Martin v. Löwis wrote:
That's an ideal case, but it doesn't work, because more or less senior committers are already too busy. If they do not even have time to review issues, followup on patches - how can they monitor who reached the appropriate karma level?
The practice proves to be different. In the recent additions, the new developer had been approached by some committer, suggesting that they apply. So the initiative actually started from a committer who thought that the karma level was appropriate. All I'm asking for is that then this committer takes the issues in his own hands, rather than letting the new developer ask for himself.
Agreed, since there is a bit of a commitment on the sponsor's part to help coach the new committer in the early days (most new committers don't need much coaching, but it's still good practice to have a specific existing committer looking at their work for a while, in addition to those of us that just try to review everything that goes by on the checkin list). Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia ---------------------------------------------------------------