On 3/12/07, Christian Faulhammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi all, as nattfodd and ehmsen won't be working on TeX for Gentoo anymore, we need one or more new maintainer/s. Primary goal is to bring a working ebuild of TeXLive 2007 into Portage, as the current used and working one (teTeX) is dead upstream. There is an effort of a user [1] which could be a base. Non-devs welcome as long as they do all the work. First start can be that I proxy (= You do all the work, I get the glamour for committing :) a willing and capable user, recruiting him can come later on. Just email me, Gentoo Army needs you.
I don't know if anyone replied in private, but I am willing to step up to the challenge of maintaining this as a non-dev. I am willing to do so as long as no one more qualified steps up. My will to take on the challenge is motivated as a learning experience in addition to my belief that this is a vital package that needs to be maintained. Profile:
- TeX knowledge (but not just using, you should know how to handle formats)
My TeX knowledge is not at an expert level. I use it quite a lot for big and small projects. If by formats you mean style files, I guess that I currently know how to handle them on a minimal level. - Makefiles should be no secret to you I know enough about them. I am currently in the process of finishing a thesis on package management : http://afalko.homelinux.net/thesis/ - fast computer (compile time is baaad) Athlon64 4800+ is probably fast enough - high tolerance against frustration Perhaps my greatest strength - knowledge about Gentoo's current TeX system, ebuildism can be handled
by me
I have not really bothered to look deeply into the current TeX system. I don't expect it to take me more than an hour to figure it out. You get:
- a warm feeling because you help so many people - a beer/whatever_you_prefer from me when we meet in person - a first step into a great community (it is after all) - a build system maybe only you will understand after digging into if for months without social contacts - a load of bug reports assigned to you V-Li [1] <URL:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=168177>
This might be a dumb question, but has Fabian (from bug 168177) been asked to maintain this? Best regards, Andrey Falko
