On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 12:32:35 +0400 Sergey Popov <pinkb...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> 21.08.2013 12:13, Tom Wijsman пишет: > > Recruiting shows to be a hard task; so, the suggestions I am doing > > are assuming that that doesn't work out. In which case, I wonder > > what "by some other ways" you would think of... > > Dropping some keywords to unstable on minor arches. If we grow (like you said below), then doing less seems like a decision that we shouldn't take; it is rather about "doing it different" to use our resources in a better way. Crowd sourcing users is an option here... > And about recruiting, it is the only way we can keep moving with > getting distro, which makes bigger and bigger all the time. Yes, but apart from recruiting you can make the resources used better; if the current way of using our resources isn't sufficient, we can improve that as well. Improving both is going to make the difference. > I would have joined recruiters unless i knew how difficult job they > are doing. Yes, I am interested in both mentoring and recruiting and I need to contact them again; but I do not really intend to point at "recruiters" here or how hard that is, what I intend to point at with recruiting is finding those users that are willing to learn to write better ebuilds and are willing to become a Gentoo Developer. They are hard to find; and in order for them to be found, a mentor has to find them somewhere. Came across three types of people already trying to find a mentee: 1. The first one doesn't want to go through the amount of time it takes; this depends a bit on the queue, but it can take months. 2. The second one's interest to become a Gentoo Developer depends from time to time; so, tries to start over and over to become one. 3. The third one writes a lot of ebuilds (and has an overlay that looks like a gold mine), but there is a language barrier that keeps the user from contributing; so, we take things slowly instead... 4. The fourth one leaves a message on IRC and quits before you return. 5. ... So, recruiting in the terms of "finding recruits" appears to be hard. -- With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : tom...@gentoo.org GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D
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