Hi, >>"George" == George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
George> Age has nothing to do with it, it has to do with devoting time George> to things that are more important in life. That and calling George> attention to the fact that more of these energetic youngsters George> need to get involved in the process rather than simply poke George> shots at the leadership. George> Just wondering if a more structured method of identifying George> prospective developers and mentoring them into the mainstream George> might be worthwhile. I think one of the primary qualities that make Debian what it is (or Linux or GNU software in general) is that it is a volunteer effort. The keyword is volunteer. People are not shanghaied or recruited, they are self motivating and genuinely interested in what they are doing. If they don't have the self motivation, or they do not come of their own accord, they won't last very long. Being a volunteer can be pretty thankless and frustating at times; if the will to join does not spring from inside, it is worse than useless to impose/recruit/identify and mentor them. Debian is not really a place where you are taught to be all you can be; you have to do that yourself. As I said before; anytime; you enrgetic potential lean mean developers. Just anytime at all. manoj -- Your boss is thinking about you. Manoj Srivastava <url:mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mobile, Alabama USA <url:http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .