Pairing new patch pilots with old patch pilots

[Daniel Holbach]

Hello Bryce,

Am 06.07.2011 21:12, schrieb Bryce Harrington:
> 90% of piloting is easy; the other 10% is weird packaging corner cases.
> Perhaps some sort of "packaging challenges" class or something would be
> useful?

I like the idea very much. With the Packaging Training classes [1] we
are always looking for people who are willing to talk 10-15 minutes
about a topic and answer just a few questions about it.

Who would be willing to give a session like that?


>> If this is deemed helpful, what would a good process/format for this be?
> 
> It probably doesn't need much process.
> 
> "If this is your first time patch piloting, you may feel more
> comfortable being a co-pilot your first few runs.  Find a pilot in
> your timezone and reschedule your time to coincide with theirs."
> 
> Beyond that, I'd say encourage new pilots to go through some packaging
> classes to bone up on skills.

That sounds great, if there's no objections or refinement of the text,
I'll add it to the wiki page.


[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Packaging/Training

Have a great day,
 Daniel

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