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On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 07:48:19PM -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote: |
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> On 07/30/2013 02:16 PM, hasufell wrote: |
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> > And we need MOAR devs |
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> > |
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> > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=1&chap=2 |
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> > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Gentoo/Staffing_Needs |
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> > so awesome! srsly! |
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> > What many people don't seem to get is: you don't need to be a commit |
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> > monkey doing your 100+ commits per week. |
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> > Our minimum rate of commits is pretty low before you actually are forced |
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> > to retire. |
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> > Better have a lot of devs each one focussing on a few packages than |
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> > having few devs working on the entire tree and messing up things randomly. |
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> > It's not that much work, just some regular attention. You want to join! |
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> (old rant) |
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> I would like to become a developer. I already proxy maintain a few |
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> packages, and have a few more in sunrise that I could take care of. I |
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> could also triage bugs in my spare time. |
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> But, there's no process to do so. |
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> I want to become a dev, what's my next step? There is none. Help out, |
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> and maybe someone will notice you? Ok, I'm on it. Been doing it for |
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> years, and I know several other people in the same situation. It doesn't |
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> work, and recruitment numbers are plummeting. |
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> There needs to be an explicit, documented process. And someone devoted |
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> full-time to mentoring new recruits. I can think of no better long-term |
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> investment of the foundation's money. |
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Let me second this post. Some months ago after much prodding by someone high |
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up in the Gentoo organization, I tried to take the $PATH. Michael's post above |
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is, IMO, _very_ kind considering what I went through. In the middle of my |
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_tests_ the whole system broke down. |
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For 7 years before coming to Gentoo I was with Slackware. Never wanting any |
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public recognition, most of my patches just went straight to the #2 guy. Pat |
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did sometimes name me in ChangeLogs, but mostly I was allowed to contribute in |
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the background. |
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Gentoo could use an overhaul, especially in the area of communication skills, |
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_most_ especially for those devs whose first language is _not_ English. |
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Just my 2c ... no time atm anyway ... RL demands me to make $ for bills. |
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Don't take my quick, casual comments as criticism of Gentoo as a GNU/Linux |
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distro. For those who have some knowledge, it's far and above the best! But |
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the foundation needs to take a look into revamping this area. |
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Cheers, |
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Bruce |
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