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diff --git a/glep-0041.rst b/glep-0041.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..71b6a7b --- /dev/null +++ b/glep-0041.rst @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +GLEP: 41 +Title: Making Arch Testers official Gentoo Staff +Version: $Revision$ +Last-Modified: $Date$ +Author: Simon Stelling <blubb@gentoo.org>, Homer Parker <hparker@gentoo.org> +Status: Rejected +Type: Standards Track +Content-Type: text/x-rst +Created: 7-Sep-2005 +Post-History: 15-Sep-2005, 13-Nov-2005, 17-Aug-2007 + +Abstract +======== + +Arch Testers should be treated as official Gentoo staff. + +Status +====== + +Rejected by the Gentoo Council on 13 Oct. 2005. This GLEP may be resubmitted +if the issues brought up in the council meeting, +http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/meeting-logs/20051013.txt, +are addressed in a new version of this GLEP. + + +Motivation +========== + +Since Mike Doty (kingtaco) created an Arch Tester (AT) project in January 2005 +to reduce the developer's load and the amount of open keywording bugs for the +amd64 porting team, many users have volunteered to become ATs. They are doing +a fair share of everyday's work to keep the amd64 and ppc trees up to date. +While they spent many hours and even had to pass the staff quiz, they are +currently not recognized as official members of Gentoo. + + +Specification +============= + +ATs should basically be treated as staff. This includes the following changes +to the current situation: + +- Get a @(subdomain_to_be_determined).gentoo.org email address. The email + address will just be an alias, and will be forwarded to their @gentoo.org + address if they go on to become a Gentoo developer. +- Get read-only access to the gentoo-x86 repository. This doesn't have to be + individual accounts, a single account, without a shell, with all of their + keys will be sufficient. + +There will be a 30 day probationary/mentoring period for new ATs.The lead AT/HT +for arch/herd will be responsible for the mentoring period. If arch/herd +doesn't have a Lead AT/HT, then either the arch/herd lead or the Strategic AT +Lead will be responsible. The Lead AT is a seasoned developer that watches for talent, +recruits and mentors ATs. Additionally, the mentoring period should be shortened +to a minimum of two weeks if an AT wants to take the end quiz to become a developer, +assuming he has been AT for at least two weeks. The amd64 porting team has handled +situations like this for a while and only made positive experiences. + +Also, the idea of an arch tester as a trustworthy user who is able to test +critical changes (such as hard masked software branches), could be expanded +to other herds. These 'ATs' wouldn't be called arch testers as the 'arch' is +irritating, instead, herd tester (HT) could be used. + +As arch testers (and herd testers) become official staff, they should be +handled by DevRel. + +Since ATs don't want to have to handle the big 'communication overhead' +normally, they won't be subscribed to the gentoo-core mailing list and won't +be able to vote. + + +Backwards Compatibility +======================= + +All current active arch testers should be migrated. + + +Copyright +========= + +This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 +Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit +http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. |