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From: Joshua Saddler <nightmorph@g.o>
To: gentoo-doc@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-doc] Review of Documentation Policy
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:23:03
Message-Id: 20110924182234.7636b30c@angelstorm
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-doc] Review of Documentation Policy by Sven Vermeulen
1 On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 08:39:41 +0200
2 Sven Vermeulen <swift@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > > 2. Translation project leads and "official" language status. Any
5 > > comments as to the changes here?
6 >
7 > Sure. I wanted to make it a bit less formal without lowering the
8 > requirements. Now, the document sais that a language should be
9 > backed up by a translation team where at least one member (the
10 > translation project lead) has commit access. If this isn't the
11 > case, then it is an "unsupported" language where the documents are
12 > still published, but not linked.
13
14 Fine with me; I assume the translators are okay with this, too.
15
16 > > 3. Join-up process. No formal "X number of contributions per
17 > > period Y." Works well enough for me, but then "how much does this
18 > > potential recruit actually do for us" becomes subjective
19 > > hand-waving. We would need a new metric to determine commitment
20 > > over time. Ideas?
21 >
22 > I'm not sure we need one. Imo, the GDP project lead decides when
23 > phase 2 starts (and as such when a mentor is assigned). From then
24 > onwards, it is the mentor who is in charge of defining when the
25 > recruitment can be started.
26 >
27 > If we need a more objective metric to start with, I'd rather do it
28 > on timeframe ("... sufficient document changes over a term of at
29 > least 4 months"), which holds twice then (first and second phase).
30 >
31 > After all, developers that have been less or inactive for some time
32 > are slated to be retired anyhow, either fully (from the Gentoo
33 > project) or from the GDP (removal of the GDP page and perhaps
34 > cvsdoc commit rights).
35
36 This makes sense.
37
38 Alright, commit the thing. I like it.

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Re: [gentoo-doc] Review of Documentation Policy Chema Alonso <nimiux@g.o>