[arch-dev-public] Junior Devs

[Rashif Ray Rahman]

On 3 June 2013 23:23, Ionut Biru <ibiru at archlinux.org> wrote:

> On 06/03/2013 05:37 PM, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > This was brought up a few times, so I'd like some clarification.
> >
> > What restrictions (apart from the possibility of getting the boot, and
> > no read-access to arch-dev) do we put on Junior devs? It used to be
> > that they could not push packages, but that is no longer a technical
> > limitation. Should we still enforce it? Is there a restriction with
> > respect to [core]?
> >
> > My preference would be to not have any limitation, but that they
> > should be instructed to bring things up on ML / IRC when doing stuff
> > for the first time to avoid problems.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Tom
> >
>
>
> Junior dev was used only when we have invited users straight from the
> community when we needed help in some areas back in the days and they
> didn't had any idea what's going on.
>
> Is not the case when TUs are brought in our dev team.
>
> --
> Ionuț
>
>
Yeah, precisely that. At least, TUs are expected to know our packaging
infrastructure and practices well enough to not need mentoring, so IMO
there really is little reason for a juniour title in these cases unless we
specifically want to be sure of their competence. And, we don't get access
to things unnecessarily; if you don't package for core there is no need for
access there.

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