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On 09/18/2013 05:42 AM, heroxbd@g.o wrote: |
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> Hey Daniel, |
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> Daniel Campbell <lists@××××××××.us> writes: |
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>> As a user, I've considered becoming a developer but the process is |
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>> rather contrived and multi-tiered. |
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> Would you like to try again? Where did you get stuck last time? |
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The organizational and social aspects of it pushed me away the most. I'm |
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completely okay with a test that ensures that you either know what |
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you're doing or are resourceful enough to figure it out when in doubt. |
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It's Gentoo as an organization that seems foreboding and intimidating. |
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One must wonder if they should bother applying, if they're good enough, |
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if a mistake would end the work they put in to become a developer, etc. |
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Additionally, I couldn't really come up with a solid goal to work on; an |
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answer to "why do you want to become a developer?" My computing |
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interests lie in problems that are already solved for the most part (IOW |
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I don't know how to find an unsolved problem). My favorite software |
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already has capable maintainers on Gentoo, as well. So if I found myself |
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as a developer, I don't know what I would work on. I'm interested in |
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writing better guides for things, making corrections, updating out-dated |
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stuff, and wouldn't mind adding new packages to portage, but that |
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strikes me as something general that all developers pretty much do already. |
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I've thought about giving it a try, but I don't want to waste people's |
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time if someone more useful applies. This conflicts with my desire to |
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learn and improve, because you can't learn everything alone. So I'm stuck. |
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Sorry for the long, personal answer. I would've responded sooner but I |
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wanted to give the question some thought. |
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>> It doesn't seem like you're becoming a developer through said process, |
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>> but rather joining a fraternity. There's lots of bureacracy involved |
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>> that really turns prospective developers off. |
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> As a young developer (less than 2 years), I feel the process |
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> reasonable. The quiz, the bug report, how you communicate... I feel |
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> they're educative rather than bureaucratic. |
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>> I don't know how common it is, but if Gentoo has a lack of developers, |
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>> there must be a clear reason as to why. |
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> The reason is that we need to give more encouragement to our users to |
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> became a developer, IMHO. |
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>> Clearly Gentoo has a lot of avid users *and* developers, so if |
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>> developers are needed, perhaps the process to become a developer |
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>> should be improved. Why else would the distro be lacking devs if it |
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>> has a bright and enthusiastic userbase? |
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> Right! Therefore I think every developer should keep a sharp eye on the |
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> prospective developers he works with, and encourage her to join Gentoo |
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> as a developer at a proper chance. |
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> Cheers, |
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> Benda |
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