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From: Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Becoming a Gentoo developer?
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 11:12:40
Message-Id: 5530EA99.7080008@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Becoming a Gentoo developer? by Andrew Savchenko
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4 On 04/17/2015 01:00 PM, Andrew Savchenko wrote:
5 > On Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:33:06 +0200 Alexander Berntsen wrote:
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8 >> On 15/04/15 15:02, Peter Stuge wrote:
9 >>> the threshold to become a developer with write access to the
10 >>> gentoo repo is very high
11 >> LOL. No. It's way too low, given our review-less workflow in
12 >> which any dev can do essentially whatever they want.
13 >
14 > The only net results from strict review workflow (when each commit
15 > of each dev must be reviewed and approved by at least N devs) are
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17 Agreed, although to be fair, without putting words in Alexander's
18 mouth, I believe the original intention was mostly that we should have
19 a high bar to get commit access, as it involve a great deal of trust
20 in the first place, a review process would be a mitigant for this, but
21 as you correctly point out, it simply isn't economical.
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23 As have been pointed out, there are other ways to contribute (proxied
24 maintenance, overlay, editing wiki, support etc) that is likely a
25 better starting point than becoming a dev directly.
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28 Kristian Fiskerstrand
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