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On 28/06/15 20:15, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote: |
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> BTW, if any candidate wishes to present a manifesto, don't forget to reply to |
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> the election thread so that we can pick it up and add it to the election page. |
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Hi all, |
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here is my manifesto; |
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I started with Gentoo around 2008. In the beginning my focus was mainly on the |
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Science side, but since then I did packaging and contributions to many herds and |
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projects. In the recent years I started to look more into other areas like the |
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project management and joined the recruiter team. |
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Currently I am leading the science and recruiters project. |
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So, what do I stand for in the council? |
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I have seen the number of developers and contributors to Gentoo declining over |
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the years. |
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That's why I think it is most essential to create an environment where we can |
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attract contributors and make them happy to stay. I will always opt for the most |
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productive solution and encourage fair and respectful cooperation. |
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There are two groups of people, that I would like to give special attention to, |
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the new and inexperienced ones, and our power-developers. |
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We need to create a supportive and positive environment for both. |
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The initial contributors as well as new and inexperienced developers need |
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support and mentoring in order to further develop their skills but also to make |
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them stay and keep them productive. It's not about RTFM, but to really take care |
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of them and show appreciation to their contributions. We have quite some great |
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projects which are working towards this goal, namely: the proxy-maint, the |
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gentoo-rsync2git PRs, (sunrise) or the many mentors among us. |
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I would like to see this to be more closely combined under common roof to bundle |
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the effort and help making the step to become a developer more attractive. |
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On the other hand it is very important to listen to the needs of our power |
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contributors and to provide the requested resources. If they don't receive this, |
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they will start looking for alternatives and we lose them. So we must aim for |
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practical and quick solutions rather than bikeshed until they give up. |
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We cannot afford to lose anyone! |
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Along these ideas I will make my decisions and put effort into the project. |
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Justin |
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P.s. |
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I will give my full support as a member of the council to infra so that the git |
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migration may happen this year. We will help to overcome all non-technical |
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issues so that it's only a matter of setting it up. |
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