Gentoo VMware Project

1.  Project Description

The Gentoo VMware project ("vmware") is the official Gentoo project for the maintenance and development of VMware and VMware-related products in the Gentoo package repository. It is also responsible for creating and maintaining relations with VMware, Inc.

2.  Project Goals

The goals of the Gentoo VMware project are to coordinate the development of VMware-related ebuilds in the portage tree, and to establish good relations with VMware, Inc.

3.  Recruitment

We are currently looking for users interested in helping the project with the following jobs:

Team Member/Team Lead

Job description

A team member or the team lead is needed to package up the closed-source vmware packages (currently workstation, player and server) for installation on a Gentoo system. The greatest part of this task is ensuring that the appropriate kernel modules compile with the latest kernel whilst still maintaining backwards compatibility with previous kernels.

Requirements

Enthusiasm for challenging positions, knowledge of kernel modules and ability to work with and around closed-source software. Experience with ebuilds and eclasses is vital. Also, the current installer requires a good working knowledge of python and standard unix tools (patch, etc). The legacy installer requires a good working knowledge of perl.

Contact

vmware@gentoo.org

4.  Herds

The vmware project maintains the following herds: