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 4D6FF1381F3 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:06:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9553AE0AA6; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:06:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 80492E0A69 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:06:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 989C933E814 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:06:19 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.285 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.285 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.261, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-1.544, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=unavailable Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id fMuH7vOEdeKB for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:06:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3BB67335E17 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:06:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1V4bip-0000Jd-Df for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 21:06:07 +0200 Received: from ppp118-209-102-69.lns20.mel4.internode.on.net ([118.209.102.69]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 21:06:07 +0200 Received: from kensington by ppp118-209-102-69.lns20.mel4.internode.on.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 21:06:07 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Michael Palimaka Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo is so AWESOME Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 05:05:56 +1000 Message-ID: References: <51F80310.9070006@gentoo.org> <51F850C3.6060301@orlitzky.com> <51F9096A.2000904@orlitzky.com> <51F958C1.9010507@orlitzky.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp118-209-102-69.lns20.mel4.internode.on.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130620 Thunderbird/17.0.7 In-Reply-To: <51F958C1.9010507@orlitzky.com> X-Archives-Salt: 84837387-143f-40c4-bcec-16c4564ecc77 X-Archives-Hash: 86c7ca16a11ef77a76c695286198e3d6 On 1/08/2013 04:34, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > It seems a little rude to pop in, address them personally, and ask them > each if they'd devote months of their time towards mentoring me. (Doing > so can pressure someone into agreeing to something he doesn't want to > do, or makes him reject you personally which many people find awkward.) I definitely understand that. I wonder if it would help if we had a page where developers could register their interest in being a mentor.