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On 17 April 2015 at 05:27, hasufell <hasufell@g.o> wrote: |
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> To reply to the topic: If the only reason you want to become a gentoo |
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> developer is "contributing ebuilds", then you should reconsider that, |
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> because there are easier ways to do that. |
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> But if you are interested in politics, PMS, EAPI and other |
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> organizational stuff on top of contributing ebuilds, it might make sense. |
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Contributing ebuilds via overlays is a useful way, and a good place to |
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start learning how to do things. But its woefully ineffective at being |
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useful for gentoo's main audience. Gentoo dev's can of course steal stuff |
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from overlays, but then your point of failure is delegated back to |
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"stafffing needs", which is in significant shortage. |
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Contributing ebuilds via bugzilla attachments is another way, both in terms |
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of proxy-maint and making gentoo-staffs life easier, but you're still stuck |
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on the staffing-needs problem of having to scehdule somebody to make the |
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requisite changes to the tree. |
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And there are quite a few people who are circling gentoo who have so far |
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only made it as far as those two points, and have found the leap to full |
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developer so far an overwhelming challenge. |
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Some might argue you don't want a staffer who hasn't made it past that |
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guantlet. |
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But I'm not entirely sure thats true. |
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But that contribution barrier really seems like it shares a lot in common |
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with a cult initiation/hazing process, and I appreciated the analogy as so |
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long as it was not intended to be taken seriously or literally. =) |
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Kent |
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*KENTNL* - https://metacpan.org/author/KENTNL |
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