian Bornschein <fabiscafe@mailbox.org> wrote:
My sponsors are Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) and Torsten Keßler (tpkessler). Many thanks to both of you!
Great application; thank you! I confirm my sponsorship of Fabian.
This marks the begin of the discussion period. It will end on 2023-08-26. Voting will start on the same day and will last for one week until 2023-09-02.
On 11-08-2023 10:04, Fabian Bornschein wrote:
Hey everyone!
My name is Fabian Bornschein, I'm an IT-service-technician from germany and I would like to join the group of package maintainers.
Happy to see you apply! Love to see more folks help with the GNOME packaging in Arch. Greetings, Jelle van der Waa
Excerpts from Fabian Bornscheins mail at 23/08/11 10:04AM:
Hey everyone!
Hey Fabian!
Now that I'm back on Arch, I do help people on various platforms, such as Fedi/Mastodon, Matrix, and Telegram. You can find me using my 'fabiscafe' alias.
I think I have also seen some helpful comments from you on Reddit :)
In the last 2-3 years, I've been working on another project: FCGU. It's an Arch Linux repo for GNOME pre-releases. I started it because testing GNOME pre-releases on Arch was tough, and the AUR wasn't suitable for something as big as GNOME. What began as a personal venture grew when others wanted to test it too. I reached out to find some people who wanted to provide mirrors, and now it's a thing! :) The PKGBUILDs are nowadays on Arch gitlab.
While skimming through the packages a bit I found two things: - *rpan-studio*: (I saw afterwards that you wanted to drop the package[0] anyways ^^) - I think you could use `-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=None` as per the cmake packaging guidelines[1] in build() - Currently fails to build
So, around 2015/16-ish, I found my way back to Arch, just to jump ship yet again over to (oh no!) Manjaro.
Now I hope the Manjaro stuff doesn't exclude me directly and thanks for reading all of this. :)
Please dont overdo the "Manjaro bad" meme ... While arch sometimes has (had) a rocky relationship with its downstream distributions or their userbase (especially because of the fact that support is limited to arch only) there is nothing wrong with using them as long as its fullfills a usecase for you.
So, in a nutshell, I want to: - Offer GNOME unstable releases (beta, rc) in gnome-unstable - Assist in transitioning them to Arch once they become stable versions
I think you could be a great addition to the team, so good luck regarding the further application process! cheers, gromit [0] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rpan-studio#comment-826926 [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CMake_package_guidelines#CMake_can_automati...
Am Dienstag, dem 15.08.2023 um 14:20 +0200 schrieb Christian Heusel:
Excerpts from Fabian Bornscheins mail at 23/08/11 10:04AM:
Hey everyone!
Hey Fabian!
Hey :)
Now that I'm back on Arch, I do help people on various platforms, such as Fedi/Mastodon, Matrix, and Telegram. You can find me using my 'fabiscafe' alias.
I think I have also seen some helpful comments from you on Reddit :)
Shh. Nobody would ever connect me to that reddit imposter :o) - But for real I'm not much on reddit these days, thats why I haven't listed that account
In the last 2-3 years, I've been working on another project: FCGU. It's an Arch Linux repo for GNOME pre-releases. I started it because testing GNOME pre-releases on Arch was tough, and the AUR wasn't suitable for something as big as GNOME. What began as a personal venture grew when others wanted to test it too. I reached out to find some people who wanted to provide mirrors, and now it's a thing! :) The PKGBUILDs are nowadays on Arch gitlab.
While skimming through the packages a bit I found two things:
- *rpan-studio*: (I saw afterwards that you wanted to drop the package[0] anyways ^^) - I think you could use `-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=None` as per the cmake packaging guidelines[1] in build() - Currently fails to build
The problem with RPAN-Studio was/is(?) that even after build you might be unable to connect to RPAN. At least last time I worked on the PKGBUILD and managed to make it build, the software itself was not usable for anything. That's why I kept it unchanged. There was a little hope that it is popular enough to find someone else to maintain the PKGBUILD. Now that you mention it, that was 2 years ago and I should probably fill the request - and thanks for this hint. I might push this as last change. :)
So, around 2015/16-ish, I found my way back to Arch, just to jump ship yet again over to (oh no!) Manjaro.
Now I hope the Manjaro stuff doesn't exclude me directly and thanks for reading all of this. :)
Please dont overdo the "Manjaro bad" meme ... While arch sometimes has (had) a rocky relationship with its downstream distributions or their userbase (especially because of the fact that support is limited to arch only) there is nothing wrong with using them as long as its fullfills a usecase for you.
Nahh, it was just some fun. The community is actually pretty nice nowadays and the "Manjaro is Arch"-mentallity slowly fades away, too.
So, in a nutshell, I want to: - Offer GNOME unstable releases (beta, rc) in gnome-unstable - Assist in transitioning them to Arch once they become stable versions
I think you could be a great addition to the team, so good luck regarding the further application process!
Thanks :)
cheers, gromit
[0] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rpan-studio#comment-826926 [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CMake_package_guidelines#CMake_can_automati...
Am 11.08.23 um 10:04 schrieb Fabian Bornschein:
Hey everyone!
My name is Fabian Bornschein, I'm an IT-service-technician from germany and I would like to join the group of package maintainers.
Let's start with the lengthy and less exciting parts of my Linux journey. My first Arch installation took place around 2010. I believe it was due to the fact that the other Linux distribution wasn't functioning properly on my new laptop.
A few months later, I switched to Kubuntu and stuck with it for several years. During that time, I was heavily involved in designing various components for KDE Plasma such as themes, icons, and more. Thanks to this work and some contributions[0], I was invited to become a founding member of the KDE Visual Design Group[1]. Unfortunately, I didn't contribute much during my time there before eventually moving on.
So, around 2015/16-ish, I found my way back to Arch, just to jump ship yet again over to (oh no!) Manjaro. After some time, lots of talks and small contributions, I ended up as the go-to person for maintaining the Radeon+AMDGPU[2]/FGLRX[3] setup scripts. Later on, I took charge of all those setup scripts for open-source drivers through "mhwd". Another project that kept me busy was my re-do of Manjaro's Steam client[4].
In late 2017 or early 2018, I left Manjaro and returned to Arch. However, to this day, I'm still the creator and owner of the Manjaro (Community) Telegram group[5] :P
Now that I'm back on Arch, I do help people on various platforms, such as Fedi/Mastodon, Matrix, and Telegram. You can find me using my 'fabiscafe' alias.
In the last 2-3 years, I've been working on another project: FCGU. It's an Arch Linux repo for GNOME pre-releases[6]. I started it because testing GNOME pre-releases on Arch was tough, and the AUR wasn't suitable for something as big as GNOME. What began as a personal venture grew when others wanted to test it too. I reached out to find some people who wanted to provide mirrors, and now it's a thing! :) The PKGBUILDs are nowadays on Arch gitlab[7].
In my rare spare time, I try to relax, spend time with family, or simply be with friends. I enjoy Anime/Manga and, of course, a good cup of coffee \o/.
So, what do I want to do for Arch?
Essentially, it's pretty much the same as what I'm currently doing for FCGU. Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) asked me (twice already, sorry about that) if I'm willing to help with GNOME in Arch and if I'd like to incorporate the FCGU work into gnome-unstable. I believe it would benefit everyone if Arch could provide official unstable releases of GNOME in a repository. On the flip side, this might also speed up the availability of new stable releases on Arch - and thus, potentially reduce user spam on Reddit. :D
So, in a nutshell, I want to: - Offer GNOME unstable releases (beta, rc) in gnome-unstable - Assist in transitioning them to Arch once they become stable versions
My sponsors are Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) and Torsten Keßler (tpkessler). Many thanks to both of you!
Now I hope the Manjaro stuff doesn't exclude me directly and thanks for reading all of this. :)
Fabian Bornschein - fabiscafe
[0] https://jgrulich.cz/2014/02/27/plasma-nm-is-finally-out/ [1] https://wheeldesign.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-visual-design-group-short-intro... [2] https://github.com/manjaro/mhwd-db/commit/2bc57fddcc081ded1d3d701b83f6e7029d... [3] https://github.com/manjaro/packages-extra/commit/b867bd3c26f4f3672889d1deac8... [4] https://github.com/manjaro/packages-community/pull/252 [5] https://t.me/Manjaro [6] https://codeberg.org/fabiscafe/fcgu [7] https://gitlab.archlinux.org/fabiscafe [aur] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/fabiscafe
Thank you all for your active participation in the discussion! Please cast your vote https://aur.archlinux.org/tu/147 Voting will end in one week on 2023-09-02. Best, Torsten
Am 26.08.23 um 19:27 schrieb Torsten Keßler:
Thank you all for your active participation in the discussion! Please cast your vote https://aur.archlinux.org/tu/147
Voting will end in one week on 2023-09-02.
Best, Torsten
Here is the result of the voting: Yes No Abstain Total Voted Participation 42 3 10 55 Yes 87.30% Congratulations, Fabian!
participants (5)
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Christian Heusel
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Fabian Bornschein
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Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
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Jelle van der Waa
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Torsten Keßler