Thank you both for that information. I should be posting an application with a lot more (useful) information about my goals and such. And I had to figure out about the presence of sarcasm in the Arch community the hard way - around 1000 posts ago.
Thanks, Brad On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 2:39 AM, Sven-Hendrik Haase <[email protected]>wrote: > On 21.08.2010 09:10, Brad Fanella wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Terribly sorry if this is misplaced. Do I have to send a request to > somebody > > in order to apply to become a trusted user? > > > > Anyway, I was recently reading a thread created on the forums that was > > basically talking about a need for new trusted users from within the > > community. > > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=103250 > > > > Most of the discussion is on page two and beyond. We were talking about > how > > having a larger amount of TU's and having them each maintain a smaller > > number of packages, typically ones that they use themselves, would seem > more > > logical, or at least get packages synced quicker with upstream. After a > > nudge from Allan, I finally decided to apply. > > > > Again, sorry if this is in the wrong location. Could someone point me in > the > > right direction if it isn't? (I checked the TODO section under the > "Trusted > > User Guidelines" page on the wiki, but I assume that is for after you > have > > been approved?) > > > > Don't hesitate to ask for more information. :-) > > Thanks, > > Brad > > > > Hi Brad, > > I'm sorry to inform you that this was indeed the completely wrong place > to post - and you even did so in a totally inappropriate fashion that > utterly insulted us all. You therefore redeemed your only life time > chance to become a TU for Arch Linux. Better luck next time. > > However, this time - and only this time - am I willing to forego such a > blatant and glaring disruption of harmony on this peaceful and orderly > mailing list. > > If you want to become TU and make up for all the damage you have caused, > you need to find a sponsor (any TU with a unix beard is qualified for > that) first. In order to find a sponsor, you need to provide info on > what you currently maintain in AUR, if you have an overall goal/target > group like usability, core development, games (yay) that you want to > focus on and some general info about yourself, including age, location, > experience with Arch and possibly other distros as well possible coding > skills. Optional info: eye color, shoe size, favorite color, pets, names > of people you regularly have contact with, credit card numbers and bank > account details. > > A TU wanting to sponsor you will reply to this thread and will start the > discussion period after which a voting period will follow. If the voting > quorum is met, happy birthday, you are in. If not, an Arch Linux TU > application expert will be dispatched to your location and will take > care of you. > > Good luck. > > Survival advice 01: Do never attempt to start a thread about the > inclusion of cdrtools or big packages. > Survival advice 02: Some people on Arch Linux overuse sarcasm at an > attempt at being funny. Don't fall prey to their silliness. > Survival advice 03: Do not neglect the update of an outdated package. > People become *very* angry when an upstream update doesn't hit Arch > Linux repositories within one hour of release. Don't make this error. > Lives depend on this. > > -- Sven-Hendrik >
