Tiago Bortoletto Vaz dijo [Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 10:07:21PM -0300]: > > Why? I happily researched all the questions during the NM process > > before writing my responses, even for the questions i felt that i > > already had answers to. It was an opportunity to conduct a deliberate > > exploration of useful details, led by a helpful guide. > > I just bad expressed myself here. I meant questions I would *only* be able to > say something about if I did a research. In other words, I think it's > important > to give the AM my previous/current experiences, even if it's next to zero. > > Imagine I've written in my first NM email I want to become a DD because I want > to package libraries. Then I answer in a good way all the questions regarding > libraries - by doing some research, because I've never did it before. So, > don't > you think is missing something here? For someone who wants to become a DD > mainly to work in i18n infrastrucure, it would be ok just knowing the nice > steps for packaging libraries. For prospective library packagers, it's not > enough IMO. However, the questions by themselves don't make any difference > between the one who knows and the one who really knows by previous experiences > a given subject.
Ummm... Well, you are supposed to get to the questions _after_ verifying the applicant is already contributing in a meaningful way to Debian. So far, part of what I do prior to getting to P&P is to check their current activity and to talk with at least one person they have interacted with to see how their technical work is. -- Gunnar Wolf • [email protected] • (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
