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Gentoo Linux Staffing Needs

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1. Project Description

This page aims to list the areas in which Gentoo actively seeks to expand development efforts. Positions are open to both existing Gentoo developers and also those wishing to become a Gentoo developer. The priorities shown are sorted from highest to lowest.

2. Gentoo Linux Staffing Needs

This page does not list the only areas where contributions are welcome, but is only a reflection of where developers are needed the most. If you are interested in helping out in another area, then do not hesitate to contact the relevant development group anyway.

If you are interested in helping the Gentoo Documentation Project, then please see the GDP Roadmap for bugs that require attention.

If you are interested in helping out with any of the following tasks, please contact the Gentoo Recruiters, CCing the displayed "Contact" on your application.

Priority Summary Description
1 accessibility Requested on November 19, 2006 by William Hubbs: Gentoo's accessibility project is in need of help with things such as ebuild maintenance, kernel hacking, and LiveCD creation. We're also in need of someone to assist with bug solving.
1 app-backup Requested on March 11, 2007 by Lisa M. Seelye: People interested in app-backup, or people who generally want to see the package they use see maintained, can contact Lisa for that. People with tape-devices are most welcome!
1 arm Requested on November 19, 2006 by Mike Frysinger: To get Gentoo on to ARM CPUs we need developers to undertake package testing, patching and general bug solving.
1 backup Requested on November 19, 2006 by Robin Hugh Johnson: The app-backup herd is looking for developers to work on creating and maintaining ebuilds for backup applications within Gentoo. Experience with tape drives or any backup software (esp. Bacula, Arkeia, Tivoli) considered a major plus, but anybody willing to learn and having reasonable ebuild skills will be considered. A sampling of open bugs for this task are listed here: http://tinyurl.com/8yexl
1 Courier MTA Requested on November 19, 2006 by Tuan Van: The net-mail team is looking for someone experienced with courier MTA to help maintain this orphaned packagages.
1 desktop-misc, desktop-dock and desktop-wm Requested on November 19, 2006 by Krzysiek Pawlik: desktop-misc, desktop-dock and desktop-wm herds need new developers to help with ebuild maintenance, introducing new ebuilds into the tree and general bugfixing.
1 dev-tools Requested on November 19, 2006 by Steve Arnold: Steve is looking for developers to help out with dev-tools.
1 embedded Requested on August 15, 2004 by Nedd Ludd: To get Gentoo working on uClibc systems we need people to help with uClibc debugging, toolchains, developing tools, and generally architecture testing and patching.
1 gnome Requested on November 19, 2006 by John N. Laliberte: The GNOME herd needs people who want to help maintain packages and help with bug-solving.
1 GNUstep Requested on March 25, 2006 by Recruiters: Currently the GNUstep herd consists of a few members and is in dire need of additional manpower to help maintain ebuilds and assist in bug squashing.
1 Haskell Requested on June 5, 2007 by Haskell Team: Haskell herd needs new recruits for their world domination plan
1 java Requested on November 19, 2006 by Karl Trygve Kalleberg: The Java team is looking for new developers to help with maintaining Java ebuilds. In particular, Eclipse and related tools, Enterprise Java applications and libraries and gcj need more attention.
1 media-optical-herd Requested on March 21, 2007 by Lars Weiler: The media-optical herd is looking for maintainers to help with testing and version bumping of various CD-writing applications and frontends.
1 MIPS Requested on March 21, 2007 by Alexander Faeroy: The MIPS team is looking to expand the troop, interested soldiers may get in touch with Alex.
1 mysql Requested on March 3, 2007 by Francesco Riosa: dev-db/mysql* and many dependancies need a maintainer. Main requirements are knowledge of c++, MySQL internals and database administratation (something more than basics). Francesco is available as a mentor and is able to get you familiar with the current state of things.
1 PPC Requested on March 21, 2007 by Lars Weiler: The PPC team is looking for AT's to help with testing and keeping the stable tree in a decent state. They are also after people to work on java-bugs and testing-requests on ppc. Got a power pc? Got some time? Get in touch!
1 s390 Requested on November 19, 2006 by S390 Team: To get Gentoo on to S390 CPUs we need developers to undertake package testing, patching and general bug solving.
1 samba/ccp Requested on March 11, 2007 by Tiziano Müller: This team is looking for a few more hands.
1 Scheme, Common lisp Requested on March 21, 2007 by Marijn Schouten: Desperately seeking Susan^WErlang.. er, wait. The Scheme, common lisp herds are understaffed. If you have an interest in helping them out, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
1 SGML herd Requested on March 21, 2007 by Leonardo Boshell: Maintainers needed. Familiar with the handling of SGML and XML catalogs? Related packages such as DocBook, DTDs, etc? We need your help maintaining our ports and to help keep abreast of the bugs. Get in touch now!
1 sparc Requested on March 11, 2007 by Sparc Team: The sparc team could use some more people for software testing, keywording and release work. ~sparc and ~sparc64 users are most welcome!
1 text-markup Requested on March 21, 2007 by Alexandre Buisse: Maintainer needed for *TeX, includes supporting tetex-3, and preparing the switch to TeXlive.
1 toolchain Requested on March 11, 2007 by Mike Frysinger: The toolchain development is currently done by 1-3 developers. Some experienced perl-developers needed!
1 vim Requested on July 24, 2006 by Tom Martin: The Vim herd needs new developers familiar with Vim and its scripts and also the way in which Vim is packaged in Portage. If you meet these requirements, please email recruiters and Cc [email protected].
2 alpha Requested on November 19, 2006 by Bryan Oestergaard: The Alpha team is looking for developers with the ability to maintain (bug-fix, test) packages for the Alpha hardware platform. Ideally these developers have access to, or own, Alpha boxes.
2 bsd Requested on November 19, 2006 by Gentoo/BSD Team: The BSD team is looking for developers who have experience with both BSD and with GNU/Linux to help port Gentoo to the FreeBSD platform.
2 gwn/gdp Requested on March 11, 2007 by Xavier Neys: Looking for translators. The list of currently official translators can be found on our internationalisation subproject page. If your language is not listed, please contact GDP for more information.
2 security Requested on November 19, 2006 by the Gentoo Security Team: The Gentoo Security Team is seeking GLSA Coordinators to help with open security bugs that need solving.
2 toolchain Requested on November 19, 2006 by Mike Frysinger: There are a large number of bugs related to GCC, binutils and glibc that need to be solved.
2 voip Requested on November 19, 2006 by Stefan Knoblich: To further develop and support Voice over IP applications more developers are wanted.
3 sci Requested on November 19, 2006 by Steve Arnold: The Sci team is looking for developers to help out with GIS.


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Updated December 27, 2007

Summary: This page lists requests for Gentoo Developers the Gentoo Recruiters have received.

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