From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GQVi6-0006VC-3Q for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:03:54 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k8LL31xP008936; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:03:01 GMT Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.186]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8LL1309031059 for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:01:03 GMT Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id p46so1126075nfa for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:01:02 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=c1b5YWUaq1cLB3x/09/WCoVvd9vq73SyTaPXCft7phZDazaMEt0g1fk2JdbVh+pZoAlVXZVDZzU3n2/70KzMp6T4+cIMhinITgB+g5EniacrWq2jLzVoKp3WmwedetmquMtaqWL8HHsPMBzJahn4j/pCPFk8qMQxEfm8bRUB2Sc= Received: by 10.49.90.4 with SMTP id s4mr1083324nfl; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:01:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.49.41.13 with HTTP; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:01:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:01:02 -0400 From: "Mike Pagano" To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] seeds, GLEPs, and projects In-Reply-To: <4512FACC.3080306@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20060921175501.GI25921@feynman.corp.halliburton.com> <4512D9DE.9050405@gentoo.org> <20060921213418.48a9a9fb@snowdrop.home> <4512FACC.3080306@gentoo.org> X-Archives-Salt: c82ede1b-a5a4-4854-a5b2-bb9e1a282fb6 X-Archives-Hash: fa3966feb8532e10447d1d6cd6fbf94e On 9/21/06, Simon Stelling wrote: > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > Huge amounts of time, effort and users. How much arch team time was > > spent fixing genkernel? How much time was spent fixing the OS X mess? > > How many users did we lose as a result of all the QA screwups? > > Eh, I wanted answers, not more questions :P > > > As much as I hate relying upon slashdot for anything reasonable at all, > > an awful lot of people in that thread were suggesting that more time be > > spent on QA and fixing existing bugs and much less on fancy new > > things... > > These users are ignoring the fact that time is not the only and most > important factor. Motivation is far more important IMO, and it's pretty > hard to get the motivation together to test 60 packages instead of > tinkering around with a new idea. At least for me it often is. > > -- > Kind Regards, > > Simon Stelling > Gentoo/AMD64 developer > -- > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list > > Maybe a recruiting drive to help with the maintenance. A typical business brings on new blood and assigns them just that role to free up more senior developers for more complicated projects. New developers should definitely meet a standard, but the possibility of bringing developers with energy and potential to assist in maintenance might be worth a consideration. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list