[Mageia-dev] mentors + apprentices

Fri Jan 27 07:08:48 CET 2012

Hi everyone,
+
+Currently we have 4 apprentice candidates looking for a mentor.
+
+am2605 (Andrew Myers), has been waiting now about 2 months.
+He is a longtime Fedora, a web developer, interested in packaging related to 
+Gnome, Java, Eclipse among others, teaching himself Mageia packaging basics.
+dmorgan has offered to mentor him when his next apprentice graduates.
+
+cddesjar (Christopher Desjardins), has been waiting about 6 weeks.
+He has basic .deb and .rpm packaging experience, including doing texworks and 
+jags on Mageia for himself.  Would like to maintain these and R-base.
+
+tuxta (Steve Tucker)
+He is an associate lecturer in C/C++ and Java, and an IT school sys admin, who 
+wants to start giving back to the FOSS community that has given him so much.
+
+edge226 (Edward)
+He has learned html, C, C++, Java, and Assembly in a business-oriented computer 
+program in college a few years back, and has recently been learning Python.  A 
+user of Linux for over 10 years, he would like to give something back.
+
+Note that those who have been waiting the longest are at the top of the list.
+
+You can find more details at:
+https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Becoming_a_Mageia_Packager#Packager_apprentice_candidates
+
+Mentors, let me know who you take on, and I'll update the tables for you.
+And if you feel that you can take on another apprentice, don't hesitate to post 
+to this thread.
+
+Thanks :-)
+
+----
+
+Anyone else looking for a mentor, let me know so I can add your name as an 
+apprentice candidate -- or you can do it yourself.
+https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Becoming_a_Mageia_Packager#Packager_apprentice_candidates 
+
+
+See also the previous sections, on becoming a Mageia packager :
+https://wiki.mageia.org/mw-en/index.php?title=Becoming_a_Mageia_Packager&action=submit#What_is_needed_to_become_a_Mageia_packager
+
+To find a mentor, it helps to also post to this list (mageia-dev), or hang out 
+on IRC at freenode #mageia-mentoring.
+Don't forget that if you contact a mentor directly, they know that you are 
+actively interested.
+
+Regards :-)
+
+-- 
+André
+(Packager mentoring program coordinator)
+
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