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From: Tom Knight <tomk@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] The Gentoo Developer Handbook - Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 23:04:02
Message-Id: 20040719230358.GC22507@earwig.bogus
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] The Gentoo Developer Handbook - Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? by Stuart Herbert
1 >
2 > Btw, what was that about a probation period *before* cvs access was granted?
3 > I was never quite clear how the would-be dev in question was supposed to
4 > successfully complete a probation when he wasn't actually a dev yet, and
5 > therefore couldn't do anything.
6 >
7
8 Being a new dev, I've recently read all the relevant devrel docs. There's a
9 two week waiting period before you become a dev during which you should
10 complete the dev quiz. According to
11 http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/recruiters/ there is an extra
12 probationary period after you become a dev:
13
14 "Additionally, for 30 days after joining, a new developer is considered to
15 be in a 'probationary period' in which their mentor is responsible for
16 actions taken by the new developer. This provides a certain level of
17 accountability."
18
19 Tom
20
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22 Tom Knight
23 tomk@g.o
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