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On 08/24/2016 08:24 PM, Raymond Jennings wrote: |
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> This...kinda touches on a side issue. I've been a bit waylaid by RL |
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> issues during my quest to become a developer myself, and both of my |
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> prospective mentors had to step aside for the same reason before the |
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> process could finish. |
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> I'm a little slow on the quizzes and some recent changes in gentoo |
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> invalidated some of my answers, so part of it is my fault for falling |
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> behind. |
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> But I was kinda wondering, is there anything that can be done to beef up |
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> the manpower? Is there any need to? |
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The situation you described isn't that uncommon in Gentoo. We're a bit |
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smaller than we used to be, but I've also noticed that more people are |
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being brought on than they were when I first started using Gentoo in |
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2012 and even near the time I was accepted as a developer. |
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Being a recruiter and/or mentor is no small task. You need to be |
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extremely comfortable talking about the nitty gritty of ebuilds and a |
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strong grasp of the PMS would be even better. Absorbing that information |
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takes time, and I wonder if despite the new blood we've been getting, |
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some knowledge isn't being passed down as well as it maybe should be. |
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Given that so much needs to be learned and a lot of trust goes into |
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developers, it's no surprise that we tend to take our time accepting |
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people. That said, I chalk it up to a manpower problem. As far as I know |
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the recruiting and proxy-maint teams are dedicated, but small. They do |
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an awesome job (that I am not cut out for) so they deserve a lot of |
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respect. But it does indeed seem that scheduling and workloads are not |
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in sync. |
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