Patrick Lauer wrote:
Then there's package management. (Your favourite topic, I guess, because you
want to keep complexifying it until one needs a PhD to write an ebuild
[which,
in a way, would be quite ironic])
At least for me new EAPIs have been / are making ebuild writing easier.
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 08:35:41AM +0200, Patrick Lauer wrote:
On Tuesday 12 May 2009 00:31:36 Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
On Mon, 11 May 2009 23:17:32 +0100
George Prowse george.pro...@gmail.com wrote:
An equilibrium seems to have been reached which currently works.
An equilibrium has
Thilo Bangert wrote:
to me, the above two contradictory viewpoints are the essence of the
apparent and real decline in Gentoo activity. The two are just not
compatible with each other and there is no clear guidance on to which of
the two should be followed.
in the one corner we have the
On Mon, 11 May 2009 23:17:32 +0100
George Prowse george.pro...@gmail.com wrote:
An equilibrium seems to have been reached which currently works.
An equilibrium has been reached, agreed, but that it works is up for
debate. There is a strong argument to be made that preserving the
equilibrium will
Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
On Mon, 11 May 2009 23:17:32 +0100
George Prowse george.pro...@gmail.com wrote:
An equilibrium seems to have been reached which currently works.
An equilibrium has been reached, agreed, but that it works is up for
debate. There is a strong argument to be made that
Ciaran McCreesh ciaran.mccre...@googlemail.com said:
On Tue, 5 May 2009 21:19:49 +0300
Markos Chandras hwoar...@gentoo.org wrote:
We surely need more developers. Otherwise we ll end up maintaining
100x500 each one. Just look at the numbers ( total packages/total
ACTIVE developers ). So
Nirbheek Chauhan nirbh...@gentoo.org said:
On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Duncan 1i5t5.dun...@cox.net wrote:
Thilo Bangert bang...@gentoo.org posted
200905101051.43926.bang...@gentoo.org, excerpted below, on Sun, 10
May
2009 10:51:38 +0200:
also, i feel voting for bugs is
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 10:14 PM, George Prowse george.pro...@gmail.com wrote:
Oh good lord, what have I started here... I can see that being as successful
as the Norweigan referee in last nights Chelsea v Barcelona game
Oooh, and here's the funny part, the max replies are by the same old
On Friday 08 May 2009 12:19:28 Duncan wrote:
Duncan 1i5t5.dun...@cox.net posted pan.2009.05.06.17.25...@cox.net,
[..] If a potential recruit isn't interested in IRC,
Gentoo isn't interested in them as developers.
Which, I suppose, is good to know, agree or not.
Ok now you are overreacting.
Duncan wrote:
But no matter, the practical fact of the matter is that for someone who
would otherwise not do IRC, it's just one more hurdle in the process.
Whether it's useful or not, trivial or vital, no longer matters, it's
defined by the gatekeepers as a requirement, therefore, by said
On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 12:45 +, Duncan wrote:
Markos Chandras hwoar...@gentoo.org posted
200905081342.17562.hwoar...@gentoo.org, excerpted below, on Fri, 08 May
2009 13:42:13 +0300:
On Friday 08 May 2009 12:19:28 Duncan wrote:
Duncan 1i5t5.dun...@cox.net posted
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Duncan wrote:
Plus, as I said, with a pre-arrangement, it's possible to do email
reasonably close to real-time as well, close enough they'd not have time
to look it up unless they had /some/ idea what was going on.
What good is simulating
On 5/7/09, Duncan 1i5t5.dun...@cox.net wrote:
There's no reason that can't be done via email, and throwing in
some live commit feed action might make it a bit interesting. =:^)
I'm sensing a sort of a patches welcome attitude from the crowd,
i.e., not falling for a hard sell of just the idea.
On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 12:29:33PM +, Duncan wrote:
Marijn Schouten (hkBst) hk...@gentoo.org posted
4a02a0e7.5050...@gentoo.org, excerpted below, on Thu, 07 May 2009
10:50:47 +0200:
I've seen a few replies from the (rare) Gentoo dev as well, indicating
they basically don't do IRC
Thomas Anderson wrote:
It seems to me you're on a irc-hate rampage. There are many devs who
rarely, if ever, go on irc. The _only_ requirement is that you conduct
a real-time interview with a recruiter.
I have to agree with this sentiment - I have nothing against IRC but it
is a bit too
Arttu V. wrote:
On 5/7/09, Duncan 1i5t5.dun...@cox.net wrote:
There's no reason that can't be done via email, and throwing in
some live commit feed action might make it a bit interesting. =:^)
I'm sensing a sort of a patches welcome attitude from the crowd,
i.e., not falling for a hard sell
Petteri Räty a écrit :
Currently we really don't need to fail that many
people as those who end up at that point in the process almost always
have good enough skills as they have contributed via overlays for quite
a while.
Ditto on that. Most recruits I've been actively watching these past few
George Prowse schrieb:
Thomas Sachau wrote:
For those, who can work with IRC and are interested in working with
ebuilds, there is already an option:
Join #gentoo-dev-help or even better #gentoo-sunrise and read the
documentation from the topic. The
Sunrise Overlay (with the #gentoo-sunrise
Thomas Sachau wrote:
George Prowse schrieb:
Thomas Sachau wrote:
For those, who can work with IRC and are interested in working with
ebuilds, there is already an option:
Join #gentoo-dev-help or even better #gentoo-sunrise and read the
documentation from the topic. The
Sunrise Overlay (with
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
with a sufficient number of current developers who are willing to
walk people through how and what it means to be a Gentoo Developer
then the
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
with a sufficient number of current developers who are willing to
walk people through how and what it means to be a Gentoo
On Tue, 05 May 2009 19:11:02 +0100
George Prowse george.pro...@gmail.com wrote:
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
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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
On Tuesday 05 May 2009 20:37:24 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
with a sufficient number of current developers who are willing to
walk people through
On Tue, 5 May 2009 21:19:49 +0300
Markos Chandras hwoar...@gentoo.org wrote:
We surely need more developers. Otherwise we ll end up maintaining
100x500 each one. Just look at the numbers ( total packages/total
ACTIVE developers ). So first we need to attract more people.
Evaluation and
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On Tue, 05 May 2009 19:19:00 +0100
Roy Bamford neddyseag...@gentoo.org wrote:
- From your post, it appears that standards were lowered during the
recruitment drive you reference.
Not quite.
At the time, there weren't really any particular
El mar, 05-05-2009 a las 18:28 +0100, George Prowse escribió:
Thomas Sachau wrote:
George Prowse schrieb:
Thomas Sachau wrote:
For those, who can work with IRC and are interested in working with
ebuilds, there is already an option:
Join #gentoo-dev-help or even better #gentoo-sunrise
Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
At the very least, before attempting any mass recruitment, the quiz
needs to be lengthened, brought up to date and split into answer these
on the spot on IRC without having seen the question before and
research allowed questions, and recruiters have to be prepared to
On Monday 04 May 2009 23:47:08 George Prowse wrote:
Thomas Sachau wrote:
Mario Fetka schrieb:
On Monday, 4. May 2009 19:06:12 George Prowse wrote:
Peter Faraday Weller wrote:
Hi
Thanks,
welp
Sad to hear it mate.
As the person who did your first install for you (i think)
George Prowse wrote:
I think you are missing the point. If you sit and wait for them to
join you will always be understaffed.
Go on a big dev drive! Announce it all over all the Gentoo's normal
communication channels and other generic linux places! Email some
linux magazines, talk to
Mounir Lamouri wrote:
George Prowse wrote:
I think you are missing the point. If you sit and wait for them to
join you will always be understaffed.
Go on a big dev drive! Announce it all over all the Gentoo's normal
communication channels and other generic linux places! Email some
linux
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