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 B8F181381F3 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 07:20:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 21EDAE0B83; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 07:20:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 75E6BE0B7F for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 07:20:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [91.220.220.251] (pinkbyte.micronet-rostov.ru [91.220.220.251]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: pinkbyte) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0037A33E935 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 07:20:47 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <52395405.5010205@gentoo.org> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 11:19:33 +0400 From: Sergey Popov User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130815 Thunderbird/17.0.8 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Call for agenda items - Council meeting 2013-09-10 References: <21020.30575.805569.383992@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <20130829152248.GA3432@shimane.bonyari.local> <1377796652.5477.15.camel@localhost> <1379258522.8240.3.camel@localhost> <523915A2.7090504@sporkbox.us> In-Reply-To: <523915A2.7090504@sporkbox.us> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.2 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="OqmSScFU6pUDqjOV5I57pi9Va8rupCWjM" X-Archives-Salt: 041f38cd-7939-4243-a44f-49944a9991cf X-Archives-Hash: d43614983da8572a454b80c7b22a00d8 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --OqmSScFU6pUDqjOV5I57pi9Va8rupCWjM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 18.09.2013 06:53, Daniel Campbell =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82: > 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? >=20 > My two cents, >=20 > ~Daniel >=20 As a long standing user and no-so-longstanding(~1 year) developer i can say this - the recruitment process seems daunting, but all that things with quizes guarantee that new developer does not shoot in the knee in his first day with commit access to portage tree. --=20 Best regards, Sergey Popov Gentoo developer Gentoo Desktop Effects project lead Gentoo Qt project lead Gentoo Proxy maintainers project lead --OqmSScFU6pUDqjOV5I57pi9Va8rupCWjM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSOVQGAAoJECo/aRed92671qAH/292Z4HMCvnPR1OgTH3FTIBy IJNmUyAR6JSMbxSq7LVIP0IkD/cVNUVw7uqnNORpTxjs3s/UbAg6S8kKDJ8eF31h xUS5w6U7C6glaW2C5jemSmfVJsfffNQ3BJhQj6ETrDXZjIQr9y6K1JABWeNpBRsY KjZk3FmUWWR3vRn+92hwg1NmNkb4OsIs3+taLskRnOxjBhHM35bfBcEQX6bafpaI by2R3UjFpK74Qb1x2T91RDaA8VOlYdQhUJQDWSBLd85lKS11O9y0smcCG2E4poeS jLHPt0McLNAuuJnCYq3QIiqdjKI26BneQzfHMS/WhltTAVBQX5MPnAjLE5QTxk0= =x2SJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OqmSScFU6pUDqjOV5I57pi9Va8rupCWjM--