Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: I'm looking for a mentor

[Markos Chandras <hwoarang@gentoo.org>]

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On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 12:24:54PM +0300, Kfir Lavi wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Kfir Lavi <lavi.kfir@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > My name is Kfir Lavi, I'm 36 years old, father of a gorgeous child ;)
> > and a Linux user for about 8 years (I don't count really ;-).
> > I'm a Linux BSP developer here in Israel.
> > I started from LFS, and after few weeks I had a Pentium 100Mhz loaded with
> > X...
> > I'm a Gentoo user for few years now, and I'm interested in embedded,
> > catalyst and stuff
> > related to day to day desktop. At home we are working just on Gentoo, no
> > other OS installed there.
> > I'm experienced in cluster environments to embedded environments. I have
> > worked with Perl, Python and Ruby.
> > I do prefer Bash for day to day usage. I also do C programming that relate
> > to Kernel stuff.
> > In the last few month i did a lot of work using Catalyst, crossdev and
> > "embedded" in general. I'm using
> > Portage facilities for my own work internal use. As part of that, I did
> > some work on public ebuilds.
> > As work get more complicated, I find myself in need of packages that are
> > not always
> > maintained as I need them.
> > As a start I would like to start maintaining dev-libs/ace, as we are using
> > it in our systems a lot.
> > I have emailed  Daniel Black, the current maintainer of ACE,  about
> > changing ownership, but
> > because I'm not a gentoo dev, we can't do it.
> > I'm currently in a battle of shifting major company to Gentoo from vxworks
> > and Windriver.
> > Not easy, and because of that, I have been learning a lot of Gentoo
> > internals. This really
> > opened up my view about Portage and it's abilities.
> > My aim for the future is bringing Catalyst and Portage to an OnDemand
> > embedded (crossdev) state (Which is a lot to ask, but we'll take it step by
> > step).
> >
> > I would be happy if someone will find the time to mentor me to become a
> > Gentoo dev.
> >
> > More info about me:
> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/lavikfir
> > http://gentoo-what-did-you-say.blogspot.com/
> > I'm a proxy maintainer of app-misc/utimer
> > http://github.com/kfirlavi/Amalia - Testbed for network testing
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kfir
> > lavi.kfir at gmail...
> > IRC: kipibenkipod
> >
> 
> Common guys, no one? ...

Kfir,

I can help you with that. Contact me off-list

Regards,
-- 
Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2

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