From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DMARC_REJECT,FORGED_YAHOO_RCVD,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN, FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from smtpout.kingston-internet.net (smtpout.kingston-internet.co.uk [212.50.161.69]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42CCCAC576 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2002 15:58:43 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [213.249.162.20] (helo=mail.circlesoft.dyn.dhs.org) by smtpout.kingston-internet.net with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #8) id 17PUjB-0005IN-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Tue, 2 Jul 2002 21:58:25 +0100 Received: by mail.circlesoft.dyn.dhs.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id 7C6D827ADB; Tue, 2 Jul 2002 22:01:20 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 22:01:20 +0100 From: sirperc@yahoo.com To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Message-ID: <20020702210119.GA26675@barbrady.circlesoft.dyn.dhs.org> Mail-Followup-To: sirperc@yahoo.com, gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Subject: [gentoo-dev] Introduction to Gentoo Development Teams and Processes Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 6cf97b04-612a-43ff-9f23-e0691a716bbf X-Archives-Hash: f50312f4b27fab90c16ec5ca72513d76 --MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello,=20 My name is Michael Spall, although I prefer sirperc or Sir Perc in general (don't ask). I am interested in joining in with the dvelopment of Gentoo, I am capable of programming, although it is not my main area of interest. Instead I am better at Design, Organization and Testing. I would be interested in working with the documentation team, I've signed up to the Documentation List, although it's a little quiet at the moment and my familiarity with Gentoo is a little low at the moment. I would also be interested in working to help formulate team dynamics, better team co-operation and general administration of the entire project. Effectively if anybody has anything simplet hat you wish to be done then please don't hesitate to email me, I'm happy to take some of those mind numbingly boring tasks off of your hands at the moment, mostly things like writing up documentation, composing web pages and such work. Hope to hear from some of you soon. My initial ideas, I am not aware of which ones have been discussed and which haven't so apologies if these have been discussed and discarded: 1. A split between the user/newbies and other support lists and the Development lists At the moment the majority of traffic on the dev and doc lists seems to be people asking questions that would be jsut as appropriate, or more so in the user and newbie lists. I would suggest the closure of list subscription for the development lists to accepted developers, a web based submission form could allow people to submit their requests for developer status. Also this would allow the list to be set to only accepting emails from subscribers, further reducing the badn width wastage on the list. 2. A recruitment process to get some regular posters on the users/newbie lists to form a newbie / questions team. developers would help out, and the team would be more dedicated to providing accurate answers to the posts for help on the users lists. Again a support website could be set up, with a FAQ section (something sorely missing), a system for listing available support members and systems for rewarding those members in various forms. 3. The seperation and development of a team based strategy towards the development of the whole system. That is to say that whole sections would form teams, somehwat like the desktop and doc teams have at the moment but with more formalised processes. Each team should have their own website and email list, supporting TODO lists, their own bug-lists, and other features as necessary. Each team should have highly visible team leaders, directing the goals of the team, and should have clearly written team definition documents. I have lots of little ideas in addition, some of which will probably laughed at (Hey I'm used to it, so feel fine to point and laugh :-) ) however my main concern in gentoo is that there is no set system for submitting new ideas for the whole system. Ah well I hope that you dont rip these ideas apart too badly :), but please criticise where necessary, and tell me I'm wrong where I am wrong. --=20 This email was written by Sir Perc (Mr M. Spall) and should be accompanied = by a signature for checking with PGP, available at http://www.pgpi.org My PGP Key is available with the email address sirperc@yahoo.com --MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9IhSfSZYa/GLlf2ARAk4JAJwJcvP0NKyrn9BHj7sCtZbzhDjW9ACfTAA+ B3TxrJTgsd95/zw1S/Mc9Ig= =Rqso -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8--