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 B06991381F3 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 07:26:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B2F66E09C9; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 07:26:05 +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 B280CE0997 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 07:26:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4A4033EA96 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 07:26:03 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.274 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.274 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.272, 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 1EKUERaLlXf3 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 07:25:58 +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 E004733EA58 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 07:25:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1V4QnB-0006ml-8o for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:25:53 +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 09:25:53 +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 09:25:53 +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 17:25:40 +1000 Message-ID: References: <51F80310.9070006@gentoo.org> <51F850C3.6060301@orlitzky.com> 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: <51F850C3.6060301@orlitzky.com> X-Archives-Salt: 7542e119-81e1-4ba3-af1d-fcaf5cb78f39 X-Archives-Hash: 87f433cb6f5387f0c6787c1b0bca7d32 On 31/07/2013 09:48, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > I want to become a dev, what's my next step? There is none. Help out, > and maybe someone will notice you? Ok, I'm on it. Been doing it for > years, and I know several other people in the same situation. It doesn't > work, and recruitment numbers are plummeting. > > There needs to be an explicit, documented process. I agree, it's not really concrete. Which projects/areas are you usually involved in?