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On Tue, 31 Oct 2017 20:40:49 +0100 |
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Dirkjan Ochtman <djc@g.o> wrote: |
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> I'll go on record as saying that I do agree we should do away with the |
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> quizzes, but that's more because I'm more interested in letting people |
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> learn the subset of quiz knowledge they'll need by leaning on their |
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> intrinsic motivation to get stuff done that benefits Gentoo, rather |
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> than putting up a barrier that has no intrinsic value. |
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The quizzes were introduced because a developer who had been brought on |
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to work only on OS X support introduced a global scope mkdir call in |
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an ebuild that was only keyworded for OS X, and thought that that was |
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OK. The problem with having knowledge limited to one area is that you |
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can't tell when what you're doing has broader implications. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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