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18.09.2013 06:53, Daniel Campbell пишет: |
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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. It doesn't seem like you're becoming |
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> a developer through said process, but rather joining a fraternity. |
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> There's lots of bureacracy involved that really turns prospective |
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> developers off. I don't know how common it is, but if Gentoo has a lack |
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> of developers, there must be a clear reason as to why. Clearly Gentoo |
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> has a lot of avid users *and* developers, so if developers are needed, |
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> perhaps the process to become a developer should be improved. Why else |
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> would the distro be lacking devs if it has a bright and enthusiastic |
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> userbase? |
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> My two cents, |
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> ~Daniel |
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As a long standing user and no-so-longstanding(~1 year) developer i can |
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say this - the recruitment process seems daunting, but all that things |
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with quizes guarantee that new developer does not shoot in the knee in |
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his first day with commit access to portage tree. |
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Best regards, Sergey Popov |
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Gentoo developer |
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Gentoo Desktop Effects project lead |
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Gentoo Qt project lead |
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Gentoo Proxy maintainers project lead |
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