Re: [gentoo-project] Call for agenda items - Council meeting 2013-09-10

[Pacho Ramos <pacho@gentoo.org>]

El mar, 17-09-2013 a las 21:53 -0500, Daniel Campbell escribió:
> On 09/15/2013 02:03 PM, Rich Freeman wrote:
> > As far as the users go - more need to become developers if they want
> > to have stable keywords, or pay somebody else to do so on their
> > behalf.  That's just how things work in a volunteer-based distro.
> 
> As a user, I've considered becoming a developer but the process is
> rather contrived and multi-tiered. It doesn't seem like you're becoming
> a developer through said process, but rather joining a fraternity.
> There's lots of bureacracy involved that really turns prospective
> developers off. I don't know how common it is, but if Gentoo has a lack
> of developers, there must be a clear reason as to why. Clearly Gentoo
> has a lot of avid users *and* developers, so if developers are needed,
> perhaps the process to become a developer should be improved. Why else
> would the distro be lacking devs if it has a bright and enthusiastic
> userbase?
> 
> My two cents,
> 
> ~Daniel
> 

Could you please be a bit more specific? Maybe we could improve that :/

Is it a problem with quizzes and some of its questions? If I don't
misremember, there was some kind of recruitment tool in progress, but
not sure how ready it is