[aur-general] TU application for Eli Schwartz

[Sébastien Luttringer]

On Mon, 2017-12-25 at 22:34 +0100, Bartłomiej Piotrowski via aur-general wrote:
> On 2017-12-18 16:07, Bartłomiej Piotrowski via aur-general wrote:
> > On 2017-12-13 14:52, Bartłomiej Piotrowski via aur-general wrote:
> > > On 2017-12-13 13:57, Eli Schwartz via aur-general wrote:
> > > > Hello, all. :)
> > > > 
> > > > My name is Eli Schwartz, better known as eschwartz on the forums[1],
> > > > AUR[2], bugtracker[3], wiki[4] general mailing lists, IRC, and
> > > > generally
> > > > everywhere I can stick my nose in. With the aid of Bartłomiej
> > > > Piotrowski, I am applying today to become a TU.
> > > > 
> > > > I'm 24 years old, and currently studying Computer Science in the United
> > > > States.
> > > > 
> > > > I've been interested in Linux ever since I was first introduced to it
> > > > in
> > > > high school, when I asked "what would be the best Linux distro to
> > > > install if I really want to learn how things work", and I was
> > > > recommended to try out Arch Linux. It's a choice I haven't regretted
> > > > since!
> > > > Outside of Linux my main hobby is books/ebooks (primarily SF&F of all
> > > > sorts). I have leveraged this nicely to feed back into software which
> > > > deals with ebooks. :)
> > > > 
> > > > ...
> > > > 
> > > > I've now been an active member of the Arch Linux community for
> > > > approximately 3.5 years, and in that time I've become a member of the
> > > > Arch Bug Wranglers team, given an Arch Classroom tutorial[5],
> > > > contributed a few small patches to various Arch projects, mainly
> > > > pacman[6], and generally hung out on the forums and in IRC, trying to
> > > > be
> > > > helpful. Recently I've been doing a bit of general helping out in
> > > > #archlinux-reproducible[7] as well.
> > > > 
> > > > I've always been especially interested in packaging for Arch Linux, and
> > > > have reviewed many PKGBUILDs on this mailing list as well as in the AUR
> > > > Issues, Discussion & PKGBUILD Requests subforum and in #archlinux-aur,
> > > > written a popular script for maintaining AUR packages[8], and featured
> > > > the topic of packaging for Arch Linux in the above-mentioned Arch
> > > > Classroom tutorial. I anticipate doing all^W^W^Wmost of this in a
> > > > somewhat more formal role. :)
> > > > 
> > > > I would like to become a TU in order to contribute more to Arch Linux
> > > > in
> > > > general (because it would be a shame to miss out on one particular
> > > > angle
> > > > I guess). It would also give me more scope to help fix simple packaging
> > > > bugs that come up on the bugtracker, help resolve some policy TODOs[9],
> > > > fix packages which no longer build due to e.g. missing sources (many
> > > > such packages have been discovered in part due to the valiant efforts
> > > > of
> > > > Reproducible Arch Linux and Arch Linux 32), and of course to bring some
> > > > packages to [community] that I feel would do well there.
> > > > 
> > > > If given the opportunity, I would consider bringing the following
> > > > packages to community:
> > > > - firefox-extension-https-everywhere (I conmaintain this)
> > > > - fanficfare (I maintain this)
> > > > - git-crypt
> > > > - advancecomp
> > > > - llpp
> > > > - wikicurses
> > > > - ghi
> > > > - dtrx
> > > > - checkbashisms
> > > > 
> > > > I would adopt the cinnamon desktop packages, as faidoc is not very
> > > > active currently and arojas, who currently builds them, says he'd
> > > > prefer
> > > > someone who actually uses it to do so.
> > > > I've also received permission to comaintain sigil and qbittorrent, as
> > > > well as calibre and its dependencies (I maintain the -git packages for
> > > > all three in the AUR, and have contributed most of the calibre PKGBUILD
> > > > as well).
> > > > 
> > > > [1] https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=84187
> > > > [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?SeB=M&SB=n&K=Eschwartz
> > > > [3] https://bugs.archlinux.org/?project=0&do=user&id=19965
> > > > [4] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Special:Contributions/Eschwart
> > > > z
> > > > [5] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Classroom#Previous_classes
> > > > [6] https://github.com/eli-schwartz/pacman/commits/queue?author=eli-sch
> > > > wartz
> > > > [7] https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/archlinux/archlinux.html
> > > > [8] https://github.com/eli-schwartz/pkgbuilds
> > > > [9] https://www.archlinux.org/todo/
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > I'm happy to confirm that I do sponsor Eli's application. Happy
> > > discussing!
> > > 
> > > Bartłomiej
> > > 
> > 
> > Discussion period is over, time for the vote.
> > 
> > Link for the lazy: https://aur.archlinux.org/tu/?id=99
> > 
> 
> The vote has ended as well. TLDR: Eli, welcome aboard!
> 
> Results:
> 
> Yes: 36
> No: 2
> Abstain: 2
> 
> Eli, please follow steps described here[1]. There is additional
> documentation[2] that will concern you after you get 3 signatures from
> master key holders.
> 
> And, of course, congratulations!

Congrats!

Sébastien "Seblu" Luttringer
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