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On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:03:29 -0700 |
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Chris White <chriswhite@g.o> wrote: |
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> Ok, but most "active contributors" are people that submit ebuilds to |
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> devs and know nothing about the structure/policy/whatever about |
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> ebuilds. If you're not a dev, you're probably not going to worry |
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> about revision bumps. If you're a dev without alternate arches, |
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> you're probably not going to know about how other arches can get |
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> screwed by improper pic handling. |
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> To conclude, active contributors are generally in a focused |
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> environment. The quiz is there to help show them the global way of |
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> handling things. |
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That problem can be solved by giving new developers access to a |
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'sandbox' branch of the tree, and have a more experienced dev merge |
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their changes into the live tree having checked them for sanity. Once |
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they've proved themselves there, they can be given access to the main |
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tree if appropriate. |
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Of course, this relies upon using a VCS for the tree that handles |
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branches and merging sanely, which should be doable with Subversion if |
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the issues it had last time this was tested have been or can be |
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resolved. |
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