Re: [gentoo-dev] Change in mentoring requirements

[Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto]

Petteri Räty wrote:
> Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto kirjoitti:
>> There's one thing that you're not addressing though. We have different
>> types of developers amongst us, so how do we count the 6 months period?
>> Let me explain more fully. At this point, I could mentor someone into
>> becoming a new moderator in the forums, but I don't think anyone would
>> support me being an ebuild dev mentor - not being one myself yet. IIRC,
>> documentation devs don't need to be ebuild devs. Does anyone propose
>> that I could be a docs dev mentor - not being part of the team? Finally,
>> should a 6+ month ebuild dev, recently becoming part of the docs or
>> forums moderation team, be allowed to be a mentor for those teams?
>> Perhaps we should require that the dev be part of Gentoo for at least
>> six months and in the case of mentoring for the forums or the docs team,
>> that he/she has the blessing of the team lead(s) - in case the dev isn't
>> part of the respective team for at least X months. Do we want X to be 6
>> months?
>> Anyone agrees/disagrees?
>>
>>
>
> From http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/recruiters/mentor.xml
> "In addition, your project lead must be CC'd and must approve the bug
> when it's filed to confirm that the project is accepting new developers."
>
> I doubt the docs team approves you as a mentor.
>
> Regards,
> Petteri
>

Yes, I wasn't thinking too well yesterday.
Just because someone fulfills the requirements to become a mentor, that
doesn't mean that he / she can be a mentor for a specific project.
Projects can impose additional requirements.
Thanks and sorry for wasting people's time.


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