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On 11/01/2013 12:25 PM, Michael Palimaka wrote: |
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> On 30/10/2013 00:22, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: |
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>> In two weeks from now, the council will again have its regular monthly |
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>> meeting. Now is the time to raise and prepare items that the council |
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>> should |
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>> put on the agenda to discuss or vote on. |
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>> |
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>> Please respond to this message with agenda items. Do not hesitate to |
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>> repeat |
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>> your agenda item here with a pointer if you previously suggested one |
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>> (since |
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>> the last meeting). |
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>> |
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>> The agenda for the next meeting will be sent out on Tuesday 2013-11-05. |
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>> |
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>> Please respond to the gentoo-project list, if possible. |
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>> |
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>> Best, |
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>> Andreas |
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>> |
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> |
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> Hi, |
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> |
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> I propose that the Council disband the current QA team, and call for |
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> interested developers to form a new one in its place. |
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> |
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> In its current state, the QA project (excluding subprojects) is |
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> moribund, and all attempts to address the problem with the team directly |
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> have failed. |
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> |
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> The team is predominately inactive - of the eight listed members, only |
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> half have any bugzilla activity at all within the last six months. Of |
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> those four members, after a cursory examination of bugzilla, I was only |
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> able to locate one that has made more than one action clearly as part of |
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> the QA team within the last six months. |
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> |
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> There is no way for new members to join the team. Requests for |
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> membership posted to the mailing list are ignored[1], and direct mails |
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> apparently go unanswered. |
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> |
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> The mailing list is dead - the only post in the last two years is a ping |
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> about trying to join the team. Only half of the team are in their IRC |
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> channel, and most of the few queries raised there are ignored. |
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> |
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> The email alias is private, so it's not clear who will be receiving any |
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> queries via email or bugmail. |
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> |
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> In its current state, not only is QA achieving few of its project goals, |
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> but it's actually harmful in that sought advice and mediation never |
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> actually comes. |
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> |
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> Best regards, |
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> Michael |
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> |
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> [1]: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.qa/102 |
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> |
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> |
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I know this isn't officially required but, SECONDED. And a big thanks |
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to Kensington for standing up and saying something. You are not alone. |
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- -Zero |
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