Feature Profiles - Approach to Dan, Developer of Network Manager

[Nelson Marques]

hello,

I have subscribed the NetworkManager Devel list and presented myself
and asked for the availability of developers to give an interview. I've
waited a couple of days, I understand people are busy, but without
success, therefore I'm contacting Dan directly and I've written a small
email.

Any comments suggestions about it? A small transcription bellow. Since
I've never interviewed no one for this ends and given the nature of this
project, please provide feedback before I send it to Dan. Feel free to
provide critics, changes, whatever you feel that fits before I approach
him.

Thanks in Advance,
 Nelson

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Dear Dan,

My name is Nelson Marques, a contributor to the Fedora Project
Marketing Team (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing) which is
currently working on the Fedora 13 "Goddard" Feature Profiles
(http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:F13_in-depth_features). Given
the importance of NetworkManager (NM) to nearly all users, I would like
to know if it was possible to do a small interview to you regarding NM
development advancements in the last 6 months.

Regarding the interview itself it should fit according to this
guidelines:

* Can be done by IRC, email, video conference, voice. Feel free to
choose the method that better suits you.
 * The interview is a set of 10 to 15 questions regarding NetworkManager
development in the last 6 months, covering technology, development
concepts and features.
 * The interview shouldn't take more than 20 to 30 minutes of your time.
 * The interview can be edited for the Feature Profile article, with
your permission we can make the interview available un-edited.
 * The interview goal is to provide information to NetworkManager users
from the developers point of view and highlight it's technology and
features present in Fedora 13 "Goddard".

I would like to thank you for your time.

Kindest Regards,

Nelson Marques

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[Paul W. Frields]

On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 07:02:38PM +0100, Nelson Marques wrote:
> hello,
>
> I have subscribed the NetworkManager Devel list and presented myself
> and asked for the availability of developers to give an interview. I've
> waited a couple of days, I understand people are busy, but without
> success, therefore I'm contacting Dan directly and I've written a small
> email.
>
> Any comments suggestions about it? A small transcription bellow. Since
> I've never interviewed no one for this ends and given the nature of this
> project, please provide feedback before I send it to Dan. Feel free to
> provide critics, changes, whatever you feel that fits before I approach
> him.

It looks good to me, Nelson.  Let me know if you don't hear back in
24-48 hours and I'll try to reach out for Dan internally at Red Hat.

[Nelson Marques]

Paul,

Got reply yesterday from Dan. I will send him an email in private with
some questions, though he said he had worked out on the wiki most of the
topics on Features pages.

I'm digging some info, but will still email him some questions :)

Thanks for your help.

Nelson.

On Mon, 2010-04-05 at 18:02 -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 07:02:38PM +0100, Nelson Marques wrote:
> > hello,
> >
> > I have subscribed the NetworkManager Devel list and presented myself
> > and asked for the availability of developers to give an interview. I've
> > waited a couple of days, I understand people are busy, but without
> > success, therefore I'm contacting Dan directly and I've written a small
> > email.
> >
> > Any comments suggestions about it? A small transcription bellow. Since
> > I've never interviewed no one for this ends and given the nature of this
> > project, please provide feedback before I send it to Dan. Feel free to
> > provide critics, changes, whatever you feel that fits before I approach
> > him.
>
> It looks good to me, Nelson.  Let me know if you don't hear back in
> 24-48 hours and I'll try to reach out for Dan internally at Red Hat.
>
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