From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EF901387FD for ; Sun, 8 Jun 2014 11:56:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5DE9FE0B11; Sun, 8 Jun 2014 11:56:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 39946E0AE9 for ; Sun, 8 Jun 2014 11:56:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from marga.jer-c2.orkz.net (D4B2706A.static.ziggozakelijk.nl [212.178.112.106]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jer) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CB5E734000D for ; Sun, 8 Jun 2014 11:56:21 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2014 13:56:16 +0200 From: Jeroen Roovers To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] The state and future of the OpenRC project Message-ID: <20140608135616.581807d8@marga.jer-c2.orkz.net> In-Reply-To: <5393B6D8.4080201@gentoo.org> References: <20140607201920.0e0ccd5c@gentoo.org> <53937778.7020604@sporkbox.us> <20140607230815.07bc18e7@marga.jer-c2.orkz.net> <5393B6D8.4080201@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.23; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 3c2b6356-a40a-4283-9641-5952c47dfe5e X-Archives-Hash: 18b8d0e7b2484616b25f05c20d21081e On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 03:05:28 +0200 Alexander Berntsen wrote: > On 07/06/14 23:08, Jeroen Roovers wrote: > > You can start fixing bugs immediately. You can check out the > > sources, write patches and attach the patches to the bug reports. > > Then all it takes is someone else to review/commit the patches. > Hacking an init system is different to hacking e.g. desktop or Web > programs. Exactly nobody suggested that. That said, starting with OpenRC probably doesn't give you the easiest learning curve for getting "into" Gentoo. > Unless Daniel happens to be a seasoned veteran init system > hacker, having a mentor will be a significant boost. Lots of people post patches all the time. Whether they're good patches is up for review, and the lack of mentoring doesn't stop thousands of others from proposing patches on bugzilla on a very regular basis. jer