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On 30-01-2011 21:00:24 -0500, Dane Smith wrote: |
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> > Again, I strongly object to this plan. Instead: |
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> > To become a QA member, one must be a current developer, for at least 6 |
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> > months, and one must go through a quiz. The quiz is then evaluated by |
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> > the QA lead or a replacing member from the QA team, in the same way as |
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> > recruiters evaluate new developers. The outcome of the evaluation is |
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> > signed by the QA lead. In case of decline of a new member after the |
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> > evalation, the QA lead must be able to provide a written argumentation |
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> > of this decline, which can be requested by said member or by devrel. If |
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> > providing such argumentation is impossible within a week after |
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> > evaluation, QA must accept said member to the QA team. |
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> I whole-heartedly disagree with this. First off, the "line in the sand" |
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> concept is completely unnecessary in this case. It barely makes sense |
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> when it's used on a massive scale (can't drink until 21 in the US), and |
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> it only makes sense there because people could not feasibly be evaluated |
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> on an individual basis. In this case, quite clearly they can. Either |
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> they have the skills and the motivation, or they don't. Some x month |
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> line in the sand makes no difference at all and merely slows people down |
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> who would like to help and contribute. We have enough hurdles around |
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> here. Why add more? |
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Because some members show different behaviour than before/during |
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recruiting. |
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> The same can be said for the quiz. If the current QA lead would like to |
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> decide that way, it should be up to him. But on the whole it should be |
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> the QA leads decision. Personally I think the idea is kind of crazy, and |
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> seems like a waste of time. Evaluation can be done quite easily on a |
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> case by case basis. Why bother with quizzes? |
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I guess you also prefer the council members chosing their own |
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replacements then, do you? |
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If QA were just a normal team like most others, I couldn't care less |
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about how they are chosen and who is their lead. |
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Fabian Groffen |
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Gentoo on a different level |