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From: Andrey Falko <ma3oxuct@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] TeX maintainer needed
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:40:00
Message-Id: 350fc7cf0703130536xb0ecd50vc34eded024898feb@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] TeX maintainer needed by Christian Faulhammer
1 On 3/12/07, Christian Faulhammer <opfer@g.o> wrote:
2 >
3 > Hi all,
4 >
5 > as nattfodd and ehmsen won't be working on TeX for Gentoo anymore, we
6 > need one or more new maintainer/s. Primary goal is to bring a working
7 > ebuild of TeXLive 2007 into Portage, as the current used and working
8 > one (teTeX) is dead upstream. There is an effort of a user [1] which
9 > could be a base. Non-devs welcome as long as they do all the
10 > work. First start can be that I proxy (= You do all the work, I get
11 > the glamour for committing :) a willing and capable user, recruiting
12 > him can come later on.
13 > Just email me, Gentoo Army needs you.
14
15
16 I don't know if anyone replied in private, but I am willing to step up to
17 the
18 challenge of maintaining this as a non-dev. I am willing to do so as long as
19
20 no one more qualified steps up.
21
22 My will to take on the challenge is motivated as a learning experience in
23 addition to my belief that this is a vital package that needs to be
24 maintained.
25
26 Profile:
27 > - TeX knowledge (but not just using, you should know how to handle
28 > formats)
29
30
31 My TeX knowledge is not at an expert level. I use it quite a lot for
32 big and small projects. If by formats you mean style files, I guess that
33 I currently know how to handle them on a minimal level.
34
35 - Makefiles should be no secret to you
36
37
38 I know enough about them. I am currently in the process of finishing a
39 thesis on
40 package management : http://afalko.homelinux.net/thesis/
41
42 - fast computer (compile time is baaad)
43
44
45 Athlon64 4800+ is probably fast enough
46
47 - high tolerance against frustration
48
49
50 Perhaps my greatest strength
51
52 - knowledge about Gentoo's current TeX system, ebuildism can be handled
53 > by me
54
55
56 I have not really bothered to look deeply into the current TeX system. I
57 don't
58 expect it to take me more than an hour to figure it out.
59
60 You get:
61 > - a warm feeling because you help so many people
62 > - a beer/whatever_you_prefer from me when we meet in person
63 > - a first step into a great community (it is
64 > after all)
65 > - a build system maybe only you will understand after digging into if
66 > for months without social contacts
67 > - a load of bug reports assigned to you
68 >
69 > V-Li
70 >
71 > [1] <URL:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=168177>
72
73
74
75 This might be a dumb question, but has Fabian (from bug 168177) been asked
76 to maintain this?
77
78 Best regards,
79
80 Andrey Falko

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Re: [gentoo-dev] TeX maintainer needed Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@×××××.com>
[gentoo-dev] Re: TeX maintainer needed Christian Faulhammer <opfer@g.o>