On 24/04/10 11:46 +0200, Udo Spallek wrote:
> Hello Sharoon, Cédric,
> 
> thanks for the new ideas about a quiz for developers.
> 
> Am Samstag, den 24.04.2010, 08:48 +0100 schrieb Sharoon Thomas:
> > Reference to the chat discussions i had with cedk, I propose that we
> > host a developer quiz like the gentoo developer quiz.
> > (www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/quiz/ebuild-quiz.txt)
> Since I can not find a log of your discussions I need some more
> background informations about the aim for such a quiz.

I was on jabber :-(

> 
> * Which Problem the quiz should solve? aka Why a quiz?

It is to allow to give to people recognition about their skills on Tryton.
And better identify who work on Tryton.

> * What are the main targets of the developer quiz?

Developers.

> * Which developer skills you want to prove with the quiz?

Development on Tryton like: writing modules, extending standard one, bug fix
and some knowledges on the framework.

> * What is/can do a developer solved the quiz more then a developer which
> do not solve the quiz?

Nothing.

> Did a successful answered quiz legitimate for
> something?

No except to be listed as succeed quiz developer.

> * How to handle cheating?

By trust. The quiz must not be simple answer, it should be the reason for
talk. I think applier should find a mentor that will follow him during the
quiz.

> * Who decides if a question is answered right or wrong?

It will be the mentor or a group of mentors.

> > We propose to have this as an eligibility criteria to commit code and
> > even list the successful completers in the website.
> I am not sure about my understanding of this sentence.
> Commit which code where? Commit access for the framework as a whole or
> just for parts? Commit access into all Modules or for one Module? Commit
> access for everything in every part of Tryton? Please clarify.

I don't think it will be linked to push access. But of course devs who will
succeed the quiz will have easier to have their patches accepted/reviewed
because he will write it correctly.


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