On 06/30/2010 06:34 PM, Jesse Keating wrote:
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On 6/30/10 9:31 AM, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On 06/30/2010 06:18 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
>> On Wed, 2010-06-30 at 11:35 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
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>>> The proposed policy might be workable if we had a surplus of
>>> proventester manpower available, but we obviously have not got that.
> And you think re-allocating the already scarce manpower to this process
> will help?
> I am having very strong doubts on this.
>
>
One of the big reasons the manpower was "scarce" is we did not have a
proper system to locate, train, and promote new people into this
"manpower". The QA team has made great strides into fixing that and we
do now have a process in place, and a good stream of incoming people
willing to donate some time and effort to help the project.
My perception is:
"marketing" has directed into a direction which drains
away man-power into an uncertain process whose only immediate effect is
bureaucracy, whose long term outcome is uncertain and who foundations
are very questionable, to say the least.
We are not
just "hoping" that people will show up and test, we're actively building
a community of people who will be dedicated to testing these things.
We will see -
My opinon and expectation are very different from yours.