From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 13 04:43:45 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32B2C16A41F for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 04:43:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh2.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF00E43D55 for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 04:43:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [192.168.42.25] ([192.168.42.25]) by mh2.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k0D4hXj9010722; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:43:33 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <43C72FF6.4070308@centtech.com> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:43:34 -0600 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060112) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Linimon References: <43A266E5.3080103@samsco.org> <200601062220.13417.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20060112073733.GG84964@svcolo.com> <200601122112.13347.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <43C6560A.8020200@centtech.com> <20060113000615.GA17839@soaustin.net> In-Reply-To: <20060113000615.GA17839@soaustin.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1239/Thu Jan 12 05:36:22 2006 on mh2.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: current , Jo Rhett Subject: Re: Fast releases demand binary updates.. (Was: Release schedule for 2006 ) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 04:43:45 -0000 Mark Linimon wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 07:13:46AM -0600, Eric Anderson wrote: > >> I'm just mentioning it as a data point, that it is pretty hard to find >> a committer willing to mentor someone, or at a minimum, give them pointers. >> [...] Maybe, on the FreeBSD developers page, we could have a list of >> categories and mentors for those categories for those willing to work on >> code to contact with questions, etc. Then committers could volunteer as >> a mentor for a category they enjoy. >> > > You might find http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/ useful. > > mcl > Well, it's helpful, except a few of the people responsible for projects on that list are those that are very busy, and somewhat unresponsive. Are those all people that volunteered to help developers trying to learn/contribute? If so, great, but if not, they should be replaced with some other committers with more spare time available. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------