2016-02-28 16:02 GMT-05:00 Dustin Falgout <[email protected]>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Hi Everyone, > > My name is Dustin Falgout (aka lots0logs) and this is my application to > join the Arch Linux project as a Trusted User. > > About Me: > > I'm 29 years old. I live on the Gulf Coast (USA). I work for a leading > WordPress Theme Company where I do a little bit of everything: from sales, > to development, to quality assurance, to tech support (you name it...). My > first experience with linux was with Ubuntu in 2003. It wasn't until around > 2008 that I began using linux exclusively on my desktops. Wanting more > control than comes easily with Ubuntu, I first turned to openSUSE and was > content for a while. In early 2013, I performed my first Arch linux > installation and have been using it ever since. > > - From the start I loved almost everything about Arch. The one thing I > didn't love was the attitudes towards new users that was so common in the > forum. I certainly understand all sides of what is a complex issue and I'm > not trying to open that can of worms here. I'm only mentioning it because > when I first became an Arch user I found the overall tone of the forum to > be extremely off-putting, so much so that I can pinpoint it as the sole > reason I shied away from trying to become an active contributor back then. > Also, it will help everyone to know where my head was at when I tell you > the rest of my story. > > I stumbled upon Antergos in May 2013 and I immediately knew that I had > found my home. The project's goals and the views of its developers aligned > perfectly with my own. For me, Antergos was (and still is) the perfect > solution as it has allowed me to contribute (albeit indirectly) to the > advancement of what I truly believe to be the best linux distribution > available. I know that's a rather broad statement, but I'm trying to keep > this short and to the point. If anyone would like me to elaborate on > something more specifically, I'd be happy to do so. > > I currently maintain six or seven PKGBUILDS in the AUR, of which three are > notable: pycharm-eap[1], lightdm-webkit2-greeter[2], and > lightdm-webkit-theme-antergos[3]. I've indirectly contributed to other > packages in the AUR through comments by offering advice to users, notifying > maintainers of new releases as well as any problems with PKGBUILDS (always > including a proposed solution), and directing bug reports away from AUR > comments and to their proper channel. I always take the time to properly > request deletion of PKGBUILDS that shouldnt be in the AUR (for whatever > reason) whenever I come across one. I've also reported (and still do > report) bugs on http://bugs.archlinux.org when it was/is appropriate. On > one or two occasions I've gone as far as reaching out directly to > maintainers of official packages to provide them with important information. > > Its's also worth mentioning that I currently maintain many packages[4] for > Antergos and I'm open to moving any (that are appropriate) to community. > > So you might be wondering: "Why become a TU now?". Well, the reason is > pretty simple. I was asked to consider applying by Alex Filgueira, the TU > who currently maintains the Cinnamon packages and a person with whom I've > had the pleasure of collaborating with on Antergos for the past three > years. Sadly, his schedule has become far too busy to continue to maintain > the Cinnamon packages. Another TU, György Balló, has been picking up the > slack for the past few months but, having more than a few packages of his > own to maintain, he told Alex that it would be nice to have some help with > Cinnamon. Considering that Cinnamon is my own personal desktop of choice, > Alex thought I would want to consider joining forces with György to > maintain Cinnamon. Obviously, Alex was correct and so here we are. That's > my story :) > > I know that every minute of your free time is priceless, so thank you all > in advance for taking the time review and consider my application. I look > forward to (hopefully) "making things official" between myself and Arch > Linux. > > > [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pycharm-eap/ > [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lightdm-webkit2-greeter/ > [3] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lightdm-webkit-theme-antergos/ > [4] http://build.antergos.com/browse/main > > > Best Regards, > > Dustin Falgout > Web Developer > > E-mail: [email protected] > Google/Skype: dustinfalgout > Freenode IRC: #antergos > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2 > > iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJW02A1AAoJEK6lKb8SKQLlb6EH/2bE+uzlWsuU3kIouB8sEGwr > qzGmBT3JntkZsOrsy1fYl7kNz2GAlc2/+8MCJ9LUinkv46Egiw93lW8C58G8eudQ > LOJ1GTz7hh5suO+xOagXdmTJwJMK04VPtHksTeNg3mVONmJPNxSlDdRk77sTHZMd > 95aAnvnPBkk1U6Zn4hr6pPUG6HvPGmMseDdmBLr62Fh5CgupsEli4Q2vmgTlZwr6 > CoJo9LEaS20djXihDgXYY/6TDEeKeyzj7I9M33IP6eppoACEzsueXxInD5aBPyvD > HgcqvC7UNnpha8k2LBbL5xyTOUiDyhwwpf8umLHWPLCA6OmK9se3aYiY2FaUd8A= > =8/xf > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Hi I confirm the sponsorship of Dustin Falgout. So, now the 5 day discussion period begins. Cheers
