On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM Frederik Schwan <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 09:47:54AM -0300, Giancarlo Razzolini wrote:
> > Excerpts from Martin Rys's message of julho 24, 2025 12:26 pm:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > my name's Martin, you can more often find me under "C0rn3j".
> > > Professionally, I work as a DevOps, and in my free time I do things
> I've
> > > most recently stumbled upon, which usually has to do with FOSS.
> > >
> > > I've been using Arch for about a decade, I mostly hang out in the
> > > unofficial Telegram group*, which I help moderate.
> > >
> > > I sometimes contribute to the Wiki, send patches over GitLab when
> > > relevant, or otherwise participate in discussions if I happen to see
> > > anything I can add my two cents to.
> > >
> > > I've been maintaining a random assortment of things in the AUR, a lot
> of
> > > the times simply because I was using a package that the previous
> > > maintainer disowned, and I figured I might pick up the torch.
> > >
> > > Which brings me to why I want to become a PM - I would like to see
> some
> > > of the things I currently maintain in the official repositories, such
> as
> > > sc-controller** or Tauon**, and to help out with the maintenance in
> general.
> > >
> > > I use ALARM on some of my devices too, so I'd possibly like to help
> out
> > > with the porting efforts to Arch in the future, when that becomes
> relevant.
> > >
> > > I've attached links to my accounts and also my personal site below.
> > >
> > > My sponsors are Gian (grazzolini) and Tomaz Canabrava.
> > > Special thanks goes out to Muflone for additional packaging feedback.
> > >
> > > I think that covers everything necessary, have a good day and I hope
> > > you'll consider my application!
> > >
> > > * https://t.me/archlinuxgroup
> > > ** https://github.com/Taiko2k/Tauon
> > > ** https://github.com/C0rn3j/sc-controller
> > >
> > > https://aur.archlinux.org/account/c0rn3j
> > > https://gitlab.archlinux.org/c0rn3j
> > > https://github.com/C0rn3j
> > > https://gitlab.com/C0rn3j
> > > https://rys.rs/ - GPG key used for signing is also present here
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I was away from my GPG key during the weeked, so I couldn't send the
> signed email before. I have been bugging Martin to join the staff as a
> package maintainer for years now.
> >
> > Not only he has been super helpful to a lot of Arch users, but he opens
> a ton of issues and contribute to a lot of projects. One being pipewire,
> for example. I confirm my sponsorship.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Giancarlo Razzolini
>
> Hi Giancarlo,
> great to see you on the ML! Hope to see you at the summit in autumn!
>
> There has been some critique in this thread about the current state of
> Martin's AUR packages.
>
> Thomas wrote:
> > But, sincerely I believe that it's more important that someone is
> willing to do
> > the work for love, even if the work is not 100% yet.
> > The 100% part can be achieved in time, that's why we have the trial
> period as
> > Junior.
>
> What role would you like to play during the trial period of Martin?
>

Helping him navigate the politics, setup, common questions, show him what I
have done in the past few years.
Pointing him in the right direction in general.


>
> Best regards,
> Frederik
>

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