Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:43:34 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: current <current@freebsd.org>, Jo Rhett <jrhett@svcolo.com> Subject: Re: Fast releases demand binary updates.. (Was: Release schedule for 2006 ) Message-ID: <43C72FF6.4070308@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20060113000615.GA17839@soaustin.net> References: <43A266E5.3080103@samsco.org> <200601062220.13417.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20060112073733.GG84964@svcolo.com> <200601122112.13347.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <43C6560A.8020200@centtech.com> <20060113000615.GA17839@soaustin.net>
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Mark Linimon wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 07:13:46AM -0600, Eric Anderson wrote: > >> I'm just mentioning it as a data point, that it is pretty hard to find >> a committer willing to mentor someone, or at a minimum, give them pointers. >> [...] Maybe, on the FreeBSD developers page, we could have a list of >> categories and mentors for those categories for those willing to work on >> code to contact with questions, etc. Then committers could volunteer as >> a mentor for a category they enjoy. >> > > You might find http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/ useful. > > mcl > Well, it's helpful, except a few of the people responsible for projects on that list are those that are very busy, and somewhat unresponsive. Are those all people that volunteered to help developers trying to learn/contribute? If so, great, but if not, they should be replaced with some other committers with more spare time available. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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