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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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> 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 |