The 01/08/13, Hans de Graaff wrote: > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=1&chap=2 > documents this from the new developer perspective. Note how it says to > contact the recruiters if you don't already have found a mentor yourself. > > There is also http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/recruiters/ which > documents this from the inside, but when I wanted to become a developer I > found that more useful documentation :-) > > So it is explicitly documented. Perhaps not well enough? In that case, > let us know what you miss.
I've proposed myself some years ago. Things might have changed since then but at that time the mail I sent to the dev list got no response. Process recruitement is incredibely busy and over-complicated compared to all other projects I've been involved into. I think this stands like that because most developers are afraid to give wirte acces to the whole portage CVS tree to others. In all other projects, it's almost a question of subscribing to a mailing list and send git patches. With time, you get direct write access. With Gentoo, you have to find a mentor, officially call for being a member, success the online tests, keep mentored some time. Not very light and efficient... Now, I'm away from Gentoo and it's fine. :-) -- Nicolas Sebrecht
