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Joshua wrote: |
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> As has been the case for some time, the Java team is still atrociously |
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> understaffed. Below, I'll outline a few 'positions' I'd like see filled. |
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> I'm using the term really loosely, and mean it more as in the sense of |
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> 'these are things I'd like people to be working on'. If current devs are |
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> interested, that'd be great, but we're also willing to mentor some fresh |
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> blood. |
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Two of the difficulties that seem to be contributing to the Java team's |
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understaffing problem are: |
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1) A significant number of Java developers do not know very much about Linux |
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and of those who do, not many of them are familiar with Gentoo. |
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2) Of those Java developers who are aware of Gentoo and its solid support for |
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Java, many of them do not have enough Linux skills to successfully install it. |
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After thinking about the understaffing problem for a few months, I have come up |
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with an idea that may help solve these difficulties. |
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I am one of the community leaders on Sun's java.net site ( http://java.net ) |
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and I have put together a "Java Distribution" LiveCD ( called JDOS, |
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https://jdos.dev.java.net ) which is based on Gentoo. JDOS is ready for its |
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initial release and the last thing I am waiting on is for Sun's new |
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Linux-friendly JDK files to be added to the portage tree. |
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One advantage that the java.net site has is that thousands of Java developers |
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visit it each day to read blogs, articles and other news items. |
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As soon as it is released, my plan is to write some articles and blog entries |
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on JDOS ( and its Gentoo foundation ) for publication on java.net's front page. |
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My hope is that a number of Java developers will find the CD to be useful and |
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then be interested in having their own Java software, or the latest version of |
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their favorite Java applications, included on the LiveCD. |
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Since this will require that the software be placed in the portage tree, I am |
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hoping that some of these developers can be convinced to join the Gentoo Java |
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team and learn how to create and maintain packages. |
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>* Java generalists |
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>We have tons of Java packages. It was around 400 or so last time I |
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>checked. As one can imagine, this kind of number |
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>generates a pretty constant stream of bugs and version bump requests. |
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>So, basically I'm looking for some people to help out with |
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>general maintence of our packages. |
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I will volunteer to be part of this group. I would have done this a number of |
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months ago but I had my hands full learning python so that I could figure out |
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how to use Catalyst properly :-) |
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Thanks, |
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Ted Kosan |
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tkosan@××××××××.net |
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