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Jeroen Roovers: |
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> On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 03:05:28 +0200 |
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> Alexander Berntsen <bernalex@g.o> wrote: |
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>> On 07/06/14 23:08, Jeroen Roovers wrote: |
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>>> You can start fixing bugs immediately. You can check out the |
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>>> sources, write patches and attach the patches to the bug reports. |
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>>> Then all it takes is someone else to review/commit the patches. |
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>> Hacking an init system is different to hacking e.g. desktop or Web |
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>> programs. |
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> Exactly nobody suggested that. |
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> That said, starting with OpenRC probably doesn't give you the easiest |
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> learning curve for getting "into" Gentoo. |
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>> Unless Daniel happens to be a seasoned veteran init system |
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>> hacker, having a mentor will be a significant boost. |
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> Lots of people post patches all the time. Whether they're good patches |
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> is up for review, and the lack of mentoring doesn't stop thousands of |
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> others from proposing patches on bugzilla on a very regular basis. |
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The amount of contributors (with real patches and real ebuilds) is |
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constantly decreasing, because our workflow is horrible. I hope you |
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don't actually think that bugzilla is an appropriate review platform. |
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The situation with lack of mentors is more than a small problem. It's a |
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problem for a lot of gentoo internal projects as well where people start |
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at positions they don't understand, because there is no one who did |
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mentor them in that specific area. |
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