Re: [gentoo-project] Re: Trying to become a Gentoo Developer again spanning 8 years...

[Rich Freeman]

On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 11:29 AM, William L. Thomson Jr.
<wlt-ml@××××××.com> wrote:
>
> I am tired of the past repeating itself. Thus going outside comrel before I
> try to go through them again... Unfortunately recruiting being related to
> comrel, you cannot deal with recruiting without comrel being in the picture.
>

Well, if you have a problem with Comrel you might try following the
official process before starting a mailing list discussion.

I'm pretty sure one of the quizzes has a question about how to handle
disputes/etc for exactly this reason.

Nobody is going to reply to this list and promise you that you're
going to be allowed to be made a dev even if Comrel objects unless
this is overturned in an appeal.

The only general advice I can offer to people who have had past
brushes with Comrel is to:
1.  Acknowledge the importance of demonstrating that you can work with
others.  (If you can't do that, you probably won't be admitted.)
2.  Work to demonstrate that you can indeed work well with others
today, regardless what may or may not have been a problem in the past.

I'm not going to pass judgment on any individual without having all
the facts.  However, as a matter of principle I certainly believe that
is important that prospective devs demonstrate that they're able to
work well with others in the community.  If somebody believes they've
truly done this and Comrel just isn't getting it, well, they can
appeal.  If they're going to appeal on the argument that being able to
work well with others doesn't matter, well, that is their right, but
my sense is that it is unlikely to get them far.

And as I've pointed out, there are a fair number of people who have
made significant contributions as non-developers.  Anybody can offer
pull requests of Java (or other project) ebuilds at any time, and a
developer can merge them in.

-- 
Rich