Thomas Sachau wrote:
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.
I think you are missing the point. If you sit and wait for them to join
you will always be understaffed.
Go on a big dev drive! Announce it all over all the Gentoo's normal
communication channels and other generic linux places! Email some linux
magazines, talk to distrowatch, message some large LUGs. Get people
talking about it. Whatever happens, dont just sit on your hands. Tell
the users that Gentoo needs them and that they can make a difference!
If you make it a big and special occasion which is planned correctly
with a sufficient number of current developers who are willing to walk
people through how and what it means to be a Gentoo Developer then the
influx could create a new backbone of new developers who will hopefully
be here for years to come.
