User:Maffblaster/Drafts/Gentoo Primers/The Gentoo Developer Primer

This document should not be considered a replacement for the old Developer Handbook. Eventually this article may get merged into the Developer Handbook. Right now it is simply to be used as a draft space. New developers should travel down through the list.

SSH key
SSH keys will need to be generated. The recruiter will assist in this process, but essentially:

Master keys
It is best practice to generate a master key pair, then generate some subkeys from that pair.

Subkeys
Signing keys.

Woodpecker
Woodpecker is used to setup all LDAP information.

Portage configuration
Package maintainers will need to provide Portage

Wiki
Visit the Developer Central page and click the "Getting started" link in order to connect your LDAP information to the wiki.

IRC
Most developers stay connected 24/7 to IRC in order to catch any mentions of their nickname. There are various strategies of staying connected.

Blog
May Gentoo developers have blogs. This section will present a few options for Gentoo developers.

The first option is Developer website on Woodpecker.

Second is Wordpress, via blogs.gentoo.org.

If none of these options work, you can always host the blog somewhere else. As long as it has an RSS feed, Gentoo Planet can pull in the Gentoo related postings.