Re: [gentoo-dev] Becoming a Gentoo developer?

[Peter Stuge]

Yanestra wrote:
> after a talk with some of the persons present here, it appears, Gentoo
> Linux is actually something like a Freemason lodge.

I disagree with this.

I do agree that the threshold to become a developer with write access
to the gentoo repo is very high, which is why I'm not a developer,
although I use Gentoo tools and have been writing ebuilds for many years.
I don't have time for the overhead, so I just maintain my own overlay.


> Many secrets,

Something is only a secret if there is intent to keep it secret.
I agree that the various Gentoo structures and the overhead is not
well-documented in a very accessible manner. There are good and bad
mostly historical but partly also legal reasons for the overhead, but
I strongly disagree that there would be any intent to keep any part
of the structures and overhead secret.


> inaugurations,

That's the becoming-a-developer-threshold, which I find too high to
be worth my time, but in my overlay, which is easily installable using
the layman tool, I can still contribute to the Gentoo ecosystem.


> and obviously magic.

No magic, just advanced technology. But you'll have to learn how it
works to decide whether it is for you, or if something simpler will
suffice for your needs.


Kind regards

//Peter