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Council Manifesto of Michał Górny, 2022
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In my opinion, the Council members are supposed to primarily be
the representatives of the wider community and not just a few people
entitled to make arbitrary decisions.  This is why I believe that:

1. All topics need to be discussed publicly (except for special cases
   where this is impossible).

2. The Council members should actively participate in the public
   discussion and express their opinions there.

3. The Council members should come prepared to the meetings, and put
   an effort to publish meeting summaries on time.

4. The Council members should have time for other developers.

Gentoo is made by developers, contributors and users, all working
in the best interest of the distribution.  The Council must serve them
and help them, not rule over them.


I am an active Gentoo developer since late 2010, and an active
contributor since mid-2009 (my first Sunrise commit).  Over this time,
I have done a lot of varying things, both technical and organizational.

I'm currently the lead of LLVM, proxy-maint, Python, Retirement and XFCE
projects, and the deputy lead of the QA project.  I have started
the Dist-Kernel and GURU projects.  I am responsible for the modern
design of Python ecosystem in Gentoo.

At the same time, I believe that everyone needs to take part
in the necessary ground work.  I am co-maintaining hundreds of Python
packages, regularly fighting test failures, porting issues and improving
the ebuild quality.  I am the author of a dozen Gentoo sysadmin /
PM-related tools.  I have implemented most of EAPI 7 and EAPI 8 in both
Portage and PkgCore.

Today, I still enjoy working with other Gentoo developers and users.
I believe we are able to make the distribution better together.
I manage to find time for Gentoo, follow the most important affairs
and participate in discussion whenever necessary.  I believe this makes
me a good candidate for the Council.

I believe that Gentoo is a great distribution that has many unique
features, and a great community.  I'd like to continue working
on strengthening both of these points: making Gentoo even greater
for our users, and working towards making contributing to it more
enjoyable.


I currently earn my living by working on LLDB.  In the little free time
I have left, I enjoy hiking, reading sci-fi/fantasy novels, watching
anime and... learning Esperanto for fun.  The big secret is: all that
work is actually done by the three cats that own me.