On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Brandon Jones <magedeveloping@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Thomas S Hatch <thatch45@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Brandon Jones <magedeveloping@xxxxxxxxx > > >wrote: > > > > > I think I'll start with the AUR. I could use the packaging experience > > > anyway. Plus it will force me to get to know my commands and the nuts > > and > > > bolts of the system more. I'll definately check out the projects > though > > > once I feel skilled enough to do so. > > > > > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Thomas S Hatch <thatch45@xxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Brandon Jones < > > magedeveloping@xxxxxxxxx > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > Alright thanks. I'll look into how pkgbuild works and see if I can > > > > figure > > > > > it out to maintain some packages. Better to update the packages to > > > they > > > > > are > > > > > available then just delete them. > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Sven-Hendrik Haase < > sh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On 05/05/2011 10:49 PM, Brandon Jones wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> Hey all, I'm new to arch linux but I would like to contribute in > > > > anyway > > > > > I > > > > > >> can. My development skills are limited to java and c#, however > I > > am > > > > > >> willing > > > > > >> to learn c/c++ and others to help you all out. Just let me know > > > what > > > > I > > > > > >> can > > > > > >> do to be of assistance. > > > > > >> > > > > > > Welcome to Arch. > > > > > > > > > > > > For now, a good thing to do is to check AUR for old > > packages/orphans > > > > and > > > > > > either report them to aur-general for deletion or take care of > > their > > > > > > maintenance. > > > > > > > > > > > > P.S.: We hope your stay in Arch Linux will be a pleasant one. > Your > > > > > > operating system has been processed, and we are now ready to > begin > > > > > > development proper. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Sven-Hendrik > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Huh, I have a good friend named Brandon Jones.... > > > > > > > > We are excited to have you on board, if you are interested in > becoming > > an > > > > Arch developer the place to start is in the AUR, it is meant as both > a > > > > public package repository, and a sort of packager proving ground. > Once > > > you > > > > are maintaining say 30-40 packages and you are helping in the > community > > > an > > > > Arch Linux Trusted User (TU) can sponsor you to become a TU. > > > > > > > > Also, since you have the programming fu... much of Arch is written in > > > bash, > > > > and there are a few main projects that could use some love, for > > instance > > > > netcfg http://projects.archlinux.org/netcfg.git/ could use a > > maintainer. > > > > > > > > There are a number of Arch projects that could always use some > polish: > > > > http://projects.archlinux.org/ > > > > > > > > Or there are a number of open source projects that target Arch or are > > > > developed on Arch that you could help with, you could just ask around > > and > > > > find something thats suits your fancy, I for one could always use > more > > > help > > > > on my projects, salt, varch, quarters, butter etc: > > > > https://github.com/thatch45 > > > > > > > > Pick your poison, but the quickest way to become a member of the Arch > > > > developer community is to maintain packages in the AUR, kill some > bugs > > on > > > > the bugtracker, and submit patches to Arch projects. Then we will > make > > > you > > > > a > > > > TU and you will be well on your way! > > > > > > > > -Thomas S Hatch > > > > -Arch Linux Trusted User > > > > > > > > > > > Awesome! Also, bottom post, some people around here will get annoyed :) > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style > > http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html > > > > Oh, my apologies. I believe this is the correct way now right? Anyway, > so > far it seems fairly straight forward to make packages. Just have to find > an > orphaned one I think i can handle. > No worries about the posting, I messed up a lot in my early Linux days with it :) If you need help with anything feel free to ask, Arch packages are crazy easy to make, have fun!
