Contributing to the Scientific Project

+ + 0.1 + 2009-01-21 + + + Overview +

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+ This document aims to provide information on how one can get + involved and help out with the Gentoo Scientific Project. + Scientific packages are very diverse and many of us want our + pet application in the main tree for easy installation. Due to + the small size of our team, we can not implement all of + them, so we really appreciate any contribution. +

+ There are few obvious areas where one can help as we + describe below. The Scientific Project tends to set strong + requirements on testing, especially on core packages. + Comments, thoughts, and feedback is greatly welcomed! +

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+ + + + Bugs +

+ Reporting + +

+ All good software has bugs. They are too many combinations of + compilers, USE flags and versions to test them all. So if + you find the time to report them, we would love to hear + about it. We have the standard bugzilla system for + this. Don't be afraid of all these fields to fill in, it's + not that bad! +

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+ Resolving + +

+ The Scientific Team in Gentoo has always had a high number of + bugs. Fortunately, many of them are new packages. Any help in resolving + issues, improving submitted ebuilds is greatly appreciated. +

+ Bugs for the Scientific Team. + Bugs for the Biology Team. + Bugs for the Chemistry Team. + Bugs for the Electronics Team. + Bugs for the Mathematics Team. + Bugs for the Physics Team. +

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+ + + + Writing ebuilds +

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+ You don't see your application in the main tree or in the + overlays and you don't want to wait for someone else to + create the ebuilds? The most obvious solution is to develop + your own ebuilds. If you do so, it's always nice to share + them. You can post them to our bugzilla system and then one + of our devs will comment out. The sunrise + overlay allows you more directly to commit your + ebuilds if you don't want to wait for science access. +

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+ + + + Communication +

+ Mailing List + +

+ Join our + gentoo-science mailing list + and asking/answering questions. +

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+ IRC + +

+ Meet some of us in #gentoo-science. It is a fairly quiet + channel, but slowly growing and we are responsive. We can + answer your questions, help you developing your ebuilds, + share ideas, etc... +

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+ Direct emails + +

+ If you feel your questions are more private and don't need + to be known from the rest of the world, you can always + directly send an email to our developers + listed here + and the listed sub-projects. If you want to mail all of us, send a mail to the herd. +

+ + + + + Writing Documentation + +

+ You may not be interested in fixing ebuilds and testing + packages, but want to share your knowledge about some + software, configuration or tips and tricks. The best way to + do this is to write some documentation. You can even write + official Gentoo documentation such as our + blas/lapack + guide. +

+ + + + + Seriously getting involved +

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+ If you would like to join our team of volunteers and become + an official Gentoo Developer, show activity in anywhere you + can: bugzilla, overlays, mailing lists, irc, forums,... + Please refer to + + Becoming a Developer in the + + Gentoo Developer Handbook. +

+ Benefits are huge :-) : +

Receive a warm welcome from us
Impress your geek friends
Get a free beer first time we meet in person!

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