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On 10/03/2016 03:40 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: |
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> I have tried getting Dr Andrew John Hughes, gnu_andrew to become a developer. |
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> He is interested and willing. However the ONLY thing he will work on is open |
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> source java, The JDK/JRE itself, IcedTea. He will NEVER work in any other area |
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> or on any other packages. He is employed by RedHat. |
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> I cannot see him ever doing the quizzes, or going through the normal |
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> recruitment. In my opinion he should not have to. Gentoo should treat him as |
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> special and help get him on board. |
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I disagree with this. If someone is getting push permissions on the |
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Gentoo repository, they need to have a strong understanding of ebuilds |
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and be able to prove it like the rest of us. Being technically competent |
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and a social "match" are important to the project. |
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I have no doubt that he and probably even you would be great additions |
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to Gentoo; especially in Java land. But it would be unfair to everyone |
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else if someone were to be _given_ developer status. |
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I used to believe the recruitment process was stupid, until I went |
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through it. The tests serve as self-made notes on ebuild development, |
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and are a good reminder that you "made it". I wouldn't have gained as |
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much knowledge about Gentoo had I not gone through the recruitment and |
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testing process. It was possibly a bit more arduous and time-consuming |
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than I'd like, but nobody at Gentoo to my knowledge gets paid for what |
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they do and it'd be unfair of me to chastize the people who help induct |
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more developers into Gentoo. Without them, I likely wouldn't have become |
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a developer. |
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Daniel Campbell - Gentoo Developer |
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