[gentoo-dev] Re: want to join gentoo developer team

["Duncan" <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>]

"S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu)" <smibrahim@gmail.com> 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:

<quote>
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.
</quote>

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.

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