[aur-general] Trusted User Application

[Callan Barrett]

On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Loui <louipc.ist at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Trusted Users!
>
> I'd like to formally express my interest in becoming a Trusted User.
> My name is Loui Chang and I've been using Arch Linux for about a year
> and a half. My alias is louipc in aur/wiki/bugs/bbs/freenode. I'm the
> current developer of aurbuild and I've also submitted many patches to
> help improve AUR. I'm generally interested in improving
> the ways that we build, distribute and manage packages. To be honest, I
> maintain few packages in unsupported. Most packages I need already seem
> to be taken care of, so I don't plan on bringing many new packages to
> community.
>
> Here's what I have submitted to AUR:
> http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?K=louipc&SeB=s
>
> Mostly what I offer is this:
> - Helping to clean up and administer AUR and community.
> - Help squashing bugs.
> - Continue developing AUR with the added perspective of a Trusted User.
> - Take on some packages that are already in community or
>  packages that get dropped from the official repos.
>
> Some of my big goals are:
> - Develop a new system for sharing PKGBUILDs.
> - Give TUs more direct access and control of that system.
> - Get every single darn bug closed.
>
> I greatly appreciate if you can see a benefit in appointing me as a
> Trusted User. You guys already seem to do a very good job though. If
> anyone has packages that they don't really use, please let me know and
> maybe I can take care of them. :D
>
> Cheers!
>
>

I think Loui would be a great asset to the Trusted Users if only for
the added perspective of being a TU to help better develop the AUR. I
would suggest someone definitely sponsor him right away. ;)

-- 
Callan Barrett