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"S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu)" <smibrahim@×××××.com> posted |
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4997275b0609200505t3ec5d6cfm308b368cea37cdf1@××××××××××.com, excerpted |
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below, on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:05:52 +0600: |
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> hi everybody, |
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> i am from bangladesh. Have some knowledge on *nix (linux and unix). I |
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> like gentoo very much. |
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> And runing gentoo x86 on a EM64T (i will install amd64 tonight). |
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> I am very much interested to join with you (gentoo developer team). |
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> What is the procedure?? |
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The usual response to that question is something along the lines of this |
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quote from the Gentoo Developer Handbook, Introduction, under |
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Requirements: |
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<quote> |
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The best way to get noticed [ and to possibly become a Gentoo developer! ] |
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is to file intuitive and accurate bug reports at the Gentoo Bugzilla, with |
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patches if possible, and to help us out with what you think would make a |
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better Gentoo for everyone whether by providing patches for new features, |
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submitting new ebuilds, or solving issues with existing ones. |
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</quote> |
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To that I can add the following: |
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One of the things Gentoo is known for in the Free/Libre and Open Source |
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Software community is its relatively good documentation. Certainly then, |
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one could expect to find a fairly rich resource in the Gentoo Developer |
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documentation as well, and that is indeed the case. From the Gentoo home |
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page, Documentation home or listing, Gentoo Development Documentation, or |
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simply bookmark the following link: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/?catid=gentoodev |
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There you will find several developer oriented resources including the |
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Gentoo Developer Handbook which I quoted from above. These give the |
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details, but there's a formal mentoring process and quizzes on ebuilds and |
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the Gentoo structure (since as a dev you'll be working with others and |
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have a chance to vote on the council and the like). |
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> By the way, i applied for em64t, that i get from stuffing needs .but not |
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> getting any answere. |
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Probably because you hadn't yet followed the above suggestion, and the |
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Gentoo AMD64 arch team (which covers EM64T as well since it's the same |
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arch) doesn't (yet) know who you are. Get involved a bit as a user on the |
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amd64 IRC channel or mailing list, and if you prove to be helpful, you'll |
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soon enough get invited to further participation. Note that the amd64 team |
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was the first to introduce ATs, Arch-Testers, as formally recognized |
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contributors to the Gentoo community. That's the way several of the |
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latest Gentoo devs started, as ATs, getting to know the devs and other ATs. |
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As you mentioned you are from Bangladesh, you may also be interested in |
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the documentation translation team, and also be sure to file any |
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localization (l10n) related bugs as you come across them in your Gentooing. |
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Gentoo can always use help with l10n issues, as I'm sure you are aware, if |
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that's an area you are skilled and interested in. |
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-- |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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