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Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o> posted |
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200905081342.17562.hwoarang@g.o, excerpted below, on Fri, 08 May |
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2009 13:42:13 +0300: |
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> On Friday 08 May 2009 12:19:28 Duncan wrote: |
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>> Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> posted pan.2009.05.06.17.25.14@×××.net, |
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>>[..] If a potential recruit isn't interested in IRC, |
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>> Gentoo isn't interested in them as developers." |
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>> Which, I suppose, is good to know, agree or not. |
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> Ok now you are overreacting. Joining IRC 2 times in your life ( just |
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> for the review/recruit process ) is not that hard. |
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<Sigh. My intent was to put it to bed.> |
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If it's trivial enough that it's overreaction to refuse to join IRC twice |
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in one's life (which it should be noted, to my knowledge anyway, no one |
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has actually refused), then certainly, by that same mark of triviality, |
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it's overreaction to require it, as well. Otherwise, if it wasn't simply |
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triviality, it wouldn't be overreaction, but misreaction. |
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But no matter, the practical fact of the matter is that for someone who |
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would otherwise not do IRC, it's just one more hurdle in the process. |
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Whether it's useful or not, trivial or vital, no longer matters, it's |
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defined by the gatekeepers as a requirement, therefore, by said |
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definition, it is a requirement. |
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It's good to know the requirements, including this one. Which is what I |
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was asking in the original post, is it or isn't it. Apparently, it is, |
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and anyone intending to become a developer can now deal with it as such. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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