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On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 09:38:17AM -0500, Daniel Goller wrote: |
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> Jon Portnoy wrote: |
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> > On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 08:41:31AM -0500, Daniel Goller wrote: |
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> >> inviting community) and why you think stricter test make for better |
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> >> developers, why you think harder tests would cut down more on the quick |
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> >> in and out people. |
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> > Empirical evidence agrees. |
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> > Our current quiz practices have done a good job keeping out a lot of the |
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> > incompetence that used to slip through before we took that approach. |
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> > Stricter tests make for more knowledgable developers and folks with a |
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> > lack of commitment to Gentoo are usually not willing to tackle the |
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> > learning curve. |
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> > As for whether or not we're inviting or not, anybody can contribute. |
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> > They don't need to be @gentoo.org to do so. What we really need is to |
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> > focus more on those outside contributions. |
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> so that is where this is all coming from, who said that we should hand |
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> out @gentoo.org ? i never said that, they don't need it, and everyone |
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> gets to feel all special about the @gentoo.org the way they are used to, |
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> a committing contributor does not require a @gentoo.org |
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That's called a "figure of speech" -- I was not literally referring to |
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the email address but rather Gentoo developer status. Sorry for being |
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unclear. |
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My point was more that commit access is not a prerequisite to |
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contribute. |
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> and unless you give them a general aptitude and attitude test, you do |
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> not know a thing about the person who answered a few technical questions |
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Sure you do. You know whether they know what they're doing in the tree. |
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Jon Portnoy |
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