Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo: State of the Union

[Jon Portnoy <avenj@gentoo.org>]

On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 09:38:17AM -0500, Daniel Goller wrote:
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> Jon Portnoy wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 08:41:31AM -0500, Daniel Goller wrote:
> >> inviting community) and why you think stricter test make for better
> >> developers, why you think harder tests would cut down more on the quick
> >> in and out people.
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> > Empirical evidence agrees.
> > 
> > Our current quiz practices have done a good job keeping out a lot of the 
> > incompetence that used to slip through before we took that approach.
> > 
> > Stricter tests make for more knowledgable developers and folks with a 
> > lack of commitment to Gentoo are usually not willing to tackle the 
> > learning curve.
> > 
> > As for whether or not we're inviting or not, anybody can contribute. 
> > They don't need to be @gentoo.org to do so. What we really need is to 
> > focus more on those outside contributions.
> > 
> 
> so that is where this is all coming from, who said that we should hand
> out @gentoo.org ? i never said that, they don't need it, and everyone
> gets to feel all special about the @gentoo.org the way they are used to,
> a committing contributor does not require a @gentoo.org
>
 
That's called a "figure of speech" -- I was not literally referring to 
the email address but rather Gentoo developer status. Sorry for being 
unclear.

My point was more that commit access is not a prerequisite to 
contribute.

> 
> and unless you give them a general aptitude and attitude test, you do
> not know a thing about the person who answered a few technical questions
> (more)
> 

Sure you do. You know whether they know what they're doing in the tree.

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