Gentoo/AMD64 Project
1.
Project Description
The Gentoo/AMD64 Project works to make Gentoo the most up to date,
fast, robust AMD64 Linux distribution available. Part of
this involves coming up with innovative ways to integrate a 32bit
compatibility layer into our native 64bit userland without tainting
or interleaving the current environment. Our main goal is to
provide a stable production-quality release targeted at servers
which will be the core use of the Opteron processors.
The AMD line of 64-bit extended processors were released well ahead of
Intel's offering. Therefore, for historical reasons the arch keyword for all
x86-64 compatible architectures is amd64.
2.
Documentation
The Gentoo/AMD64 project offers the following documentation:
3.
Developers
| Developer |
Nickname |
Role |
| Homer Parker |
hparker |
Arch Tester Lead |
| Doug Goldstein |
cardoe |
Developer ( nVidia/ATI drivers ) |
| Tony Vroon |
chainsaw |
Developer |
| Patrick McLean |
chutzpah |
Developer ( GNOME ) |
| Santiago M. Mola |
coldwind |
Developer |
| Marcus D. Hanwell |
cryos |
Developer |
| Daniel Gryniewicz |
dang |
Developer ( GNOME ) |
| Samuli Suominen |
drac |
Developer |
| Kenneth Prugh |
ken69267 |
Developer |
| Markus Meier |
maekke |
Developer |
| Peter Volkov |
pva |
Developer |
| Robert Buchholz |
rbu |
Developer |
| Olivier Crête |
tester |
Developer |
| Tom Knight |
tomk |
Developer ( php/apache ) |
| Christian Parpart |
trapni |
Developer |
| Peter Weller |
welp |
Developer |
| William Thomson |
wltjr |
Developer ( java ) |
| Christoph Mende |
angelos |
Operational Lead ( Releases ) |
| Steve Dibb |
beandog |
Operational Lead ( Security Team liaison ) |
| Mike Doty |
kingtaco |
Strategic Lead ( Kernel, pitr ) |
All developers can be reached by e-mail using nickname@gentoo.org.
4.
Subprojects
The Gentoo/AMD64
project has the following subprojects:
| Project |
Lead |
Description |
|
Gentoo/AMD64 ATs
|
|
The Gentoo/AMD64 AT Project is devoted to help the developers with time-consuming testing. |
| Release Engineering |
Danny van Dyk |
Development and maintenance of the Gentoo/AMD64 Live- and Install-CDs, the
installation stages and the related development tools. (Catalyst and Genkernel)
|
5.
Resources
Resources offered by the
Gentoo/AMD64
project are:
6.
Herds
The Gentoo/AMD64
project maintains the following herds:
| Herd |
Members |
Description |
| amd64 |
angelos, beandog, cardoe, chainsaw, chutzpah, coldwind, cryos, dang, drac, hparker, ken69267, kingtaco, maekke, pva, rbu, tester, tomk, trapni, welp, wltjr |
x86_64-specific packages |
7.
How to Participate
There are several ways to help the distribution and its community:
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