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On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 01:12 +0200, Kevin F. Quinn wrote: |
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> 6) I notice the amd64 team requre their arch testers to |
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> take the ebuild quiz; I think this is a bit harsh, as |
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> arch testers are regular users without commit access to |
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> CVS etc. A simpler quiz targetted at ensuring the arch |
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> testers know what is expected of them would lower the |
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> bar and should encourage more users to join in. Using |
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> the ebuild quiz means you get people who quickly become |
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> devs in their own right... |
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Just until we get finished with the AT quiz, which is working out to be |
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more QA/troubleshooting oriented. The ebuid.quiz was handy, and is a |
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good way to check if the prospect has at least read the docs enough to |
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get the questions answered. It also helps ensure they really want it, |
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rather then having a high turnover rate. The ppc ATs took the test as |
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well, which I reviewed, and gave pointers where there was a problem. |
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JoseJX seems to have liked the help he's gotten so far from them. |
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As for making dev.. hehe.. Yeah, it's a start, and there for awhile we |
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had like 2 ATs because they'd all made dev ;) It does give you a pool of |
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dev prospects as well, which works out nicely. Several of the amd64 ATs |
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submit patches with their bug reports which helps the devs out as well. |
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We now have several ATs that have no interest in making dev, content |
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with helping out as an AT. Got a little longer then I wanted, but wanted |
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to give a decent explanation of our experiences so far. |
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Homer Parker |
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Gentoo/AMD64 Arch Tester Strategic Lead |
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hparker@g.o |
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