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On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 08:35:40PM +0100, Stephen Bennett wrote: |
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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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> -- |
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This solution also needs experienced developers with lots of free time |
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on their hands.. And try as I might, I can't think of many people that |
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fits that description. |
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Regards, |
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Bryan Østergaard |
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