Gentoo Base System
1.
Project Description
Gentoo Base System aims to provide a consistency in compilers, toolchains,
filesystem layouts and startup scripts across all the architectures which
Gentoo Linux supports. We try to provide maximum usability and
flexibility to allow for porting to any architecture supported by the
Linux kernel. The relevant categories in portage with which we are
concerned are sys-apps,
sys-boot,
sys-devel,
sys-fs,
and sys-libs.
However, we do not hold exclusive jurisdiction over any of the categories.
2.
Project Goals
To provide a set of stable and secure system-level applications and
libraries. The most visible and obvious among them are: baselayout
and the initscript system,
gcc,
gcc-config, binutils,
glibc,
and boot
loaders
3.
Developers
| Developer |
Nickname |
Role |
| Mike Frysinger |
vapier |
Lead ( Gentoo Base System Project Leader ) |
| Guy Martin |
gmsoft |
Team Lead ( HP/PA ) |
| Joshua Kinard |
kumba |
Team Lead ( MIPS ) |
| Daniel Ostrow |
dostrow |
Team Lead ( PPC64 ) |
| Ferris McCormick |
fmccor |
Team Lead ( SPARC ) |
| Mike Doty |
kingtaco |
Team Lead ( AMD64 ) |
| Chris PeBenito |
pebenito |
Team Lead ( Embedded ) |
| Tom Gall |
tgall |
Team Lead ( PPC64 ) |
| Joshua Jackson |
tsunam |
Team Lead ( x86 ) |
| Mike Frysinger |
vapier |
Team Lead ( ARM ) |
| Mike Frysinger |
vapier |
Team Lead ( SuperH ) |
All developers can be reached by e-mail using nickname@gentoo.org.
4.
Subprojects
The base
project has the following subprojects:
| Project |
Lead |
Description |
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Gentoo/AMD64
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The Gentoo/AMD64 Project is devoted to providing stable, secure and up-to-date releases of Gentoo for the AMD64 and EM64T processor families. |
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Gentoo Alpha
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The Gentoo/Alpha Arch Team is devoted to keeping Gentoo in good shape on the Alpha architecture. |
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Gentoo HPPA
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The Gentoo HPPA project provides the Gentoo GNU/Linux operating system to the HP Precision Architecture platform. |
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Gentoo IA-64
|
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The IA-64 Development Project is devoted to keeping Gentoo in good shape on the IA-64 architecture. |
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Gentoo MIPS
|
Joshua Kinard |
The Gentoo/MIPS Project provides the Gentoo GNU/Linux operating system for mips-based platforms. |
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Gentoo PPC
|
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The Gentoo/PPC Project supports and maintains Gentoo Linux on the PowerPC architecture. |
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Gentoo PPC64
|
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The PPC64 Development Project is devoted to keeping Gentoo in good shape on the PowerPC64 architecture. |
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Gentoo Sparc
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The Gentoo Sparc project provides the Gentoo GNU/Linux operating system to the sparc and ultrasparc platforms. |
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Gentoo Linux/x86
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The Gentoo Linux x86 Development Project is devoted to keeping Gentoo Linux in good shape on the x86 architecture. |
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Embedded
|
Ned Ludd |
Embedded Gentoo brings the flexibity of Gentoo to embedded systems. |
|
Gentoo PAM maintenance
|
Diego Pettenò |
Pluggable Authentication Method maintenance project for Gentoo Linux and FreeBSD |
5.
Herds
The base
project maintains the following herds:
| Herd |
Members |
Description |
| base-system |
azarah, cardoe, chainsaw, pebenito, robbat2, vapier |
Core system utilities and libraries. |
6.
I Want to Participate
We are always willing to talk to talented programmers and people familiar
with the GNU Compiler Collection,
GNU libc,
binutils,
our rc/init system or developers with an advanced knowledge of
a specific architecture to improve the speed and stability of Gentoo Linux
on any or all of our platforms. Please contact base-system at gentoo dot
org to talk with us. If you would like more information on a particular
architecture, please click the appropriate link in the above table and
contact the personnel of that particular architecture. Additionally you can contact our
recruiters.
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