Re: [RANT] The Future of Debian (and Linux)
Hi,
>>"George" == George Bonser <grep@oriole.sbay.org> writes:
George> Age has nothing to do with it, it has to do with devoting time
George> to things that are more important in life. That and calling
George> attention to the fact that more of these energetic youngsters
George> need to get involved in the process rather than simply poke
George> shots at the leadership.
George> Just wondering if a more structured method of identifying
George> prospective developers and mentoring them into the mainstream
George> might be worthwhile.
I think one of the primary qualities that make Debian what it
is (or Linux or GNU software in general) is that it is a volunteer
effort. The keyword is volunteer. People are not shanghaied or
recruited, they are self motivating and genuinely interested in what
they are doing. If they don't have the self motivation, or they do
not come of their own accord, they won't last very long. Being a
volunteer can be pretty thankless and frustating at times; if the
will to join does not spring from inside, it is worse than useless to
impose/recruit/identify and mentor them.
Debian is not really a place where you are taught to be all
you can be; you have to do that yourself.
As I said before; anytime; you enrgetic potential lean mean
developers. Just anytime at all.
manoj
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Manoj Srivastava <url:mailto:srivasta@acm.org>
Mobile, Alabama USA <url:http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/>
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