Re: New Application processes

2009-01-12 Thread Daniel Holbach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nick Ellery schrieb: On the four points made by Daniel, I can agree with all but the fourth being beneficial. The reason that different Membership Boards were created was to allow those that are unable to attend CC meetings to still apply for

Re: New Application processes

2009-01-12 Thread Daniel Holbach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Holbach schrieb: As I said in another mail already: [...] Oops, it was the same mail that I replied to already, it was just moderated through ubuntu-de...@... Excusez-moi. Have a great day, Daniel - -- My 5 today: #315769 (last-align),

Re: New Application processes

2009-01-08 Thread Soren Hansen
On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 02:24:46PM -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: 3) Use the wiki Applications and endorsements shall be drafted on wiki pages, and presented for review when complete. This will give you the chance to use a template for the application, where we can make sure that most areas

Re: Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-08 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Bryce Harrington br...@canonical.com wrote: For improving the process just for the skill-level consideration, what I would like to see is sort of a self-directed exercise workbook, with sets of packaging, bug triage, testing, documentation, etc. tasks. For

Re: Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-08 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Robert Collins robe...@robertcollins.net wrote: I completely agree. MOTU and core-dev membership is a combination of * technical knowledge [for which two key points apply: arbitrary have-done-X metrics don't assess any more reliably than peer assessment of the

Re: Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-08 Thread Cody A.W. Somerville
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Dustin Kirkland kirkl...@ubuntu.comwrote: On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Robert Collins robe...@robertcollins.net wrote: I completely agree. MOTU and core-dev membership is a combination of * technical knowledge [for which two key points apply: arbitrary

Re: New Application processes

2009-01-08 Thread James Westby
On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 18:14 +0100, Daniel Holbach wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello everybody, some of you will have noticed that the application processes of the MOTU Council have been taking several weeks, even months in extreme cases and we have been very

Re: New Application processes

2009-01-08 Thread Cody A.W. Somerville
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Daniel Holbach daniel.holb...@ubuntu.comwrote: snip I see the mailing list discussion as a time for the MC (and everybody else) to take a look at the application and to ask for clarification or ask additional questions. snip Will the council be voting at the

Re: New Application processes

2009-01-08 Thread Daniel Holbach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Cody A.W. Somerville schrieb: Will the council be voting at the IRC Meeting? Yes. Have a great day, Daniel - -- My 5 today: #311445 (vbetool), #305256 (gnome-menus), #314794 (ufraw), #46447 (grabcd), #314887 (yagiuda) Do 5 a day - every day!

Re: New Application processes

2009-01-08 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 09:03:31 +0100 Soren Hansen so...@ubuntu.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 02:24:46PM -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: 3) Use the wiki Applications and endorsements shall be drafted on wiki pages, and presented for review when complete. This will give you the chance to use

Re: Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-08 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 11:28:25 -0400 Cody A.W. Somerville cody-somervi...@ubuntu.com wrote: I agree. In the same spirit of having a workbook, we could set guidelines and not hard fast rules. If we're going to have a workbook, we're setting some numbers anyhow. We aren't and we shouldn't. The

Re: Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-08 Thread Jordan Mantha
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 7:16 AM, Dustin Kirkland kirkl...@ubuntu.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Robert Collins robe...@robertcollins.net wrote: I completely agree. MOTU and core-dev membership is a combination of * technical knowledge [for which two key points apply: arbitrary

Re: New Application processes

2009-01-08 Thread Daniel Holbach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Scott Kitterman schrieb: On Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:44:20 +0100 Daniel Holbach daniel.holb...@ubuntu.com wrote: It will be important for the MOTU Council to be well-prepared for the meeting, ask questions and be on top of things on the mailing list.

Re: Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-08 Thread Jordan Mantha
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Dustin Kirkland kirkl...@ubuntu.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Jordan Mantha jordan.man...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think that's necessarily a logical conclusion. You're saying that if the +1/-1 of a MOTU Council member is based on a subjective

Re: Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-08 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Jordan Mantha jordan.man...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think that's necessarily a logical conclusion. You're saying that if the +1/-1 of a MOTU Council member is based on a subjective decision that they can't use objective data in making that decision. That is

Re: Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-08 Thread Jordan Mantha
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Bryce Harrington br...@canonical.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 11:04:35AM -0800, Jordan Mantha wrote: On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Dustin Kirkland kirkl...@ubuntu.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Jordan Mantha jordan.man...@gmail.com

Re: Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-08 Thread Bryce Harrington
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 11:04:35AM -0800, Jordan Mantha wrote: On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Dustin Kirkland kirkl...@ubuntu.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Jordan Mantha jordan.man...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think that's necessarily a logical conclusion. You're saying

New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Daniel Holbach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello everybody, some of you will have noticed that the application processes of the MOTU Council have been taking several weeks, even months in extreme cases and we have been very unhappy with this status quo. We identified a number of reasons for

Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Adilson Oliveira
Em 07-01-2009 16:07, Dustin Kirkland escreveu: But, please, please, please let's add some minority element of objectivity to the processes. +1 That was my first complain when I first tried be a Motu (which I failed) and never bothered to try again because of that and different sponsors

Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Daniel Holbach daniel.holb...@ubuntu.com wrote: We feel that these changes are going to be a notable improvement and we would like to hear your thoughts on them, so we can move to the new format real soon now. Hi Daniel (and MOTU Council)- Thank you very much

Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Daniel Holbach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dustin Kirkland schrieb: I really believe the MOTU and Core-Dev application processes would greatly benefit from some minimal, objective criteria. It should be perfectly clear that meeting these objective criteria will not be sufficient, alone,

Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Wednesday 07 January 2009 13:22, Daniel Holbach wrote: Dustin Kirkland schrieb: I really believe the MOTU and Core-Dev application processes would greatly benefit from some minimal, objective criteria. It should be perfectly clear that meeting these objective criteria will not be

Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Wednesday 07 January 2009 12:14, Daniel Holbach wrote: 3) Use the wiki Applications and endorsements shall be drafted on wiki pages, and presented for review when complete. This will give you the chance to use a template for the application, where we can make sure that most areas for the

Re: Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Bryce Harrington
On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 02:18:09PM -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: On Wednesday 07 January 2009 13:22, Daniel Holbach wrote: Dustin Kirkland schrieb: I really believe the MOTU and Core-Dev application processes would greatly benefit from some minimal, objective criteria. It should be

Re: Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Robert Collins
On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 14:18 -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: People like quantitative criteria because they can be applied without judgement and with no perception of bias. Everyone has to wait 6 months, so it's not unfair we say you need to wait too. I really think that our process is

Re: Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Robert Collins
On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 13:46 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote: For improving the process just for the skill-level consideration, what I would like to see is sort of a self-directed exercise workbook, with sets of packaging, bug triage, testing, documentation, etc. tasks. For sponsorees with

Re: Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Bryce Harrington
On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 07:44:16PM -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: On Wednesday 07 January 2009 19:24, Robert Collins wrote: On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 13:46 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote: For improving the process just for the skill-level consideration, what I would like to see is sort of a

Re: Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Nick Ellery
Scott Kitterman wrote: On Wednesday 07 January 2009 13:22, Daniel Holbach wrote: Dustin Kirkland schrieb: I really believe the MOTU and Core-Dev application processes would greatly benefit from some minimal, objective criteria. It should be perfectly clear that meeting these objective

Re: Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Bryce Harrington
On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 08:59:24PM -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: On Wednesday 07 January 2009 20:46, Bryce Harrington wrote: On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 07:44:16PM -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: On Wednesday 07 January 2009 19:24, Robert Collins wrote: On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 13:46 -0800, Bryce

Re: Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Daniel Holbach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Scott Kitterman schrieb: On Wednesday 07 January 2009 20:46, Bryce Harrington wrote: On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 07:44:16PM -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: Here's a good list of questions for the workbook:

Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Daniel Holbach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nick Ellery schrieb: On the four points made by Daniel, I can agree with all but the fourth being beneficial. The reason that different Membership Boards were created was to allow those that are unable to attend CC meetings to still apply for

Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Daniel Holbach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Scott Kitterman schrieb: I would prefer that sponsors still send in their comments via mail. I think that makes it clearer where the application stops and the sponsors words start. Emails can (and should) be signed too. We can make it clear in