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 1GQibw-0003Xy-GS for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:50:25 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k8MAnWPd016124; Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:49:32 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8MAlXqi010659 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:47:34 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 166B064883 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:47:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 22039-17 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:47:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7748E6489E for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:47:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GQiYu-00046i-QX for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:47:16 +0200 Received: from pool-70-17-41-152.pskn.east.verizon.net ([70.17.41.152]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:47:16 +0200 Received: from sw98234 by pool-70-17-41-152.pskn.east.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:47:16 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: "Peter" Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Delay in approval of new developers Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:47:07 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20060921175501.GI25921@feynman.corp.halliburton.com> <4512D9DE.9050405@gentoo.org> <20060921213418.48a9a9fb@snowdrop.home> <4512FACC.3080306@gentoo.org> <4513AC06.8020803@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=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-70-17-41-152.pskn.east.verizon.net X-Archive: encrypt User-Agent: pan 0.112 (Elijah Craig) Sender: news X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.429 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.008, BAYES_00=-2.599, FORGED_HOTMAIL_RCVD2=1.162] X-Spam-Score: -1.429 X-Spam-Level: X-Archives-Salt: ccb0b8d9-9f8a-4a1a-8652-85cad15861d8 X-Archives-Hash: 734fd7037b13493165ff8c1671a15cba On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 19:25:26 +1000, Andrew Ross wrote: snip... >> >> That's a laugh! Problem is that no devs seem to get approved in a timely >> fashion. > > As a recently recruited developer, I'd just like to say that I was very > happy with the approval time of my recruitment bug (#139633), which was > filed on 2006-07-07 and resolved on 2006-08-08. > > I understand that not all recruitments occur as quickly as mine, you are the exception. > > If recruiters are taking that long, but it's due primarily to a lack of > manpower, or poor organization. > Not all developers are cut out to be recruiters, and I'm sure some of > those who have what it takes would rather work on something else :-) > Much like infrastructure, my impression is that being a recruiter isn't > exactly a glamorous role. On top of that, the actions a recruiter must > perform for each recruitment aren't exactly 5 minute jobs: > months of silence in the many cases unlike yours are rude and inexcusable. > > Cheers > > Andrew glad you were an exception. -- Peter -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list