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George Prowse schrieb: |
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> Thomas Sachau wrote: |
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>> For those, who can work with IRC and are interested in working with |
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>> ebuilds, there is already an option: |
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>> |
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>> Join #gentoo-dev-help or even better #gentoo-sunrise and read the |
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>> documentation from the topic. The |
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>> Sunrise Overlay (with the #gentoo-sunrise IRC channel) is open for |
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>> everyone willing to learn and |
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>> contribute to it. Even normal users can get access, learn how to |
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>> create ebuilds, how to improve them |
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>> and how to maintain them. |
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>> As a starting point, this is a central overlay, where ebuilds are |
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>> maintained, that dont get a |
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>> developer as maintainer because of missing manpower. Additionally, all |
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>> contributors learn the ebuild |
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>> development work themselves. |
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>> |
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>> And if you are willing to learn and do continuously good work, there |
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>> is a good chance that you may |
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>> level up to a developer yourself someday. You want an example? This |
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>> was my way to become a full |
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>> Gentoo developer. ;-) |
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>> So at least for ebuild maintainence, there are good starting points |
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>> (probably other projects also |
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>> have training grounds like the java or kde herds), the bigger problem |
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>> may be the communication |
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>> between potential new developers and the current developer base and |
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>> our options to become a new |
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>> developer. |
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> I think you are missing the point. If you sit and wait for them to join |
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> 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 linux |
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> magazines, talk to distrowatch, message some large LUGs. Get people |
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> talking about it. Whatever happens, dont just sit on your hands. Tell |
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> the users that Gentoo needs them and that they can make a 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 hopefully |
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> be here for years to come. |
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Such a campaign would need quite some time and i dont have this free time. So if anyone is willing |
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to do the needed work, i can try to help a bit, but cannot take the work and time myself. |
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The only thing i can do and currently do whenever possible is pointing people to the sunrise project |
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and helping them there. And thats what i did with my mail. |
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Thomas Sachau |
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