He has all the tools he could possibly need to work his way as an important member of this community. Big Yes here.
On Aug 25, 2012, at 5:48 PM, Jonathan Steel <m...@jsteel.org> wrote: > Dear fellow Archers, > > I first enquired about becoming a Trusted User in October 2011 [1] where > afterwards I realised the request was a little premature, but I was shown > where I can be more involved as a user and where I can spend time improving > my PKGBUILDs. Earlier this month I felt I had improved my knowledge and > skills significantly, so I asked if someone could take me under their wing > and prep me for applying [2]. I feel I have made good progress, and so I am > now applying to become a Trusted User. Sven-Hendrik Haase has kindly > sponsored me. > > I have been using Linux for 8 years, Arch for 5. I was a distro hopper for > some years but I am now 3 years sober. My second favourite distribution (or > the one I used the most before Arch) is Debian, but I don't use that any > more. A year ago I decided I wanted to get more involved with Arch so I > started adopting packages in the AUR and found it was more fun and rewarding > than wasting time tweaking my window manager. > > I currently maintain 64 packages [3] which are well varied in categories and > with a total of 2,756 votes. I am comfortable creating PKGBUILDs myself. I > use devtools to do my building. I am familiar with packaging standards, TU > bylaws/guidelines etc. I am always striving to make sure my methods are > following the best standards. I have mild OCD. > > I feel I do a good job staying on top of everything. I often check through my > packages to see if there are any updates and to check that they still compile > and run. I stay in contact with upstream where possible/necessary (RSS feeds, > mailing lists, bug reports) and relay any issues in the comments to try and > provide the best experience for the users of my packages. > > I keep a close eye on the Arch mailing lists, the forum and what's going on > in the AUR. I generally stay quiet until I feel my input will be helpful, and > not just be adding to the noise. > > I would love to maintain some of my packages in [community] such as > gsimplecal, partclone, obkey, pidgin-facebookchat, consonance, > vim-colorschemes, gmail-notify, banner and some games, and also some packages > I do not maintain but am a big fan of like dvdbackup and clonezilla. Looking > at the orphans in [extra], I am interested in archlinux-artwork, ipcalc, > vim-buftabs, aspell-*, dvdrtools, gnuchess and lsdvd. If they could be > dropped into [community] I would be happy to maintain these. I would also > pick up gtk-chtheme, mednafen and vim-nerdtree from [community]. > > I use i686, x86_64 and arm architectures. I enjoy using my 10 year old laptop > as much as my 2 year old desktop, so I tend to avoid software bloat so I can > run the same setup on all my hardware (don't drop i686 support!). I enjoy > trying out and hacking tiling window managers. > > I'm good with web languages like HTML, CSS and PHP. I have written and helped > out with websites. I used to be a helper on Richard Stallman's website but > thought he was rude so I lost interest... also, Vim FTW! I've used PHP to > create some web-based systems (primarily for schools) such as a resource > booking system and a system to send emails to groups of people using data > from a MIS which I plan to release in the near future. I'm good with BASH, > sed, AWK and diff/patch and I have an interest to learn C, python and pearl. > I'm quick to pick things up and enjoy learning something new if I feel it > will help me. I like spending time on something that will save me time in the > future. > > Outside of Arch, I'm 27 and live in Buckinghamshire England. I work at a > school as an IT Manager, managing approximately 500 computers and laptops, a > VMware setup and approximately 1,100 users. I've basically set up the current > system single-handedly. I've been doing that for six years in two schools and > before that I was an IT Technician in a school for two years. I've got a lot > of experience with Windows (I'm a Microsoft Certified Professional or > something... I often forget that) so logging into my home Arch setup is such > a relief after a hard day's work. > > I'm married with a daughter of 15 months. Don't worry, they won't interrupt > my Arch work. I'll get the baby logged in ASAP so she can start helping. My > wife uses Arch but has no interest in it other than to check her email and > browse the web, and it serves her well... apart from when I break it. > > I enjoy films, TV series, playing the guitar and playing (more retro) > computer games. I used to (but still do a little) compete on the Mario Kart > Players Page [4] where in 2004/2005 I was the world champion of Mario Kart: > Double Dash!! [5]. I used to help update the website and I am still involved > with updating another of the partner websites. > > If you want to have a chat feel free to email me or message me on IRC. > > Thank you for reading my application. At least I hope you can advise where I > can improve so I am a better applicant next time. > > Kind regards, > > Jonathan Steel (jsteel) > > [1] > http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2011-October/016278.html > [2] http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2012-August/019864.html > [3] > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?O=0&K=jsteel&do_Search=Go&detail=1&C=0&SeB=m&SB=n&SO=a&PP=100&outdated= > [4] http://mariokartplayers.com > [5] http://www.mariokart64.com/mkdd/pastchamp.php
