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On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 13:28:02 +0200 |
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Ralph Seichter <gentoo@××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> Looking at the number of open pull requests (some of them my own), I |
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> wonder if Gentoo has become a bit of a victim of its own success as far |
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> as contributions are concerned. |
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I've said as much, at least with regards to the addition of GitHub. The |
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problem is that maintainers are not supposed to just blindly merge |
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contributions but they often lack the time to test them. Such |
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contributions also frequently have issues as the authors have not done |
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the developer quizzes. We try to guide contributors through the |
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necessary changes but this can lead to fatigue on both sides. |
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> Is there any way I could help the Gentoo team? Any vacancies that need |
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> to be filled, or work that needs to be done? |
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Following what I said above, we need more actual bona fide developers |
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who have done the quizzes, understand the issues, can most important |
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can take responsibility for their own contributions. |
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There is the proxy maintainers project, where we can accept |
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contributions with a little less scrutiny, but I personally feel that |
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these contributors really should just become developers. It doesn't |
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matter if you're only interested in one or two packages, any help is |
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very welcome. |
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James Le Cuirot (chewi) |
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Gentoo Linux Developer |
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