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> I would like to help with coding/debugging packages for Gentoo. I have |
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> some programming experience on a very small scale. I have an Associates |
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> of Computer Science from a small community college, and I've never had a |
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> job working for a software company. You spode of "good enough skills"; |
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> I don't think I have good enough skills to help with Gentoo, but I'd |
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> like to. Where should I start? |
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You know this question comes up a lot. The answer hasn't changed much |
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over the years, and you may not like it, but it's the honest to goodness |
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best way to start helping: just start helping. There are numerous |
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avenues to do so, and in no particular order they are: |
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1. gentoo-user mailing list |
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2. the gentoo forums |
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3. join an irc channel or two (#gentoo has a steady stream of traffic of |
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people who need help) |
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4. figure out what you're good at and/or what you want to learn and hop |
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on over to bugzilla and find bugs in those areas. |
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The caveat to the bugzilla one is this: most people who want to help go |
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straight to maintainer-wanted bugs or try and create ebuilds for new |
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packages. To be perfectly honest, those areas are not *where* gentoo |
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needs help. We need help to maintain stuff already in the tree, so start |
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at maintainer-needed or drill into some specific teams (gnome, pam, |
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kerberos, kde, bsd, samba, mail, web-apps, there's a list of herds |
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somewhere). |
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Spread the word! |
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Thanks, |
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Seemant Kulleen |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux |
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