Gentoo Linux SPARC Development
1.
Project Description
Gentoo/Sparc is a Gentoo project designed to bring the Gentoo GNU/Linux
operating system to the sparc and ultrasparc platforms. Gentoo/Sparc aims to
provide a usable server and desktop environment for your various Sparc related
endeavours.
2.
Developers
| Developer |
Nickname |
Role |
| Raúl Porcel |
armin76 |
Operational Manager ( Gentoo/SPARC ) |
| Ferris McCormick |
fmccor |
Strategic Manager ( Gentoo/SPARC ) |
| Christian Birchinger |
joker |
Member ( Porting ) |
| Friedrich Oslage |
bluebird |
Member ( Porting ) |
| Jeremy Huddleston |
eradicator |
Member ( Porting ) |
| Jeroen Roovers |
jer |
Member ( Porting ) |
| Markus Ullmann |
jokey |
Member ( Porting ) |
| Joshua Kinard |
kumba |
Member ( Porting ) |
|
(open) |
Subproject lead ( LiveCD and porting ) |
| Colin Morey |
peitolm |
Subproject lead ( Documentation ) |
| Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto |
jmbsvicetto |
Subproject lead ( Sparc AT ) |
All developers can be reached by e-mail using nickname@gentoo.org.
3.
Recruitment
We are currently looking for users interested in helping the project with
the following jobs:
Arch team members
- Job description
-
The sparc team could use some more people for software testing, keywording and
release work. ~sparc users, owners of new and or exotic hardware are most
welcome.
- Requirements
- Access to v9 sparc hardware
- Contact
-
Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto
4.
Subprojects
The Gentoo Sparc
project has the following subprojects:
| Project |
Lead |
Description |
| Webpage |
Ferris McCormick |
The development and maintenance of the project web page to ensure that
information and current status of Gentoo/SPARC on sparc architecture.
|
| Sparc AT |
Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto |
Architecture Testers for Gentoo/SPARC.
|
| Documentation |
Colin Morey |
The aim of the documentation team is to ensure that installation instructions
are up to date and commensurate with our latest releases of the Gentoo/SPARC
LiveCD.
|
| LiveCD |
(open) |
Development and timely release of installation LiveCD to include new variants on
current hardware and improved compatibility with known hardware.
|
5.
Documentation
The following is a list of available documentation for Gentoo on the SPARC
platform.
Additionally you can find the following information on Gentoo/SPARC developer
websites.
6.
Herds
The Gentoo Sparc
project maintains the following herds:
| Herd |
Members |
Description |
| sparc |
armin76, bluebird, eradicator, fmccor, jer, jmbsvicetto, joker, jokey, kumba, peitholm, yoswink |
Gentoo/Sparc Team |
7.
Additional Notes
If you have something that you think would make a good sparc sub-project, please
contact the sparc team via email. This list will be updated to reflect new
projects as they arise.
Work in progress; contributors are sorted alphabetically, only most important
contributions are listed for each contributor. Your name should probably be
here, if it isn't, remind us by mailing the Sparc
team
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