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On 04/05/2010 09:26 PM, Zeerak Mustafa Waseem wrote: |
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> The first option could be somewhat simple, we already have overlays |
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> so those could simply be used. The second option (which would be the |
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> best IMO) is a fair bit harder. The first thing that needs to be done |
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> is find out why people don't want to become developers. I've heard a |
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> few users mention the quiz, but it seems that the thing keeping most |
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> people away from becoming developers are all the flame wars that have |
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> occured, and the fact that it (to us users) seems like the council |
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> isn't doing much of anything about it. So while I believe that |
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> improving (and/or updating) the recruitment process is important, I |
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> think there would be more success if it seemed like a nice place to |
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> be a part of, and that bad behaviour is dealt with. |
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Developers are not required to be subscribed to any of the mailing lists |
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where the huge threads happen so if they want they can just ignore them |
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and go about maintaining their packages. |
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Regards, |
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Petteri |
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