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.
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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