| 1 | GLEP: 41 |
1 | GLEP: 41 |
| 2 | Title: Making Arch Testers official Gentoo Staff |
2 | Title: Making Arch Testers official Gentoo Staff |
| 3 | Version: $Revision: 1.1 $ |
3 | Version: $Revision: 1.6 $ |
| 4 | Last-Modified: $Date: 2005/09/15 21:01:51 $ |
4 | Last-Modified: $Date: 2005/11/18 16:16:20 $ |
| 5 | Author: Simon Stelling <blubb@gentoo.org>, |
5 | Author: Simon Stelling <blubb@gentoo.org>, Homer Parker <hparker@gentoo.org> |
| 6 | Status: Draft |
6 | Status: Accepted |
| 7 | Type: Standards Track |
7 | Type: Standards Track |
| 8 | Content-Type: text/x-rst |
8 | Content-Type: text/x-rst |
| 9 | Created: 7-Sep-2005 |
9 | Created: 7-Sep-2005 |
| 10 | Post-History: 15-Sep-2005 |
10 | Post-History: 15-Sep-2005, 13-Nov-2005 |
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| 12 | Abstract |
12 | Abstract |
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| 15 | Arch Testers should be treated as official Gentoo staff. |
15 | Arch Testers should be treated as official Gentoo staff. |
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17 | Status |
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20 | Rejected by the Gentoo Council on 13 Oct. 2005. This GLEP may be resubmitted |
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21 | if the issues brought up in the council meeting, |
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22 | http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/meeting-logs/20051013.txt, |
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23 | are addressed in a new version of this GLEP. |
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| 18 | Motivation |
26 | Motivation |
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| 32 | ATs should basically be treated as staff. This includes the following changes |
40 | ATs should basically be treated as staff. This includes the following changes |
| 33 | to the current situation: |
41 | to the current situation: |
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| 35 | - Get a @gentoo.org email address |
43 | - Get a @(subdomain_to_be_determined).gentoo.org email address. The email |
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44 | address will just be an alias, and will be forwarded to their @gentoo.org |
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45 | address if they go on to become a Gentoo developer. |
| 36 | - Get read-only access to the gentoo-x86 repository |
46 | - Get read-only access to the gentoo-x86 repository. This doesn't have to be |
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47 | individual accounts, a single account, without a shell, with all of their |
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48 | keys will be sufficiant. |
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| 38 | Additionally, the mentoring period should be shortened to two weeks if an AT |
50 | There will be a 30 day probationary/mentoring period for new ATs.The lead AT/HT |
| 39 | wants to take the end quiz to become a developer, assuming he has been AT for |
51 | for arch/herd will be responsible for the mentoring period. If arch/herd |
| 40 | at least two weeks. The amd64 porting team has handled situations |
52 | doesn't have a Lead AT/HT, then either the arch/herd lead or the Strategic AT |
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53 | Lead will be responsible. The Lead AT is a seasoned developer that watches for talent, |
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54 | recruits and mentors ATs. Additionally, the mentoring period should be shortened |
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55 | to a minimum of two weeks if an AT wants to take the end quiz to become a developer, |
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56 | assuming he has been AT for at least two weeks. The amd64 porting team has handled |
| 41 | like this for a while and only made positive experiences. |
57 | situations like this for a while and only made positive experiences. |
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| 43 | Also, the idea of an arch tester as a trustful user who is able to test |
59 | Also, the idea of an arch tester as a trustworthy user who is able to test |
| 44 | critical changes (such as hard masked software branches), could be expanded |
60 | critical changes (such as hard masked software branches), could be expanded |
| 45 | to other herd. These 'ATs' wouldn't be called arch testers as the 'arch' is |
61 | to other herds. These 'ATs' wouldn't be called arch testers as the 'arch' is |
| 46 | irritating, instead, herd tester (HT) could be used. |
62 | irritating, instead, herd tester (HT) could be used. |
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| 48 | As arch testers (and herd testers) become official staff, they should be |
64 | As arch testers (and herd testers) become official staff, they should be |
| 49 | handled by DevRel. |
65 | handled by DevRel. |
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67 | Since ATs don't want to have to handle the big 'communication overhead' |
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68 | normally, they won't be subscribed to the gentoo-core mailing list and won't |
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69 | be able to vote. |
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| 52 | Backwards Compatibility |
72 | Backwards Compatibility |
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| 55 | All current active arch testers should be migrated to staff. |
75 | All current active arch testers should be migrated. |
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| 58 | Copyright |
78 | Copyright |
| 59 | ========= |
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