Hi,
>>"Rob" == Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Rob> Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I think I disagree. Letting developers who can't write shell
>> scripts can in no way be in the interests of the project, one of
>> whose goals is *excellence*.
Rob> Sure it can. It depends on what they're doing. You don't have
Rob> to be a good shell programmer to work on the web pages, close
Rob> bugs, write man pages for GNU tools :>, etc, and not knowing how
Rob> to write good shell scripts is not IMO a good reason for
Rob> exclusion *as long as* it's coupled with a healthy understanding
Rob> of your limitations, and a willingness to ask questions on
Rob> debian-mentor, debian-devel, or wherever. Granted, that may be a
Rob> tall order, but it is possible.
... and not asking policy to be changed because you dpn't yet
know how to code shell scripts.
manoj
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