On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 08:51:39AM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 04:37:07PM -0500, Duncan Findlay wrote: > > I'd say a few of the template questions are harder than is necessary > > to ensure that an NM candidate is competent. For example, the big long > > question on linking: > Nice questions. That would absolutely screw an applicant who hacks Python > or PHP all day. But I'd hope that anyone who maintains C libraries in > Debian could answer them after a bit of a look around - that stuff comes up > way too often for any serious library maintainer to not know it. Personally (and speaking as a maintainer, not as an AM), I think it's a good idea for people who maintain PHP-based packages to have a healthy appreciation for why PHP, among all available scripting engines in Debian, is a PITA to maintain. :P -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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