The changes are: - Rename the title to "Projects and Herds" to put the emphasis on projects - Explain projects and subprojects in a new "Projects" section - Add a subsection for starting new projects - Add a subsection for joining/leaving a project - Put a warning label at the beginning of the "Herds" section, declare it obsolete, and preserve it for historical reasons
Gentoo-Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=572144 Gentoo-Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=549490 Signed-off-by: Göktürk Yüksek <gokt...@binghamton.edu> --- general-concepts/herds-and-projects/text.xml | 128 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 127 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/general-concepts/herds-and-projects/text.xml b/general-concepts/herds-and-projects/text.xml index e030150..39813c8 100644 --- a/general-concepts/herds-and-projects/text.xml +++ b/general-concepts/herds-and-projects/text.xml @@ -1,10 +1,133 @@ <?xml version="1.0"?> <guide self="general-concepts/herds-and-projects/"> <chapter> -<title>Herds and Projects</title> +<title>Projects and Herds</title> <body> +<section> +<title>Projects</title> +<body> + +<p> +The management structure of Gentoo, called the "metastructure", +is defined in +<uri link="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GLEP:39#Specification";> +GLEP 39</uri>. In Gentoo, a project is a group of developers working +towards a common goal in various different areas. For example, the +<uri link="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Metastructure";> +Gentoo Metastructure Project</uri> oversees the developments +regarding the metastructure. There are other projects such as the +<uri link="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Bug-wranglers";> +Bug Wranglers</uri> which works on assigning bugs reported on Gentoo +Bugzilla to the responsible developers/projects, or, the +<uri link="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Devmanual";> +Devmanual</uri> which focuses on maintaining this document. Many +others are responsible for maintaining packages in the tree: the +<uri link="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Base";> +Base-System</uri> focuses on compilers, toolchains and various other +system software; the +<uri link="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage";> +Portage Development Project</uri> specializes in the development of +<path>sys-apps/portage</path>; the +<uri link="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Proxy_Maintainers";> +Proxy Maintainers</uri> allows keen users to assume responsibility for +various packages in the official tree under the guidance of Gentoo +developers. A package maintained by a project needs to have the +project explicitly listed as a maintainer in its +<uri link="::ebuild-writing/misc-files/metadata">metadata.xml</uri>. +The full listing of all the projects can be found on +<uri link="https://api.gentoo.org/metastructure/projects.xml";> +api.gentoo.org</uri> or on the +<uri link="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Gentoo";>wiki</uri>. +</p> + +<p> +Projects spanning a large area of topics can have multiple subprojects +specializing in particular fields within the domain of the parent +project and thus form a project hierarchy. For example, +<uri link="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:ComRel";> +Community Relations</uri> project mainly concerns itself with +inter-developer and user-developer relationships as well as upholding +the Gentoo Code of Conduct. +<uri link="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Recruiters";> +Recruiters</uri> project, on the other hand, is tasked with +orchestrating the process of recruiting developers for Gentoo. Both +projects tackle different problems, yet, at the same time work towards +the common goal of improving and maintaining good relations in the +community. As such, both of these are subprojects of +<uri link="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:ComRes";> +Community Resources</uri> project. +</p> + +<subsection> +<title>Starting New Projects</title> +<body> + +<p> +According to the metastructure any developer may create a new +project. There are two procedures involved in starting a new project: + +<ol> + <li> + Create a new project page <uri + link="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Gentoo_Wiki:Developer_Central/Project_pages";> + through the wiki</uri>. + </li> + <li> + Post a Request For Comments (RFC) email to the gentoo-dev + mailing list. + </li> +</ol> + +There is no approval required for the RFC and negative comments do not +block a developer from creating a project. Competing projects are +allowed to co-exist in Gentoo; existence of another project with +similar goals do not block another developer from starting a new +project with the same goals. +</p> + +</body> +</subsection> +<subsection> +<title>Joining and Leaving a Project</title> +<body> + +<p> +Members of a project are managed through the project's page on the +Gentoo Wiki. Each page has a "Project" template in its source which +lists the members of the project. Simply modifying the list is +sufficient for adding or removing a developer. Note that different +projects have different requirements and procedures for recruiting +developers, which may require prior arrangements to be made before +modifying the member list. +</p> + +<p> +Developers should remember to add themselves to the alias by editing +<c><path>/var/mail/alias/misc/<alias name></path></c> on +dev.gentoo.org. For example, the alias for the Devmanual project is +located at <c>/var/mail/alias/misc/devmanual</c>, which corresponds to +the project email address <c>devman...@gentoo.org</c>. +</p> + +</body> +</subsection> + +</body> +</section> + +<section> +<title>Herds</title> +<body> + +<warning> +Herds have been declared obsolete as per the Gentoo Council's <uri +link="https://projects.gentoo.org/council/meeting-logs/20160110-summary.txt";> +decision on January 10, 2016</uri>. The following section is preserved +for historical purposes. +</warning> + <p> A <e>herd</e> is a collection of packages with an associated set of maintainers. It can happen for example because of retirement that a herd has no developers @@ -27,6 +150,9 @@ as the <c>silo</c> bootloader). This is <e>not</e> always the case. </p> </body> +</section> + +</body> </chapter> </guide> -- 2.7.3
