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From: "Jory A. Pratt" <anarchy@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] New developers
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 01:13:52
Message-Id: 52d251a2-3b1c-fe34-6121-5ae2acc7cbb3@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-project] New developers by "William L. Thomson Jr."
1 On 08/18/17 15:17, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote:
2 > Looks like a couple new devs came in unannounced under the radar.
3 > Pretty sure there was no announcement for the following
4 >
5 > AngeloGioacchino Del Regno (kholk) 2017-05-31
6 > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=616280#c5
7 >
8 > Craig Andrews (candrews) 2017-08-16
9 > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=620766#c3
10 >
11 > The 2nd is some what good news as they are the person ignored on PR1721
12 > https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/1721
13 >
14 > While Java does need all the help it can get. I am a bit surprised at
15 > someone becoming a developer with little to no contributions. I can
16 > only find the one contribution, the PR above. I hope I am wrong and
17 > they have contributed more.
18 >
19 > Not sure what it says to others who want to become developers but must
20 > prove themselves first with contributions. This has nothing to do with
21 > me. I know the path to become a developer has not been easy for many.
22 > That is good to see the process improve, and be faster. Still I would
23 > think contributions to be part of that process.
24 >
25 > To me some what seems a move out of desperation to bring on someone
26 > pretty green who has contributed very little. Just because an area,
27 > Java, is heavily neglected. I hope I am wrong!!!
28 >
29 > Java is not really a trivial area for people just to jump in. I welcome
30 > any existing developers go update a Java ebuild or two. Form an opinion
31 > for yourself.
32 >
33 You are very wrong and need to do much more research. Craig has done
34 much work on kodi and other projects and deserves the opportunity to
35 continue to prove himself as a developer.
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