[arch-general] Hello

[Thomas S Hatch]

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Brandon Jones <magedeveloping at gmail.com>wrote:

> I think I'll start with the AUR.  I could use the packaging experience
> anyway.  Plus it will force me to get to know my commands and the nuts and
> bolts of the system more.  I'll definately check out the projects though
> once I feel skilled enough to do so.
>
> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Thomas S Hatch <thatch45 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Brandon Jones <magedeveloping at gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Alright thanks.  I'll look into how pkgbuild works and see if I can
> > figure
> > > it out to maintain some packages.  Better to update the packages to
> they
> > > are
> > > available then just delete them.
> > >
> > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Sven-Hendrik Haase <sh at lutzhaase.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 05/05/2011 10:49 PM, Brandon Jones wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Hey all, I'm new to arch linux but I would like to contribute in
> > anyway
> > > I
> > > >> can.  My development skills are limited to java and c#, however I am
> > > >> willing
> > > >> to learn c/c++ and others to help you all out.  Just let me know
> what
> > I
> > > >> can
> > > >> do to be of assistance.
> > > >>
> > > > Welcome to Arch.
> > > >
> > > > For now, a good thing to do is to check AUR for old packages/orphans
> > and
> > > > either report them to aur-general for deletion or take care of their
> > > > maintenance.
> > > >
> > > > P.S.: We hope your stay in Arch Linux will be a pleasant one. Your
> > > > operating system has been processed, and we are now ready to begin
> > > > development proper.
> > > >
> > > > -- Sven-Hendrik
> > > >
> > >
> >
> > Huh, I have a good friend named Brandon Jones....
> >
> > We are excited to have you on board, if you are interested in becoming an
> > Arch developer the place to start is in the AUR, it is meant as both a
> > public package repository, and a sort of packager proving ground. Once
> you
> > are maintaining say 30-40 packages and you are helping in the community
> an
> > Arch Linux Trusted User (TU) can sponsor you to become a TU.
> >
> > Also, since you have the programming fu... much of Arch is written in
> bash,
> > and there are a few main projects that could use some love, for instance
> > netcfg http://projects.archlinux.org/netcfg.git/ could use a maintainer.
> >
> > There are a number of Arch projects that could always use some polish:
> > http://projects.archlinux.org/
> >
> > Or there are a number of open source projects that target Arch or are
> > developed on Arch that you could help with, you could just ask around and
> > find something thats suits your fancy, I for one could always use more
> help
> > on my projects, salt, varch, quarters, butter etc:
> > https://github.com/thatch45
> >
> > Pick your poison, but the quickest way to become a member of the Arch
> > developer community is to maintain packages in the AUR, kill some bugs on
> > the bugtracker, and submit patches to Arch projects. Then we will make
> you
> > a
> > TU and you will be well on your way!
> >
> > -Thomas S Hatch
> > -Arch Linux Trusted User
> >
>

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