Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you!

From	Phil Wyett <philip.wyett@kathenas.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.devel
Subject	Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you!
Date	2024-07-07 09:50 +0200
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On Sat, 2024-07-06 at 23:45 -0700, Xiyue Deng wrote:
> Soren Stoutner <soren@debian.org> writes:
> 
> > [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]
> > After reading a number of comments to the email below, I thought I would 
> > provide a bit of context for this email and Phil’s excellent work on Mentors.
> > 
> > Recently Phil has taken it upon himself to triage every package that requests 
> > sponsorship on mentors.debian.net.  Here is an example of the work he does:
> > 
> > https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2024/07/msg00032.html
> > 
> > When he feels a package is ready for sponsorship, he indicates that with an 
> > email to the list.
> > 
> > https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2024/07/msg00024.html
> > 
> > In some cases, nobody picks these up.  The email below was sent to debian-
> > devel with a curated list of packages that Phil has already reviewed and feels 
> > are ready for a DD to sponsor.
> > 
> > At any point, anyone can look at all of the packages on Mentors requesting a 
> > sponsor.
> > 
> > https://mentors.debian.net/
> > 
> > But I have found Phil’s work to be very helpful, as I have limited time to 
> > handle sponsorships.  When I look at a package Phil has endorsed, I can be 
> > sure that the simple and obvious things have already been taken care of.
> > 
> > I would heartily hope that Phil continues to send periodic emails to debian-
> > devel with lists of packages that he considers ready, but that are languishing 
> > on the vine because nobody has noticed them.  I would also encourage anyone 
> > else to get involved in this process if they feel so inclined.  I think that 
> > one of the most important aspects of attracting people to Debian is to make it 
> > easy for someone who is not yet a DD or DM to submit packages and have them be 
> > reviewed promptly.  There is probably nothing as demotivating to a first-time 
> > contributor as putting a lot of effort into a package, having it be in good 
> > shape, and then never having it be sponsored simply because it didn’t get 
> > noticed.
> > 
> > Soren
> > 
> > P.S.  Based on Phil’s work on Mentors and my interactions with him, I have 
> > advocated for him to become a Debian Developer, uploading.  I think his 
> > contributions to Debian will be even more impactful when he can sponsor the 
> > packages he feels are ready.
> > 
> > https://nm.debian.org/process/1305/
> > 
> > On Saturday, July 6, 2024 6:45:33 AM MST Phil Wyett wrote:
> > > Hi all DD's
> > > 
> > > Debian Mentors[1] always struggles to find available Debian Developers for
> > > final reviewing and sponsoring of packages submitted too our part of the
> > > project.
> > > 
> > > We believe some packages are ready or very close to the quality for
> > > sponsorship and we would request any DD who has the time and is willing, to
> > > have a look at one or more of the packages below and possibly sponsor them
> > > into Debian.
> > > 
> > > Mentors page:
> > > https://mentors.debian.net/package/hexwalk/
> > > Request For Sponsorship (RFS):
> > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1065008
> > > 
> > > Mentors page:
> > > https://mentors.debian.net/package/uriparser/
> > > Request For Sponsorship (RFS):
> > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1074542
> > > 
> > > Mentors page:
> > > https://mentors.debian.net/package/mailgraph/
> > > Request For Sponsorship (RFS):
> > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1074552
> > > 
> > > Mentors page:
> > > https://mentors.debian.net/package/dmidecode/
> > > Request For Sponsorship (RFS):
> > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1074553
> > > 
> > > Mentor page:
> > > https://mentors.debian.net/package/selint/
> > > Request For Sponsorship (RFS):
> > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1074592
> > > 
> > > Your assistance will be extremely appreciated and if announcing a few at a
> > > time on the 'devel' list works, this could become a weekly thing.
> > > 
> > > [1] https://mentors.debian.net
> > > 
> > > Regards
> > > 
> > > Phil
> 
> As one of those who received help from Phil who kindly helped review my
> packages and finding potential sponsors, I want to take this opportunity
> to thank Phil again for his kind works and Gianfranco for sponsoring
> many of my packages.
> 
> With that said, I want to echo Soren's word that I believe what Phil and
> Gianfranco has been doing is greatly helpful for new and potential
> Debian Maintainers, and it would be great that this process can have
> more people involved and get improved to make the review and sponsor
> process smoother.
> 

Morning Xiyue,

Thank you for the kind words. I agree whole heartedly with your comments that more people getting
involved to make for a better Debian mentors would be good. Debian mentors is a great place to be
around and we all learn something being involved.

Regards

Phil

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DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Phil Wyett <philip.wyett@kathenas.org> - 2024-07-06 15:50 +0200
  Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Soren Stoutner <soren@debian.org> - 2024-07-06 19:00 +0200
  Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! xiao sheng wen(肖盛文) <atzlinux@sina.com> - 2024-07-07 02:00 +0200
    Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Phil Wyett <philip.wyett@kathenas.org> - 2024-07-07 03:20 +0200
    Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2024-07-07 07:40 +0200
    Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Baptiste Beauplat <lyknode@debian.org> - 2024-07-08 21:40 +0200
      Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Phil Wyett <philip.wyett@kathenas.org> - 2024-07-09 07:40 +0200
  Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Otto Kekäläinen <otto@debian.org> - 2024-07-07 02:50 +0200
    Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Phil Wyett <philip.wyett@kathenas.org> - 2024-07-07 03:10 +0200
  Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> - 2024-07-07 08:00 +0200
    Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2024-07-07 08:30 +0200
      Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Phil Wyett <philip.wyett@kathenas.org> - 2024-07-07 09:20 +0200
    Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Nilesh Patra <nilesh@debian.org> - 2024-07-07 09:50 +0200
      Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! weepingclown <weepingclown@disroot.org> - 2024-07-07 10:40 +0200
        Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Nilesh Patra <nilesh@debian.org> - 2024-07-07 13:00 +0200
  Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Soren Stoutner <soren@debian.org> - 2024-07-07 08:20 +0200
    Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Xiyue Deng <manphiz@gmail.com> - 2024-07-07 08:50 +0200
      Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Phil Wyett <philip.wyett@kathenas.org> - 2024-07-07 09:50 +0200
        Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> - 2024-07-07 23:00 +0200
          Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Phil Wyett <philip.wyett@kathenas.org> - 2024-07-07 23:20 +0200
    Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Phil Wyett <philip.wyett@kathenas.org> - 2024-07-07 09:50 +0200
    Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> - 2024-07-07 11:40 +0200
      Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Phil Wyett <philip.wyett@kathenas.org> - 2024-07-07 12:30 +0200
    Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Joerg Jaspert <joerg@debian.org> - 2024-07-07 13:30 +0200
      Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Phil Wyett <philip.wyett@kathenas.org> - 2024-07-09 11:50 +0200
        Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Pierre-Elliott Bécue <peb@debian.org> - 2024-07-09 14:30 +0200
          Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Phil Wyett <philip.wyett@kathenas.org> - 2024-07-09 14:50 +0200
  Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Jeremy Bícha <jeremy.bicha@canonical.com> - 2024-07-07 16:30 +0200
    Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2024-07-07 16:40 +0200
  Re: DD's, Debian Mentors needs you! Leandro Cunha <leandrocunha016@gmail.com> - 2024-07-07 23:10 +0200

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