On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 18:08:52 +0100 Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 05:35:47PM +0530, Tushar Rajput wrote: > > > Â I am novice programmer and wants to contribute to gentoo.Can you give > > me some details? > > I think you should be aware about some context that might not be all > obvious at a first start. > > * Gentoo is mainly splitted in two: the developers and the council. > > * Developers must apply to the council policies. > > * Most of the work happens on the Bugzilla Wall, whether you like it or > not, and even if it's a oneline patch. > > * Gentoo relies on teams, affected on areas and ebuilds. > > * Only official maintainers commit updates. > > * Commits are done to the SVN repository, the Great Temple.
Is this a joke? We have CVS here. > * Each official maintainer have write access to the full portage tree > but occasional commits outside your official affected areas might not > be welcome at all. Commited patches are not reviewed and having the > keys to the Great Temple is not enough, occasional contributions > somewhere else means you should supply your work through the Bugzilla > Wall. > > * As a non-official maintainer, occasional contributions requires you to > diligently offer your services to the Eminence official maintainer: > you can't understand what maintaining means in Gentoo. > > * Becoming a Gentoo maintainer is a step by step process: you first make > your best to have good scores at fixing bugs in the Bugzilla Wall and > being at the top of the Scoreboard, then you request an official > position, if someone agrees and takes time to answer your request you > must pass the GreatOnlineTestToCheckYourSkills, if you're successfull > then you are mentored by the guardians of the temple for some > not-much-well-defined times, and finally you might become an official > maintainer. > > * Fun is lost for a long time. Not really :) > * Gentoo's specific workflow, tools, policies and administratives tasks > have a long history and are designed for a long time to become this > wonderfull 5 starts palace. > > * And of course, keep your efforts and your energy. ,-) The most important part indeed. Best regards, Andrew Savchenko
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