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On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:15:14 +0200, Jochen Maes wrote: |
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>> glad you were an exception. |
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> glad i never knew you when i was a gentoo dev... I know one thing, you |
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> won't ever get a hump out of me! |
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You're arguing a different point. I was commenting on the time delay, and |
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you responded with how difficult it is to be a recruiter. If the delay is |
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long then there is a problem. If you run a business and you want to hire |
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someone, yet you wait and wait and wait, it's quite possible the recruit |
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may accept another position. That's a loss to you. Same with potential |
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gentoo developers. When someone goes through the trouble to complete |
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tests, work with his/her mentor, spend time on bz, etc., the least they |
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can expect is courteous response when they choose to become a dev. |
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Perusing through recruitment bugs, you can see long lapses. It IS |
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inexcusable. |
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Yes, everyone does gentoo voluntarily, but that does not mean less should |
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be expected. It reminds me of the time my 5 year old cousin sadly was in |
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the hospital, and the nurse needed to take yet another blood sample. The |
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nurse said "I'm sorry I have to take blood again. I don't like to hurt |
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little boys." To which my very sharp cousin replied, "So, why are you in |
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this business?" |
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If a gentoo dev joins a particular project to perform a particular task, |
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he/she IS making a commitment to it. The dev should have known in advance |
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what's expected and the time required. AFAIK recruiters are hardly |
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overworked. There is no overfull pipeline of dev recruits banging on the |
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doors. |
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Simple courtesy requires they handle recruiting bugs quickly and |
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efficiently with either a Welcome or a thumbs down. Dragging the |
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recruitment out only makes it harder to get new recruits. They are, in |
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effect, working against themselves and their own goal. |
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> glad i never knew you when i was a gentoo dev |
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I have been recruited 3 times to be a dev, and declined. I find the gentoo |
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hierarchy and organization stifling and the amount of roadblocks to |
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progress ridiculous. |
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I appreciate your POV. Yes, you can't expect too much from volunteers. |
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But, in a worldwide linux distribution, which is run more or less like a |
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business, there is a higher standard that should be adhered to. I don't |
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accept slackers or inefficiency in my business, and nor should gentoo. |
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Why are you no longer a gentoo-dev, btw? |
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Peter |
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