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.
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
| 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 ) |
| Raúl Porcel | armin76 | Team Lead ( IA-64 ) |
| Ferris McCormick | fmccor | Team Lead ( SPARC ) |
| Mike Doty | kingtaco | Team Lead ( AMD64 ) |
| Tobias Klausmann | klausman | Team Lead ( Alpha ) |
| 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.
The base project has the following subprojects:
| Project | Lead | Description |
| Gentoo/AMD64 | The Gentoo/AMD64 Project is devoted to providing stable, secure and up-to-date releases of Gentoo for the AMD64 and EM64T processor families. | |
| Gentoo Alpha | Tobias Klausmann | The Gentoo/Alpha Arch Team is devoted to keeping Gentoo in good shape on the Alpha architecture. |
| Gentoo ARM | Mike Frysinger | The ARM Development Project is devoted to keeping Gentoo in good shape on the ARM architecture. |
| Gentoo HPPA | Guy Martin | The Gentoo HPPA project provides the Gentoo GNU/Linux operating system to the HP Precision Architecture platform. |
| Gentoo IA-64 | Raúl Porcel | The IA-64 Development Project is devoted to keeping Gentoo in good shape on the IA-64 architecture. |
| Gentoo MIPS | Joshua Kinard | The Gentoo/MIPS Project provides the Gentoo GNU/Linux operating system for mips-based platforms. |
| Gentoo PPC | The Gentoo/PPC Project supports and maintains Gentoo Linux on the PowerPC architecture. | |
| Gentoo PPC64 | The PPC64 Development Project is devoted to keeping Gentoo in good shape on the PowerPC64 architecture. | |
| Gentoo SPARC | Raúl Porcel | The Gentoo SPARC project provides the Gentoo GNU/Linux operating system to the SPARC and UltraSPARC platforms. |
| Gentoo Linux/x86 | The Gentoo Linux x86 Development Project is devoted to keeping Gentoo Linux in good shape on the x86 architecture. | |
| Embedded | Ned Ludd | Embedded Gentoo brings the flexibity of Gentoo to embedded systems. |
| Gentoo PAM maintenance | Diego Elio Pettenò | Pluggable Authentication Method maintenance project for Gentoo Linux and FreeBSD |
The base project maintains the following herds:
| Herd | Members | Description |
| base-system | cardoe, chainsaw, pebenito, robbat2, vapier | Core system utilities and libraries. |
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.