From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42B281387FD for ; Sun, 6 Apr 2014 12:52:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A5D43E0A5B; Sun, 6 Apr 2014 12:52:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f179.google.com (mail-we0-f179.google.com [74.125.82.179]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EC008E0A5A for ; Sun, 6 Apr 2014 12:52:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f179.google.com with SMTP id x48so5391201wes.24 for ; Sun, 06 Apr 2014 05:52:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type; bh=/mp8Kx0YTVdJ0AOwP5/gt0z++rRgcKnDoame59ko5Tg=; b=vhKEeRVoGZrWN12ELcysJJ91x1A9wEQevCK1pNeiCz0xc0Q1BNoKRkuSbFDRIle5st s2usifi/CdT6U57fMyy2Sh0H51DeMb7xv5tAD0sDS30I3XCWhIzkATSok9bGiomNBnIz QsqHuXoZ7zVJlB3VRcALn8cHuZ1v51yLugf0UcgrrS9EcLcXhRKcWDshivO2LzdTUZam mViov4rN9vjeK/Te78glhDQ9LHZ80orW+hmSJ/alDKafDoyhuM9UzK01Ur+7JjhDad85 tEy7lrQJe0nzX/Sb7TnaKT8t/ITsuyRWu3RxvdSD51pShJG8G2RJAqrTYFznWIs2XYGh eF0w== X-Received: by 10.194.90.39 with SMTP id bt7mr1870051wjb.93.1396788734292; Sun, 06 Apr 2014 05:52:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (cpc3-broo7-2-0-cust157.14-2.cable.virginm.net. [86.30.224.158]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id gx9sm17166742wib.13.2014.04.06.05.52.13 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 06 Apr 2014 05:52:14 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2014 13:52:04 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Call for agenda items - Council meeting 2014-04-08 Message-ID: <20140406135204.55b6fc2a@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <53414CD2.4030100@gentoo.org> References: <53342A5F.70903@gentoo.org> <201404061435.00789.dilfridge@gentoo.org> <53414CD2.4030100@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.23; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/uWwjRHkeNckgECDVy9KHt8_"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: a1239736-7e77-4d3d-95b8-17c03268690f X-Archives-Hash: 18a570483dba94a8d03b9f58f79887fe --Sig_/uWwjRHkeNckgECDVy9KHt8_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 06 Apr 2014 12:47:14 +0000 hasufell wrote: > Andreas K. Huettel: > > 5) The council encourages teams maintaining central parts of Gentoo > > to accept new developers as team members and teach them the > > required knowledge and intricacies. We consider this important to > > ensure long-term continuity and increase the bus factor in critical > > areas. > >=20 >=20 > Or don't accept them as team members in the first place, which is > perfectly fine if you can still contribute as a non-team member. >=20 > Letting someone in and then starting to teach him seems like the wrong > approach to me. >=20 > We should encourage the opposite order. That's all very well, but there are maybe two or three Gentoo developers left who actually understand all the details and how the big picture works when it comes to ebuilds. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/uWwjRHkeNckgECDVy9KHt8_ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlNBTfwACgkQ96zL6DUtXhE/2ACgxe1urfhUW0GzXJO86LL9mx24 ZzwAoIZuOgGWrt019TMtbGwyQNxdNKKN =CHFE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/uWwjRHkeNckgECDVy9KHt8_--