George Prowse schrieb: > Thomas Sachau wrote: >> 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. > >
Such a campaign would need quite some time and i dont have this free time. So if anyone is willing to do the needed work, i can try to help a bit, but cannot take the work and time myself. The only thing i can do and currently do whenever possible is pointing people to the sunrise project and helping them there. And thats what i did with my mail. -- Thomas Sachau Gentoo Linux Developer
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