On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 08:26:07PM +0000, Miod Vallat wrote:

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> > Is there a list similar to Linux kernel janitors also for OpenBSD? It's a list

> > of tasks for which you don't have to be experienced in the particular OS

> > internals to be able to complete them properly.

>

> No, there isn't.

>

> There are, however, two de-facto janitors for the OpenBSD kernels:

> martin@ and I. Those janitors, however, are experienced developers.

>

> Quite frankly, the idea of the janitor being a rookie scares the hell

> out of me. How can you trust people if these people admittedly do not

> know what they are doing, or why they are doing things one way and not

> another?

You cannot, of course. But janitor being a rookie doesn't imply he doesn't know

what he's doing. He could be doing a job that doesn't require any special

knowledge - like rewriting documentation into a different format, fixing HTML

correctness, fixing typos and unclear places in text - or who asks if he isn't

sure how to continue properly.
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