[arch-general] Package Maintenance Classroom (31/3/2013)

[Gesh hseG]

I'm interested in attending. Worst-case scenario, I will only get a
refresher.
Best-case scenario, I'll discover I'm an idiot and that there are things
I'm doing wrong.
Should be fun.
See you next week, then!
Gesh


On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 4:14 AM, William Giokas <1007380 at gmail.com> wrote:

> All,
>
> At the end of this month Daniel Wallace (gtmanfred) and I will be giving
> a classroom on basic package maintenance. From the forum post[1]:
>
> > And now we have planned our first actual class: A Beginners Guide to
> > Package Maintaining.
> >
> > This will be taught by gtmanfred and myself Sunday, March 31st at
> 16:00UTC
> > in the #archlinux-classroom channel. There is already an Arch Wiki[2]
> page
> > about this class listing the requirements and lesson plans. This class
> will
> > be broken into separate lessons, the first being a simple introduction
> with
> > guided practice and explanations. We will be covering more advanced
> topics
> > later on. Even if you are not new to package maintenance, we would like
> to
> > see you there for support and just in case/when we get things wrong you
> can
> > correct us. We will also be covering the new functions and uses of pacman
> > 4.1, currently in the rc stage, particularly its use with version control
> > sources and development packages in the later lessons.
> >
> > There will be a pdf file released when the class begins so that you can
> > follow along. We will be releasing an info document too, for those of you
> > that do not use X but still want to follow along.
> >
> > Thank you, and we hope to see you there!
> >
> > If you have any questions about the requirements or prerequisites, then
> > please ask on the IRC channel. We will be glad to clear things up.
>
> If you are interested, please reply or post on the forums so we know
> about how many people we're going to have to help.
>
> Thank you,
> --
> William Giokas | KaiSforza
> GnuPG Key: 0x73CD09CF
> Fingerprint: F73F 50EF BBE2 9846 8306  E6B8 6902 06D8 73CD 09CF
>
> [1]: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1243733#p1243733
> [2]:
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners_Guide_to_Package_Maintaining
>