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 AD8D91381F3 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:58:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B1E2CE0329; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:58:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail2.viabit.com (mail2.viabit.com [65.246.80.16]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47F1B21C010 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:57:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [172.17.29.6] (vpn1.metro-data.com [65.213.236.242]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail2.viabit.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3YPWrc3vMwz1hfM for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 11:57:36 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=orlitzky.com; s=mail2; t=1355677056; bh=vZ2L31OFLbKsN/VxLHMwf43uI3gFxaHJPlYVwZkIgkk=; h=Date:From:To:Subject; b=IjiS3W9reDw5/IYuKsUOQjHR6oR/f7PJC2rCJUOFO8/DQRXzwUrWxXsRMQRf+cpUK nPQkqNNnbkDKIuijPzsq/+nZ838pEvugIkdzoiY3ik//DJfisdQbzxVB62/uPakD54 /OtanTRCnZRncDqTHTnZ4eCCER0N6879GZqW7s9w= Message-ID: <50CDFD7F.7040207@orlitzky.com> Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 11:57:35 -0500 From: Michael Orlitzky User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0.10) Gecko/20121104 Thunderbird/10.0.10 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 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-dev] Attracting developers (Re: Packages up for grabs...) X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: a7d9ddc4-1ac2-40e6-9963-285141b6d003 X-Archives-Hash: 890b3baf7d4497d966b34eb11bff4a87 Inspired by the number of packages being unmaintained -- why not use some of that bug bounty money to fix up the recruitment documentation and maybe give the webpage a makeover? Marketing is a big part of the problem. 1. Even MediaWiki (wiki.gentoo.org) looks better than www.gentoo.org. That's impressive-bad. People still think of Gentoo as a ricer distro that's broken all the time, when in reality, it's one of the most stable. No one would suspect that anything has changed, though, since the homepage hasn't since before I could drink beer. It makes the entire distro look unmaintained. 2. Nowhere is it actually spelled out how to become a developer. Let's google "how to become a gentoo developer." This takes me to... > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=1&chap=2 which as far as I know, is complete bullshit. I should look for an opening in the monthly newsletter? Really? Or in #gentoo-bugs? 3. Get off CVS for Christ's sake. Nobody wants to work with that. I don't know how this fits into my bullet list, but it's important. All three of those problems are boring and will suck to fix -- perfect candidates for bug bounties.