Mario Fetka schrieb: > On Monday, 4. May 2009 19:06:12 George Prowse wrote: >> Peter Faraday Weller wrote: >>> Hi.... >>> >>> Thanks, >>> welp >> Sad to hear it mate. >> >> As the person who did your first install for you (i think) I think you >> will be missed. >> >> I am quite surprised about what you said about the state of things >> because i've got the distinct impression from others that Gentoo has >> been improving in the past 12 months. >> >> About the lack of the developers, something I proposed about 3 years ago >> might be applicable: has Gentoo ever thought about doing a "Dev Day" in >> much the same way as the "Bug Days"? Advertise a day where people can >> come and have a chat with developers and get coached because there is a >> vast amount of people and knowledge out there and I never see anything >> about Gentoo wanting people. >> >> If you book them, they will come. >> >> G > > and I would be the first to come > > Mario > > >
For those, who can work with IRC and are interested in working with ebuilds, there is already an option: Join #gentoo-dev-help or even better #gentoo-sunrise and read the documentation from the topic. The Sunrise Overlay (with the #gentoo-sunrise IRC channel) is open for everyone willing to learn and contribute to it. Even normal users can get access, learn how to create ebuilds, how to improve them and how to maintain them. As a starting point, this is a central overlay, where ebuilds are maintained, that dont get a developer as maintainer because of missing manpower. Additionally, all contributors learn the ebuild development work themselves. And if you are willing to learn and do continuously good work, there is a good chance that you may level up to a developer yourself someday. You want an example? This was my way to become a full Gentoo developer. ;-) So at least for ebuild maintainence, there are good starting points (probably other projects also have training grounds like the java or kde herds), the bigger problem may be the communication between potential new developers and the current developer base and our options to become a new developer. -- Thomas Sachau Gentoo Linux Developer
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