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Mounir Lamouri wrote: |
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> George Prowse wrote: |
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>> I think you are missing the point. If you sit and wait for them to |
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>> join you will always be understaffed. |
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>> Go on a big dev drive! Announce it all over all the Gentoo's normal |
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>> communication channels and other generic linux places! Email some |
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>> linux magazines, talk to distrowatch, message some large LUGs. Get |
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>> people talking about it. Whatever happens, dont just sit on your |
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>> hands. Tell the users that Gentoo needs them and that they can make a |
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>> difference! |
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>> If you make it a big and special occasion which is planned correctly |
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>> with a sufficient number of current developers who are willing to walk |
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>> people through how and what it means to be a Gentoo Developer then the |
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>> influx could create a new backbone of new developers who will |
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>> hopefully be here for years to come. |
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> I agree with you. Gentoo is not doing enough publicity on needed help (I |
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> sincerely think the related page in gentoo.org is out of date) and we |
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> can read too often in gentoo.org recruitment pages that "user should not |
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> ask and should wait to be asking". I'm not sure most devs are looking to |
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> users as potential new devs. It's clearly not a good recruitment policy. |
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> Maybe when we are full staffed but surely not when we are understaffed |
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> like it looks like. |
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> An active recruitment policy like a recruitment campaign should be very |
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> positive and I would be glad to help with that. |
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> Regards, |
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> Mounir |
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I'm always willing to help also. I have plenty of time on my hands. |
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First you need a date, then you need some devs who will be at their |
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computers then you can go ape. Message everyone under the sun that |
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Gentoo is going on a recruitment drive on from $date and there will be |
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lots of friendly people in $location, $location and $location to show |
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people what is required. |
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Of course it would be easier if we had a list from Gentoo where help is |
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needed most and we could broadcast for people in those areas. |
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We could even write a web page where people added their names and |
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details as a kind of pre-signup to test the water and see how many |
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people we might get. Keep the names visible because that might create |
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extra PR. |
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"Gentoo is looking for linux personnel and also those familiar with the |
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distribution itself. What is required is either linux experience or |
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experience with Gentoo, knowlege of bash and a helpful, happy attitude..." |
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If it were successful then a large group of mentors would be needed. |
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