Re: [gentoo-dev] [Gentoo Phoenix] recruitment process

[Petteri Räty]

On 04/05/2010 05:36 AM, Alistair Bush wrote:
>> On 4/3/10 3:40 PM, Ben de Groot wrote:
>>> Are there any other ideas on how to improve our recruitment process?
>>
>> The idea appeared before, but I think it's worth noting.
>>
>> Either merge the ebuild and end quizzes, or make the split actually
>> meaningful. In my case I just finished both at the same time, but was
>> confused why they are separate. I think I've seen similar comments from
>> other developers.
>>
>> I think I'd rather prefer merging the quizzes.
>
> One thing i've noticed is that the ebuild quiz is far more difficult than the
> eom quiz.   We seem to have the biggest hurdle first.
>
> What I would like to see is either the quizzes be merged or....
>
> An "easier" first quiz that covers the basics which after being answered the
> user can become a gentoo developer  ( ie @gentoo.org email, ssh access to
> d.g.o, etc) but no access to push directly to the tree.  Instead all commits
> must be pushed thru their mentor,  who is responsible for qa'ing and giving
> advice.   Currently I don't think mentors really have much of a role. There is
> certainly no requirement for a mentor to qa their charges commits,  but if
> they are the ones pushing to the tree the mentor has all the responsibility.
> This might just make mentors more responsible for the quality of recruits.
>

Yeah would be easy to implement if we get git some day.

Regards,
Petteri