[clc-devel] applicant for becoming a CLC maintainer
Hello, I'm writing this mail because I want to become a CLC maintainer. Firstly I think you are interested in why I want to join it. Well, I like Crux very much, so I want to do something for this distribution and another point is that I want to improve my english for school. Secondly here are all ports I want to maintain in the future: - pal (it's a really nice calendar) - muttprint (it's useful for everyone who uses mutt) - lineakd (useful for multimedia keyboards) - lineak_defaultplugin If there's a general interest in abcde, I can maintain it too. All ports listed above are maintained and used by myself for several months. You can get a quick overview of my repository at the following url: http://hometux.de/crux/ports/ I've read all requirements of becoming a maintainer and I think I can perform them. I use ck4up to keep all ports up-to-date and I am subscribed to both mailinglists of crux and CLC. I also use irc. But, there's also a problem. I do not have any experiences in CVS. I have read some guides about it and I think I understand CVS in theory, so I hope that this isn't a problem for you. I assume that I will not play with the CVS repository. :) Regards Viper
Hi Simon, On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 02:28:52 +0200, Simon Gloßner wrote:
Hello,
I'm writing this mail because I want to become a CLC maintainer. Thanks for your application.
- pal (it's a really nice calendar) - muttprint (it's useful for everyone who uses mutt) - lineakd (useful for multimedia keyboards) - lineak_defaultplugin I had a look at your ports, and they're clean and well done. I find the README to muttprint a bit confusing though.
You can get a quick overview of my repository at the following url: http://hometux.de/crux/ports/ The port for imwheel tries to install into /etc; there's another port in the portdb from 'ogg', which includes a patch to fix this (or a similar) problem.
I've read all requirements of becoming a maintainer and I think I can perform them. I use ck4up to keep all ports up-to-date and I am subscribed to both mailinglists of crux and CLC. I also use irc. Your application looks fine, the only minor reservation I have is the fact that you didn't draw my attention to you so far :-). Going through
But, there's also a problem. I do not have any experiences in CVS. I have read some guides about it and I think I understand CVS in theory, so I hope that this isn't a problem for you. That's not a big thing. The CVS HowTo [1] contains most you have to know. If you have further questions, feel free to ask; we can also
Using contrib/fakeroot to build the ports as non-root user is a reliable and easy way to find such problems, so you might want to have a look at it. the IRC logs and mailing list archives, I got a positive impression from you though, especially since you manage to answer question in a reasonable fashion. That said, I'd vote in favour of adding you as a maintainer, but would like to hear a second opinion. provide you with a guide to set up a test repository locally, to make your first steps without any risk. Regards, Johannes References: 1. http://clc.morpheus.net:6999/clc/wiki?p=CvsHowto -- Johannes Winkelmann mailto:jw@tks6.net Bern, Switzerland http://jw.tks6.net
On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 01:55:47PM +0200, Johannes Winkelmann wrote:
I had a look at your ports, and they're clean and well done. I find the README to muttprint a bit confusing though. Well, I created this README to prevent people from wasting time on trying to create a port with the newest version of muttprint.
The port for imwheel tries to install into /etc; there's another port in the portdb from 'ogg', which includes a patch to fix this (or a similar) problem.
Using contrib/fakeroot to build the ports as non-root user is a reliable and easy way to find such problems, so you might want to have a look at it. Ok. Thanks for your hint. I will consider it in the future! In fact, I haven't realized that imwheel tries to install a imwheelrc, but from now on I will use fakeroot to prevent this.
Your application looks fine, the only minor reservation I have is the fact that you didn't draw my attention to you so far :-). Going through the IRC logs and mailing list archives, I got a positive impression from you though, especially since you manage to answer question in a reasonable fashion. Yes. That's true. I usually don't try to answer to all questions. I only answer if I think my answer can help anybody.
That said, I'd vote in favour of adding you as a maintainer, but would like to hear a second opinion. Thanks! :)
But, there's also a problem. I do not have any experiences in CVS. I have read some guides about it and I think I understand CVS in theory, so I hope that this isn't a problem for you. That's not a big thing. The CVS HowTo [1] contains most you have to know. If you have further questions, feel free to ask; we can also provide you with a guide to set up a test repository locally, to make your first steps without any risk. Yes, it would be nice if you give me a link to another guide. I already have some guides, but a further guide can also useful!
Regards Viper
Hi, On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 14:44:27 +0200, Simon Gloßner wrote:
On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 01:55:47PM +0200, Johannes Winkelmann wrote: [...]
That's not a big thing. The CVS HowTo [1] contains most you have to know. If you have further questions, feel free to ask; we can also provide you with a guide to set up a test repository locally, to make your first steps without any risk. Yes, it would be nice if you give me a link to another guide. I already have some guides, but a further guide can also useful! The ultimate guide is the CVS manual, available from http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/
I'd long an in-depth, so I'd suggest to start using cvs, and browse the manual if you have questions to the commands. I've also added an extra section in the Cvs HowTo [1], covering the setup of a local repository. This should allow starters to follow the cvs howto without the need of having access to the CLC CVS repository. HTH, Johannes References: 1 http://clc.morpheus.net:6999/clc/wiki?p=CvsHowto -- Johannes Winkelmann mailto:jw@tks6.net Bern, Switzerland http://jw.tks6.net
oops... On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 15:19:14 +0200, Johannes Winkelmann wrote: [...]
I'd long an in-depth Read: It's long and in-depth...
Johannes -- Johannes Winkelmann mailto:jw@tks6.net Bern, Switzerland http://jw.tks6.net
On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 03:19:14PM +0200, Johannes Winkelmann wrote:
I'd long an in-depth, so I'd suggest to start using cvs, and browse the manual if you have questions to the commands.
I've also added an extra section in the Cvs HowTo [1], covering the setup of a local repository. This should allow starters to follow the cvs howto without the need of having access to the CLC CVS repository.
Yeah, learning by doing is always nice. Well, the next time I will start to create my own test repository. Thanks for your help! Regards Viper
--- Johannes Winkelmann <jw@tks6.net> wrote:
That said, I'd vote in favour of adding you as a maintainer, but would like to hear a second opinion.
I looked over your ports, and indeed, they do look quite nice. However, given that you're fairly new to the project and community, and that you're unfamiliar with cvs, I vote that we wait, say 1 month, before instating your maintainership. Learn a little cvs, and stay active in #crux* and on the mailing lists so that other maintainers become familiar with you. Before long, I'd be very happy to see you officially join. Jay Dolan Software Engineer, Systems Analyst Windmill Cycles, Inc. 508.999.4000 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 06:17:52AM -0700, Jay Dolan wrote:
Learn a little cvs, and stay active in #crux* and on the mailing lists so that other maintainers become familiar with you. Before long, I'd be very happy to see you officially join.
Yes, that's also an option, but I won't spam. :-) But I think it's a good idea when I learn some cvs by building my own repository at first. It isn't really helpful when I doing my first steps on the CLC repository. Regards Viper
--- Simon Gloßner <viper@hometux.de> wrote:
Yes, that's also an option, but I won't spam. :-) But I think it's a good idea when I learn some cvs by building my own repository at first. It isn't really helpful when I doing my first steps on the CLC repository.
Yea, exactly. That's my primary concern :) Also, with a little time, you'll become friendly with more of the other clc maintainers, which is helpful when we need to work together. Perhaps, as a first step, Matt can give you write access to the wiki. You can start to contribute there, if you wish. Jay Dolan Software Engineer, Systems Analyst Windmill Cycles, Inc. 508.999.4000 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 07:00:38AM -0700, Jay Dolan wrote:
--- Simon Gloßner <viper@hometux.de> wrote:
Yes, that's also an option, but I won't spam. :-) But I think it's a good idea when I learn some cvs by building my own repository at first. It isn't really helpful when I doing my first steps on the CLC repository.
Yea, exactly. That's my primary concern :) Also, with a little time, you'll become friendly with more of the other clc maintainers, which is helpful when we need to work together.
Ok. But well I am watching #crux and the mailing list for some time but I usually don't trying to be obviously active by trying to answer all questions. I also think that this isn't very helpful for Crux and it's community. :-)
Perhaps, as a first step, Matt can give you write access to the wiki. You can start to contribute there, if you wish.
Yes, that can be a good idea. Perhaps I will expand the FAQ by some points. But I think my english isn't well enough to write at it. A wiki should be completly error-free. Regards Viper
Hey, On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 06:17:52 -0700, Jay Dolan wrote:
--- Johannes Winkelmann <jw@tks6.net> wrote:
That said, I'd vote in favour of adding you as a maintainer, but would like to hear a second opinion.
I looked over your ports, and indeed, they do look quite nice. However, given that you're fairly new to the project and community, and that you're unfamiliar with cvs, I vote that we wait, say 1 month, before instating your maintainership.
I just talked to Simon, and he confirmed that he looked into CVS a bit. We also had a few discussions about ports, and he's taking over gnucash from my httpup, so I feel that the time has come to give him the chance to maintain those ports at CLC. If you have any objections, please speak up now :-) Regards, Johannes -- Johannes Winkelmann mailto:jw@tks6.net Bern, Switzerland http://jw.tks6.net
On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 02:28:52AM +0200, Simon Gloßner wrote:
- pal (it's a really nice calendar) - muttprint (it's useful for everyone who uses mutt) - lineakd (useful for multimedia keyboards) - lineak_defaultplugin
Well, some days ago I started to get familiar with dm_crypt [1]. I am sold on it. Due to the fact that I think encryption is absolutely necessary these days I recommand to add cryptsetup-luks [2] to the contrib repository. I've already created a port for it and if there isn't somebody else I can maintain it, too. I also want to say something about dm_crypt/LUKS. I guess that it isn't well reputed. With cryptsetup/LUKS and the 2.6 kernel module dm_crypt it's possible to encrypt a partiton or a loopback file via modern ciphers like AES or DES. So it's possible to encrypt the files on your usb-stick or something else. Last but not least it's very easy to use. Regards Viper [1] http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/ [2] http://luks.endorphin.org/dm-crypt
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