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
June 3, 2005 by
Deedra Waters:
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 |
amd64 |
Requested on
May 14, 2005 by
Gerald J. Normandin Jr.:
The Gentoo/AMD64 team is looking for documentation developers to
assist with revamping and updating AMD64 documentation.
Prospective candidates should have good language skills and be
familiar with XML.
|
| 1 |
arm |
Requested on
August 15, 2004 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
June 2, 2005 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 |
desktop-misc, desktop-dock and desktop-wm |
Requested on
June 5, 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 |
em64t |
Requested on
January 25, 2005 by
Mike Doty:
The AMD64 team is looking for developers with the ability to maintain
(bug-fix, test) packages for the EM64T hardware platform. These
developers have access to or own Xeon boxes.
|
| 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
July 16, 2005 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
Mark Loeser:
Currently the GNUstep herd consists of one member and is in dire need of
additional manpower to help maintain ebuilds and assist in bug squashing.
|
| 1 |
gps |
Requested on
April 30, 2005 by
Henrik Brix Andersen:
The mobile herd needs a new maintainer for the GPS related ebuilds
currently in portage - there's also a quite a few enhancement requests
in bugzilla for GPS related ebuilds.
|
| 1 |
java |
Requested on
July 24, 2005 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 |
net-fs |
Requested on
August 15, 2004 by
Ryan Phillips:
There are a larger number of bugs related to network fileing
systems that need solving.
|
| 1 |
netmon |
Requested on
January 21, 2005 by
Daniel Black:
More developers are required to maintain network monitoring
tools.
|
| 1 |
perl |
Requested on
December 21, 2004 by
Chris White:
The Perl herd is looking for experienced candidates to help
Perl bug solving.
|
| 1 |
ppc64 |
Requested on
August 15, 2004 by
Tom Gall:
To get Gentoo on to 64 bit PPC CPUs we need developers to
undertake package testing, patching and general bug solving.
|
| 1 |
s390 |
Requested on
August 15, 2004 by
S390 Team:
To get Gentoo on to S390 CPUs we need developers to undertake
package testing, patching and general bug solving.
|
| 1 |
sound |
Requested on
August 15, 2004 by
Jeremy Huddleston:
To get Gentoo's large number of sound applications debugged and
tested more developers are needed.
|
| 1 |
video |
Requested on
August 15, 2004 by
Chris White:
To get Gentoo's large number of Video and DVD applications
debugged and testinged more developers are needed.
|
| 1 |
wxwindows |
Requested on
January 24, 2005 by
Mark Loeser:
The wxwindows herd needs developer(s) to help with package
testing and maintenance.
|
| 1 |
x86 |
Requested on
December 4, 2005 by
Mark Loeser:
In order to increase QA and handle stabilization requests in a more timely manner,
the x86 arch team is looking for developers that are willing and able to test
a wide variety of packages.
|
| 1 |
xemacs |
Requested on
March 9, 2006 by
Mark Loeser:
The XEmacs herd is currently without any maintainers and has many open bugs that need to be
resolved.
|
| 2 |
alpha |
Requested on
October 23, 2004 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 8, 2004 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. The immediate focus
is to have a working BSD baselayout.
|
| 2 |
security |
Requested on
August 24, 2004 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
August 15, 2004 by
Mike Frysinger:
There are a large number of bugs related to GCC, binutils and
glibc that need to be solved.
|
| 2 |
utf8 |
Requested on
October 23, 2004 by
Seemant Kulleen:
The UTF-8 team is looking to expand. We currently have only one developer
on the team. The goal is to create a completely unicode-enabled Gentoo
system.
|
| 2 |
voip |
Requested on
August 15, 2004 by
Stefan Knoblich:
To further develop and support Voice over IP applications more
developers are wanted.
|
| 3 |
comm-fax |
Requested on
August 15, 2004 by
Steve Arnold:
Communication, fax, and related packages need a hand with
maintenance.
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