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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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> 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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