Hi Matthew! Matthew Palmer [2005-09-05 20:31 +1000]: > I've pointed my applicants at orphaned packages in the past. It works > fairly well -- it gives them some experience dealing with real-world messes, > and the end result is something that won't just get binned. > > I've been content with asking my applicants to pick a package of their own, > but I suppose that picking a particular package intended to stretch the > applicant might be a better move. I thought about looking for some particular bad packages as example (helps the applicant, since he might not yet instantly see which packages are messy). > I've also tended to get my applicants to triage a couple of RC bugs, and > either provide a patch or at least some more useful debugging info. Again, > I've gone "pick your own", but assigning bugs might be handy, too. Right, this "pick an RC bug and solve it" is something I ask my NMs for a while. Thanks, Martin -- Martin Pitt http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com Debian Developer http://www.debian.org
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