[aur-general] TU application for Caleb, aka alerque

[Carsten Haitzler]

On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 20:59:48 +0300 Caleb Maclennan via aur-general
<aur-general at lists.archlinux.org> said:

> On 2021-06-11 03:16, Archange wrote:
> > so let’s start the discussion period.
> 
> This message is a short public service announcement reminding all
> current TUs that today is the halfway point of the discussion period on
> my application. I know packagers tend to be the easily distracted types
> that wander off following the latest shinny thing wherever it leads —
> it takes one to know one. I also know the author of *the* most popular
> AUR package (not to mention co-author of the second most popular) just
> threw his hat in the ring too, but I don't want you to loose your
> chance to hold my toes over the fire.
> 
> If my existing packages or former FOSS involvement doesn't give enough
> fodder for discussion, lets try some unpopular opinions:
> 
> * I think most non-library Rust projects would benefit from Autoconf
> tooling. Rust is a fantastic language but Cargo is terrible in the role
> of distribution tooling.
> * Projects that track auto-generated content (such as Autoconf
> generated bits) in their VCS should be taken out behind the woodshed
> and...
> * Non-tiling window managers are mostly just window *observers*, they
> clearly aren't *managing* them effectively if they just throw them all
> in a pile.

Careful there young whipper-snapper... You might want to write a few WM's
first.... :) :P :)

> * QWERTY is for mechanical typewriters or the birds, no middle ground.
> I use (programmer) Dvorak for English, F for Turkish, and MessagEase on
> mobile. I'm considering learning ARTSEY to facilitate computer use
> while holding small children.
> 
> Caleb


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