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On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Sven Vermeulen <swift@g.o> wrote: |
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> Hi guys, |
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> Sorry to barge in like this here, but why not start a nice discussion on |
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> things... Keeps the minds fresh and the activity high (heh, almost sounds |
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> like a bad exercise DVD). |
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> The GDP currently uses the Documentation Policy [1] as its main policy on |
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> documentation development, recruitment, team organization and what not. It |
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> was written a few years ago and has seen some small changes since. However, |
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> like any policy, it should best be reviewed from time to time. |
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> So, what is your take on the policy? Which things need to be changed? What |
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> would you like to see added? |
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> Wkr, |
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> Sven Vermeulen |
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> [1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gdp/doc/doc-policy.xml |
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The recruiting information seems strange and unnecessarily structured. |
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It all seems to be written for people who are not developers. |
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The Contributions phase mentions a lot of undefined titles, |
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"Operational Manager", "Full-time Developer", "Part-time Developer". |
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There's a table that shows the number of contributions/time for a |
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developer, but what do these roles actually mean? Who/what is an |
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"Operational Manager"? |
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> ... to inform the contributor about the time-consuming position and pressure the application involves. |
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Come on. What is this? I don't think I remember getting paid as a |
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Gentoo developer. This nonsense about time commitments and pressure is |
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pretentious. |
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It seems to me that the steps for joining the Docs team for a current |
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developer should be much more clearly stated. |
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Thanks, |
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Matt |
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