From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M2RTL-0006dl-4E for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 08 May 2009 14:54:47 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ACA4EE03F4; Fri, 8 May 2009 14:54:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B697E03F4 for ; Fri, 8 May 2009 14:54:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.213] (74-92-132-138-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [74.92.132.138]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B69E46609F for ; Fri, 8 May 2009 14:54:44 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Training points for users interested in helping out with ebuild development From: Ferris McCormick To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: <20090505183724.435e9c64@snowcone> <200905081342.17562.hwoarang@gentoo.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-3faHiZObv/vU9gdxrheY" Organization: Gentoo developer Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 14:54:43 +0000 Message-Id: <1241794483.15135.19.camel@liasis.inforead.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.24.5 X-Archives-Salt: 81d279ea-d916-4264-9996-7433ba93d0cd X-Archives-Hash: cc56b81293192d4b71076d75c30fc041 --=-3faHiZObv/vU9gdxrheY Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 12:45 +0000, Duncan wrote: > Markos Chandras posted > 200905081342.17562.hwoarang@gentoo.org, excerpted below, on Fri, 08 May > 2009 13:42:13 +0300: >=20 > > On Friday 08 May 2009 12:19:28 Duncan wrote: > >> Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> posted pan.2009.05.06.17.25.14@cox.net, > >>[..] If a potential recruit isn't interested in IRC, > >> Gentoo isn't interested in them as developers." > >> > >> Which, I suppose, is good to know, agree or not. >=20 > > Ok now you are overreacting. Joining IRC 2 times in your life ( just > > for the review/recruit process ) is not that hard. >=20 > >=20 > If it's trivial enough that it's overreaction to refuse to join IRC twice= =20 > in one's life (which it should be noted, to my knowledge anyway, no one=20 > has actually refused), then certainly, by that same mark of triviality,=20 > it's overreaction to require it, as well. Otherwise, if it wasn't simply= =20 > triviality, it wouldn't be overreaction, but misreaction. >=20 > But no matter, the practical fact of the matter is that for someone who=20 > would otherwise not do IRC, it's just one more hurdle in the process. =20 > Whether it's useful or not, trivial or vital, no longer matters, it's=20 > defined by the gatekeepers as a requirement, therefore, by said=20 > definition, it is a requirement. >=20 Well, you could always do it over the phone. :) > It's good to know the requirements, including this one. Which is what I=20 > was asking in the original post, is it or isn't it. Apparently, it is,=20 > and anyone intending to become a developer can now deal with it as such. >=20 --=20 Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) --=-3faHiZObv/vU9gdxrheY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkoER7MACgkQQa6M3+I///f2ugCfVLltqHF4+Gm+B0Kq8Ijg3JEN XA4AoLLFTV3EX2W+PkIM2tXu1dxREjW5 =okJE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-3faHiZObv/vU9gdxrheY--