Re: Task and Skills messages
On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 08:20:21PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote:
> 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
Would you prefer to maintain php4.1-mysql, php4.2-mysql and php4.3-mysql
simultaneously? <grin>
- Matt
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