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 77B0C1381F3 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 06:57:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EF369E09DD; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 06:57:28 +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 E87B3E081B for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 06:57:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B47E33E7E1 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 06:57:27 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.271 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.271 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.275, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-1.544, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=unavailable Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id kt4KffVEK2pl for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 06:57:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 38A5C33DABC for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 06:57:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1V4QLT-0005jg-5Z for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:57:15 +0200 Received: from ppp118-209-102-69.lns20.mel4.internode.on.net ([118.209.102.69]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:57:15 +0200 Received: from kensington by ppp118-209-102-69.lns20.mel4.internode.on.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:57:15 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Michael Palimaka Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo is so AWESOME Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 16:57:04 +1000 Message-ID: References: <51F80310.9070006@gentoo.org> <51F830DB.3080902@sporkbox.us> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp118-209-102-69.lns20.mel4.internode.on.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130620 Thunderbird/17.0.7 In-Reply-To: <51F830DB.3080902@sporkbox.us> X-Archives-Salt: 38787e2e-7f52-4dd3-a49a-43d586078e50 X-Archives-Hash: dcedf8ddd491bb1163b6a363a1e16a82 On 31/07/2013 07:32, Daniel Campbell wrote: > I was interested in becoming a dev for a little while, but the testing > and what looks to be prolonged process kinda put me off of the idea. It > just seems like a lot of bureaucratic work. Perhaps my impression is > wrong, though... You are right that the process is not necessarily ideal, but it all we currently have. Some improvements have been happening lately, though. For example, the new recruiting webapp can make handling the quizzes easier, and there have been efforts to increase the numbers of people who can do the final recruitment process. > > Which projects are most in need of developers or maintainers? I wouldn't > mind learning a bit more about package maintenance, portage, and ebuilds... You might have better luck finding an area that interests you first, and going from there.