On 16 December 2012 16:57, Michael Orlitzky <mich...@orlitzky.com> wrote: > Inspired by the number of packages being unmaintained -- why not use > some of that bug bounty money to fix up the recruitment documentation
Recruitment documentatiob? What does that mean? > People still think of Gentoo as a ricer distro that's broken all > the time, when in reality, it's one of the most stable. Well that's not entirely true but that's a different issue > would suspect that anything has changed, though, since the > homepage hasn't since before I could drink beer. > > It makes the entire distro look unmaintained. Note quite. The activity of a distro is measure but the # of devs, packages in tree, activity on bugzilla and mailing lists etc. The design of a website does not really say much. Many foss projects still have static html pages. This does not mean they are dead. The pr@ team recently did a survey for the website etc. You may want to ask them what happened and what's their plan. > > 2. Nowhere is it actually spelled out how to become a developer. > Let's google "how to become a gentoo developer." This takes me > to... > >> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=1&chap=2 > > which as far as I know, is complete bullshit. I should look for an > opening in the monthly newsletter? Really? Or in #gentoo-bugs? Parts of this docs are outdated but this does not matter. Get involved, fix bugs, help people and someone will ask you to join. Or look for a mentor. > > 3. Get off CVS for Christ's sake. Nobody wants to work with that. I > don't know how this fits into my bullet list, but it's important. > I believe this is Irrelevant > All three of those problems are boring and will suck to fix -- perfect > candidates for bug bounties. I don't like the attitude "pay in order to happen". This is a foss project, so people are supposed to see this as a hobby or a learning experience. It is not a job ;) Things are supposed to happen because they are fun -- Regards, Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
