-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2009.05.05 18:37, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Mon, 04 May 2009 21:47:08 +0100 > George Prowse <george.pro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If you make it a big and special occasion which is planned > correctly [snip] > > That's not how it works -- we know this from last time Gentoo > recruited a whole load of people without verifying their abilities. > With > lots of new developers, what little time skilled developers already > have > ends up being spent fixing all the screwups made by people who were > only > recruited to make up numbers. Gentoo needs better developers, not > more > developers. > > -- > Ciaran McCreesh >
Ciaran, - From your post, it appears that standards were lowered during the recruitment drive you reference. If thats true, its a lesson for next time. That may well reduce the uptake rate compared to last time too but as you infer, new developers need the right skill set. At best, the publicity George suggests would raise awareness, which is the first step to getting more help of the right sort. - -- Regards, Roy Bamford (NeddySeagoon) a member of gentoo-ops forum-mods treecleaners trustees -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkoAgxkACgkQTE4/y7nJvavJCQCdF3eGtwDqJICelv43l1ssrUtI iz8AnAri0tO1E8Wb2ziIdGJtNAQOq6pj =+UmH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
