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On 02/12/16 12:36, Aaron Bauman wrote[excerpted]: |
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> On 12/02/2016 09:10 PM, Craig Inches wrote[excerpted]: |
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>> I realize I am not a dev, but for awhile I was actively pursuing this |
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>> and the situation with Idella4 (who was my mentor) has made me have |
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>> second thoughts, from the information I have been able glean about |
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>> what occurred, and also the way his retirement was handled cause |
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>> confusion and disillusionment with the whole process for me at least |
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>> and I think a few non-devs from Proxy-Maint IRC channel feel the same. |
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> Please do not let this dissuade you from becoming a Gentoo developer. |
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> Despite the current situation and the giant books being written about |
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> comrel, council, and others, this is not the norm. Many developers |
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> contribute everyday with no interference or thoughts of either. Hell, I |
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> did not even know they existed aside from the quizzes. No one focuses |
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> on the good things they have done... that is for sure. |
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It may come to some surprise to you (and others) that Craig is not the |
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only prospective dev who was somewhat perplexed with the attitude |
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towards select Gentoo Devs, who seemed, on the face of it, to be |
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actively contributing to the Gentoo project. There were at least six of |
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us (if not seven, possibly more) who were actively considering and |
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pursuing becoming a Gentoo developer, who all felt that we felt uneasy |
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about progression, not helped by the problems of a lack of active |
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recruiters and other issues within the Recruiters project, which have |
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hopefully now been resolved. There is a mild concern that the only |
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remaining recruiter, may have a bias against some of the prospective |
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recruits, as having been "tainted" by the former Gentoo Dev who was |
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ousted from the Proxy Maintenance project. As non-devs, we have no |
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recourse to council to ask for this to be investigated, and we don't |
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consider ourselves to have a 'voice' to express our opinions and |
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frustrations with the Gentoo 'system' as we observe it. It seems ironic |
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that we are unable to influence the procedures that would help us be |
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represented, and hence the only outlets we have are the mailing lists |
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and third-party platforms. If anyone can suggest the correct course of |
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action that any prospective non-dev contributor might have, I'm sure |
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there are a few ears who would be interested in the response. |
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