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On Tue, 05 May 2009 19:11:02 +0100 |
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George Prowse <george.prowse@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > That's not how it works -- we know this from last time Gentoo |
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> > recruited a whole load of people without verifying their abilities. |
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> > With lots of new developers, what little time skilled developers |
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> > already have ends up being spent fixing all the screwups made by |
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> > people who were only recruited to make up numbers. Gentoo needs |
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> > better developers, not more developers. |
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> And where did i say their abilities wouldn't be verified? Come on |
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> now, you'll have to do better than that. |
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One of the necessary abilities is to be able to get yourself recruited |
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with the current process. Anyone who can't put up with the hassle of |
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that isn't going to be able to put up with all the bureaucracy, delays |
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and nonsense necessary to get anything done within Gentoo. |
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> In terms of figures a conservative estimate would be 25% wouldn't |
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> have the necessary skills and another 25% would be unsuitable. |
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A conservative estimate would be that 90% of the people who decide to |
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be developers because of such an initiative would be unsuitable. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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