Thanks for this cool answer . Ok, i will try my best. going join in amd64 mailing list. Yep, i am interesting on documentation. I done lot's of work on google translation and also member of http://ekushey.org which a group that works for bengla localization. again thanks for ur suggestion. On 9/20/06, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote: > > "S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu)" posted > 4997275b0609200505t3ec5d6cfm308b368cea37cdf1@mail.gmail.com, excerpted > below, on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:05:52 +0600: > > > hi everybody, > > i am from bangladesh. Have some knowledge on *nix (linux and unix). I > > like gentoo very much. > > And runing gentoo x86 on a EM64T (i will install amd64 tonight). > > > > > > I am very much interested to join with you (gentoo developer team). > > > > What is the procedure?? > > The usual response to that question is something along the lines of this > quote from the Gentoo Developer Handbook, Introduction, under > Requirements: > > > The best way to get noticed [ and to possibly become a Gentoo developer! ] > is to file intuitive and accurate bug reports at the Gentoo Bugzilla, with > patches if possible, and to help us out with what you think would make a > better Gentoo for everyone whether by providing patches for new features, > submitting new ebuilds, or solving issues with existing ones. > > > To that I can add the following: > > One of the things Gentoo is known for in the Free/Libre and Open Source > Software community is its relatively good documentation. Certainly then, > one could expect to find a fairly rich resource in the Gentoo Developer > documentation as well, and that is indeed the case. From the Gentoo home > page, Documentation home or listing, Gentoo Development Documentation, or > simply bookmark the following link: > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/?catid=gentoodev > > There you will find several developer oriented resources including the > Gentoo Developer Handbook which I quoted from above. These give the > details, but there's a formal mentoring process and quizzes on ebuilds and > the Gentoo structure (since as a dev you'll be working with others and > have a chance to vote on the council and the like). > > > By the way, i applied for em64t, that i get from stuffing needs .but not > > getting any answere. > > Probably because you hadn't yet followed the above suggestion, and the > Gentoo AMD64 arch team (which covers EM64T as well since it's the same > arch) doesn't (yet) know who you are. Get involved a bit as a user on the > amd64 IRC channel or mailing list, and if you prove to be helpful, you'll > soon enough get invited to further participation. Note that the amd64 team > was the first to introduce ATs, Arch-Testers, as formally recognized > contributors to the Gentoo community. That's the way several of the > latest Gentoo devs started, as ATs, getting to know the devs and other > ATs. > > As you mentioned you are from Bangladesh, you may also be interested in > the documentation translation team, and also be sure to file any > localization (l10n) related bugs as you come across them in your > Gentooing. > Gentoo can always use help with l10n issues, as I'm sure you are aware, if > that's an area you are skilled and interested in. > > -- > Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. > "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- > and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman > > -- > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu) Home page: http://lavluda.tripod.com Blog: http://lavluda.tk Yahoo!! ID: lavluda MSN ID: lavluda Skype : lavluda