[gentoo-dev] New Team Structure

[Daniel Robbins <drobbins@gentoo.org>]

Hi All,

The dev-wiki has been updated to reflect our new team structure (many thanks to
Thread!).  I haven't really gotten much response about who wants to be on what
team; if you're a developer, you *need* to get this info to me or I'll pick a
team for you.  Also, we have lots of team leader positions open. I hope my last
email didn't scare anyone from becoming a team leader; to compensate, here are
some of the good things about being a team leader:

- you'll have the ability to shape a complete section of the Gentoo Linux
  distro.

- you'll have a team of developers at your command.

- you'll be interacting with me and Achim directly; if you're not a team
  leader, you'll be reporting to the team leader rather than me and Achim, so
  your contact with us will be limited.

- you will be playing a key role in making Gentoo Linux ready for prime-time,
  and if you do a great job your efforts will not be forgotten after Gentoo
  Linux 1.0.  Any excellent team leaders will become a key part of our
  development team.  When we start generating income, that could potentially
  translate into a full-time staff position.

- This is chance to prove yourself by helping Gentoo Linux.  As you do, Achim
  and I will gradually give you more authority.  Our goal is to use the Team
  Leader position to cultivate developers who want to rise to the "achim" and
  "drobbins" level of Gentoo Linux expertise.  This will allow us to
  potentially put some of our Team Leaders in charge of, say, the entire x86
  version of Gentoo Linux so that me and Achim can focus on the PowerPC and
  other processors, as well as other Unix operating systems.  Or,
  alternatively, you may lead these new development efforts.  Basically, by
  becoming a Team Leader, you will be putting yourself in a position where you
  can eventually manage the entire distro.  We're going to spend more time
  personally interacting with our Team Leaders and give you the resources you
  need to gain this experience and expertise.

- Prestige.  Since you will be getting involved in Gentoo Linux development in
  a non-trivial way, you'll have something of significance to add to your
  resume.  

We have Team Leader positions open in the System, Tools, Infrastructure and and
Server teams.  All developers please get back to me and let me know how you'd
like to be involved in the new team structure:  You need to tell me a team name
you'd like to be part of and whether or not you'd like to be a team leader.

Best Regards,

-- 
Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
President/CEO					http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.