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From: Daniel Goller <morfic@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo: State of the Union
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 14:40:55
Message-Id: 44537A59.1010203@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo: State of the Union by Jon Portnoy
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4 Jon Portnoy wrote:
5 > On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 08:41:31AM -0500, Daniel Goller wrote:
6 >> inviting community) and why you think stricter test make for better
7 >> developers, why you think harder tests would cut down more on the quick
8 >> in and out people.
9 >
10 > Empirical evidence agrees.
11 >
12 > Our current quiz practices have done a good job keeping out a lot of the
13 > incompetence that used to slip through before we took that approach.
14 >
15 > Stricter tests make for more knowledgable developers and folks with a
16 > lack of commitment to Gentoo are usually not willing to tackle the
17 > learning curve.
18 >
19 > As for whether or not we're inviting or not, anybody can contribute.
20 > They don't need to be @gentoo.org to do so. What we really need is to
21 > focus more on those outside contributions.
22 >
23
24 so that is where this is all coming from, who said that we should hand
25 out @gentoo.org ? i never said that, they don't need it, and everyone
26 gets to feel all special about the @gentoo.org the way they are used to,
27 a committing contributor does not require a @gentoo.org
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30 and unless you give them a general aptitude and attitude test, you do
31 not know a thing about the person who answered a few technical questions
32 (more)
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34 Daniel
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo: State of the Union Jon Portnoy <avenj@g.o>