[aur-general] TU application - alex19EP

[Alexander Epaneshnikov]

Hello, my name is Alexander Epaneshnikov. and I'd like to join the
Trusted Users team to further improve the Arch Linux accessibility for
people with disabilities.
I am sponsored by David Runge <dvzrv> and Sven-Hendrik Haase <svenstaro>.

I started using Arch Linux in 2018 and since then it has become my main
distribution. I also do my best to help blind people learn about arch
and start using it.

regarding minimum basic requirements:

* I know how to script some things. I use zsh on a daily basis, but I
  can work with bash / sh too.
* I maintain a few packages in the AUR[1]. I also have a couple of
  pkgbuilds on github[2].
* I definitely know how to google. (using surfraw for that)
* my involvement with the arch mailing lists and IRC is rather low, but I am
  very active in blind specific lists and IRC channels.
  There I help users, create bug reports about a11y related problems for
  projects and of course talk about Arch.
  I can be found on irc on oftc and liberachat under the alex19EP
  nickname.

As I already said, I would like to become a TU to further improve the
appeal of Arch for people with disabilities, so I want to maintain
packages that are related to a11y:
* lightdm-slick-greeter - the most accessible lightdm greeter.
* rhvoice - Open source speech synthesizer. (I am one of the upstream
  maintainers)
* fenrir - A user space console screen reader written in python3
Additionally, I would like to move some packages which are popular
and that I use personally to the [community] repository.
* etc-update
* glulxe-term
* bitwarden and bitwarden-cli - eh electron I know, but it is the only
  cross-platform password manager which is accessible.
* hunspell-ru
* magic-wormhole
* yadm
I can also help maintain packages which are already in community:
* espeakup - I am now the upstream maintainer for this project.
* espeak-ng
* matrix-synapse

My biggest and perhaps most significant contribution to Arch is the
addition of accessibility features for blind people to archiso [3] [4].

I have also written and kept documentation for installing Arch with
accessibility options [5] up-to-date.

my other open source contributions: I maintain RHVoice [6]
and espeakup[7].

Gladly I will answer any comments or questions.

[1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?O=3D0&SeB=3DM&K=3Dalex19EP
[2] https://github.com/alex19EP/pkgbuilds
[3] https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archiso/-/merge_requests/79
[4] https://archlinux.org/news/accessible-installation-medium/
[5] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Install_Arch_Linux_with_accessibility_options
[6] https://github.com/rHVoice/rHVoice
[7] https://github.com/linux-speakup/espeakup

Arch project accounts:
Wiki: Alex19EP
Forums: alex19EP (inactive there)
Flyspray: https://bugs.archlinux.org/user/28985

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Sincerely, Alexander
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