Re: [gentoo-project] Merging Trustees and Council / Developers and Foundation

[David Abbott <dabbott@gentoo.org>]

On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 6:03 PM, Raymond Jennings <shentino@gmail.com> wrote:
> So, just to double check, and for the purpose of verification, what is the
> exact step by step method for becoming a "developer" of the kind that has a
> @g.o, and not necessarily a developer with full commit access?
>
> And more to the point, is current documentation on the subject accurate and
> up to date?
[see below]
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 2:54 PM, Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 5:20 PM, Raymond Jennings <shentino@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I personally oppose merging the foundation and dev community.
>> >
>> > As someone else pointed out, there are ways to contribute to gentoo that
>> > do
>> > not involve developing.
>>
>> Developer = having an @gentoo.org email address.  People who are
>> significant contributors in any way should be able to apply to get
>> these, and the process already exists for this.
>>
>> We used to make a distinction between "developers" and "staff."  Now
>> it seems the preferred terms are developers with and without commit
>> access.
>>
>> --
>> Rich
>>
>

Raymond,
Try not to top post.

First you need a mentor to become a developer, with or without commit access.
This seems pretty up to date;
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Recruiters/Quiz#Quiz_selection_2

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David Abbott (dabbott)
Gentoo Foundation Secretary
http://dev.gentoo.org/~dabbott/