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On Thu, 5 Feb 2015 15:01:39 +0100 |
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Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o> wrote: |
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> [Sent from my iPad, no OpenPGP signature on this device so be careful |
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> with any comment that might seem controversial] |
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> > On 05 Feb 2015, at 07:56, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Hello, everyone. |
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> ... |
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> > 1. remove or reduce the ebuild quiz to a reasonable number of |
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> > questions. In other words, make it bearable. Focus on the stuff that |
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> > can't be checked otherwise. |
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> The quizzes are already relatively easy, in general I'd be cautious |
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> before reducing the bar to add new developers, however, read further |
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> on |
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I agree. It did not take me very long to find the info, copy/paste it. |
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So much so, that I forgot most of it... I really don't see how some |
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people find it too hard to find the answers. |
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> > 2. Add an extra contribution period in which the candidate commits |
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> > to the tree through Pull Requests. Developers watch the requests, |
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> > review them and decide when the recruit is ready. We may extend |
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> > this with requirements like '3 different developers must review |
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> > late activities and evaluate them'. |
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> > 3. Possibly extend the recruit-recruiter interaction. Rather than |
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> > treating the interrogation as some kind of final confirmation, make |
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> > it a small extra part of the learning process. In other words, |
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> > reduce the other parts, fill in the blanks here. |
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> > What do you think? |
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> My two cents is that we should focus on getting in more contributions |
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> through proxy maintenance and use that period as a sort of a mentor |
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> period before suggesting contributors to take the dev quizzes. A git |
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> style setup with pull requests might very well be beneficial here to |
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> make it easier to contribute. There are a lot of areas where people |
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> can contribute without requiring access to the tree directly. |
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I agree with the above. That it is the mentors responsibility to manage |
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the apprenticeship and put them up when ready for the recruiters final |
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exam. |
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Brian Dolbec <dolsen> |
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