Gentoo Linux Forums
1.
Project Description
The Forums are a main source of contact for the user community to interact with
the Gentoo developer community as well as other users. The primary purpose of
the Forums is for users to post support questions. Many developers use the
Forums to recruit testers for their packages and to make community
announcements. Security vulnerabilities (GLSA) are also announced and archived.
There is a collection of FAQs that covers installation and administration of
Gentoo Linux.
2.
Roles
There are four main roles within the Forums Project listed in the table below.
| Title |
Description |
| Administrator |
Can manipulate user accounts: (un)ban existing accounts, activate new
accounts, install, delete and edit templates. Inherits all abilities of
Global Moderators.
|
| Global Moderator |
Can edit, delete, move and lock threads from any part of the forum. |
| Language Moderator |
Can edit, delete and lock threads in an Language specific forum. |
| Arch Moderator |
Can edit, delete and lock threads in an Architecture specific forum. |
3.
Developers
| Developer |
Nickname |
Role |
| Wernfried Haas |
amne |
Lead ( Administrator ) |
| Anders Hellgren |
kallamej |
Lead ( Administrator ) |
| Ioannis Aslanidis |
deathwing00 |
Member ( Global Moderator ) |
| Dennis Nienhüser |
earthwings |
Member ( Administrator ) |
| Jonathan Coome |
maedhros |
Member ( Administrator / Forums Infra ) |
| Roy Bamford |
neddyseagoon |
Member ( Global Moderator ) |
| Chris Henhawke |
bunder |
Member ( Global Moderator ) |
| Dean Stephens |
desultory |
Member ( Administrator ) |
|
i92guboj |
Member ( Global Moderator ) |
| Christian Hartmann |
ian |
Member ( Administrator / Forums Infra ) |
| Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto |
jmbsvicetto |
Member ( Global Moderator ) |
| Boris Fersing |
kernelsensei |
Member ( Language Moderator (French) ) |
| Kurt Lieber |
klieber |
Member ( Administrator ) |
| Mark Kowarsky |
mark_alec |
Member ( Administrator ) |
| Gysbert Wassenaar |
nixnut |
Member ( Administrator ) |
| Mauricio Lima Pilla |
pilla |
Member ( Administrator ) |
| Peter Penkala |
pjp |
Member ( Administrator ) |
| Thomas Scharl |
think4urs11 |
Member ( Global Moderator ) |
| Tom Knight |
tomk |
Subproject Lead ( Administrator / Forums Infra ) |
All developers can be reached by e-mail using nickname@gentoo.org.
4.
Forums Infrastructure
Forums Infrastructure Subproject Lead is Tom Knight (tomk).
The Forums Infrastructure Subproject is responsible for maintenance of the MySQL
database and the phpBB software that powers the Forums. There is a
server set up for testing new
features and upgrades. It requires a password to access, if you need/want to help
with testing please ask the Subproject Lead.
5.
How to Participate
Moderators are recruited from the Forums user community. There is a list of
qualities that are used as factors in the candidate selection:
- Report Guideline
violations
- Threads/posts that need to be moved to a different subforum
- Demonstrate a professional attitude and willingness to help
New Moderators are selected on an as-needed basis. Candidates are choosen by
consensus and asked to participate. Architecture specific Moderators are usually
selected from the pool of Developers that are assigned to that arch team. All
Moderators must read and follow the
Forum Guidelines.
You can also help out with translations on the Forums, see the Translator Guidelines for more
information.
You can contact us by posting questions in the Gentoo Forums Feedback forum, via e-mail (forum-mods@gentoo.org) or IRC (#gentoo-forums on irc.freenode.net).
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