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> >> > Lately I've been shopping around for other distros as well as looking |
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> >> > at *BSD. Gentoo development seems to have slowed way down and I like |
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> >> > things being improved as quickly as possible. FreeBSD is supposed to |
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> >> > be the closest relation, but even that won't do. I don't think there |
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> >> > is anything as satisfying as Gentoo out there. The concept is second |
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> >> > to none, the execution of that concept is fantastic, but it needs to |
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> >> > keep moving forward. What is the next step? Or should we keep |
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> >> > treading water? |
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> >> > |
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> >> > - Grant |
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> >> |
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> >> I love gentoo and can't settle for anything else. What can I do to |
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> >> make sure development doesn't stop? |
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> > |
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> > Let me in on that. What can I do too? |
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> There are plenty of things that can be done, depending on what kind of |
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> skills you bring with you. And please note that those skills need not be |
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> technical in order to help out. Just some things off the top of my head: |
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> * participate in the community (e.g. here or in the forums) to help |
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> others with Gentoo things |
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> * participate on bugs.gentoo.org by adding relevant comments to bugs, |
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> trying to fix bugs, providing new ebuilds or patches (and bugday is a |
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> good way to get started with that: http://bugday.gentoo.org/) |
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> * help out the documentation teams to maintain the current information or |
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> create new stuff and possible translate it |
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> * help out with Gentoo artwork |
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> * help out with the organization of Gentoo stuff such as events and PR |
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> * becoming a developer: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/staffing- |
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> needs/ |
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> * that one thing that you can do really well but that I forgot to list |
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> here |
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What keeps an army of developers from putting in more time on a cool |
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project? I'll bet there are many Gentoo developers who would rather |
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work on Gentoo than most other things. These developers who pretty |
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much *are* Gentoo aren't able to focus on Gentoo because living costs |
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money and Gentoo doesn't pay. |
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Multiple great ideas have already been suggested in this thread. Is |
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this the first time they've been conceived and shared? Why hasn't |
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work begun on them? Why isn't work completed on them? Because living |
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costs money and Gentoo doesn't pay. |
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I've been in business for 7 years and I'd like to take a shot at |
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designing a system that would pay Gentoo developers to develop. |
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Flame me. I can take it. Long live Gentoo. |
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- Grant |
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