[Mageia-dev] In need of a mentor

Wed Feb 15 21:41:32 CET 2012

Hi all,
+
+I would like to make comment on the Mentoring system, and hopefully I 
+will convey it, and be interpreted in the best possible spirit.
+I am glad Kyle has now had an offer to be mentored and by no means wish 
+to stop this or interfere in anyway, however I felt quite deflated when 
+I read the offer to mentor him, and I imagine others would too, so I 
+feel obligated to comment.
+
+There is a list on the wiki of people looking for mentors
+
+https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Becoming_a_Mageia_Packager#Packaging_apprentice_candidates
+
+Kyle has indeed added his name to the list, however there are 5 people 
+on the list before him, I have been on that list since mid January, and 
+there is someone who has been waiting since late November.
+
+All things being equal, shouldn't preference be given to the top 
+(longest waiting) of the list?
+Is there a reason why 5 people get overlooked, and someone who has been 
+waiting 2 days is given a chance? If we are not as 
+committed/capable/available/desirable can someone please let us know? I 
+have already packaged a program I wrote and want added to Mageia, and I 
+wait patiently for a Mentor, just to find the line has been cut.
+
+Do I need to constantly have IRC on to be chosen? is there some 
+unwritten rules about how to gain a mentor? If so please let me know so 
+I can do these things.
+
+I hope this is taken constructively, I don't wish for the mentoring 
+offer to Kyle to be withdrawn, he sounds like he will be an asset to the 
+packaging team, I do think though that you should consider the list 
+first before making offers. If a person is not suitable, tell them so 
+they can move on, perhaps package for another distro, whatever. Don't 
+just leave them there to rot.
+
+Tuxta
+
+On 15/02/12 18:15, Shlomi Fish wrote:
+> Hi Kyle,
+>
+> On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:15:46 -0600
+> Kyle Fletcher<kfletcher87 at gmail.com>  wrote:
+>
+>> Hello all,
+>>
+>> I've been looking for a distro to join for awhile now and finally
+>> landed with mageia.  I'm relatively new to it, but have enjoyed it so
+>> far.  I've started teaching myself how to package and have packaged
+>> two things so far.  (very unstable, but i'm working on it).  I have
+>> also put my name and info on the wiki
+>> https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Becoming_a_Mageia_Packager so if there is
+>> anyone out there that would like to mentor me please let me know.
+>>
+>> I'm also usually in IRC all the time under the name vitamin{, tho afk alot :)
+>>
+> I'm willing to mentor you. Just note that I'm working on Wednesday, Thursday
+> and part of Sunday and don't have access to a Mageia system there (or
+> can authenticate for my Mageia account).
+>
+> Regards,
+>
+> 	Shlomi Fish
+>
+
+