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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,RDNS_NONE autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from eldar.thecomputer-smith.co.za (unknown [196.41.199.50]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 550A7AC3CE for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 02:27:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: (qmail 29708 invoked from network); 26 Aug 2002 07:27:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO warhammer.imsgroup.co.za) (10.0.1.209) by 10.0.0.1 with SMTP; 26 Aug 2002 07:27:09 -0000 Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 09:21:16 +0200 From: Henti Smith To: Paul Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] State of Developement Message-Id: <20020826092116.0340ac2e.bain@reaper.org> In-Reply-To: <20020826064346.GX5078@squish.home.loc> References: <20020826064346.GX5078@squish.home.loc> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.1 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i586-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: 79ec51b2-b176-4c83-a26c-b6874d5db68d X-Archives-Hash: 754232be6fa4b305f37a5b347fe92e34 On Mon, 26 Aug 2002 02:43:46 -0400 Paul wrote: > Hi; > > I am curious about the state of gentoo; I feel I have a > material interest, as I try to report bugs, submit patches, and > ebuilds because I want to make this distribution better for me. > I have noticed that the numbers assigned to each of my > new bug reports has been advancing at such a high rate over time, > that I am given to wonder if the developers can keep up. My > ebuilds especially have seemed to languish lately. > How are you guys doing? Do you have any areas that you > would like us to focus on? (eg. QA) I could squeeze out ebuilds > regularly, but I tend to wait on those in the pipeline. > I havent checked, but is gentoo-core still closed? > Could it be read-only, maybe only in digest form? The more > I know about where this project is going, the more motivated > I am to help, rather than say, sitting back on my haunches > and waiting. (something I have been unable to do so far:) > I am not suggesting make gentoo democratic, just take > advantage of those who are not part of the core team better, > by giving more guidance. Well said. :)) I have to agree. there are alot of non-core people on this list and just itching to help out in any respect possible. Maybe assign a new core member to "public relations" to help up and coming developers in helping where you guys need the most help but cannot warrent spending core members time doing. Henti Smith