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Re: RFC: endorse debian-mentors as entrance to our infrastructure projects

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On Sun, Jun 09, 2019 at 12:55:14PM +0200, Jonas Meurer wrote:
> Hi,

Hi Jonas,

>...
> So here's the idea we came up with: We could explicitely broaden the
> scope of debian-mentors to include any questions regarding Debian
> infrastructure software.
> That basicly would mean to explicitely mention "questions on
> infrastruc-ture projects" in our docs about debian-mentors.
> Additionally, when the infrastructure teams don't have time to mentor
> new contributors, they could point them to debian-mentors.
> 
> My hope is that having debian-mentors as an endorsed entry point for
> diving into Debian infrastructure would lower the entry barrier
> significantly for new contributors who'd like to dive into our
> infrastructure software projects.
> 
> What do you think about this proposal?

who will provide the answers to non-trivial questions?

For most packaging questions a list with plenty of DM/DD is sufficient 
to get an answer.

For the typical infrastructure project the number of people in Debian 
who can answer non-trivial questions is in the low single-digits.

> Cheers
>  jonas
> 
> [1] Let me give two examples for such "infrastructure projects":
>     */ Many in Debian agree that Debbugs could need some love, but still
>     it's developed and maintained largely by one brave soul.
>...

What will happen if a newbie starts asking questions about debbugs on 
debian-mentors?

Will the questions be ignored, or will you try to force this one brave 
soul to become a mentor for whatever people from the internet start
asking questions?

cu
Adrian

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        of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
       "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
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Re: RFC: endorse debian-mentors as entrance to our infrastructure  projects Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org> - 2019-06-09 13:50 +0200
  Re: RFC: endorse debian-mentors as entrance to our infrastructure  projects Geert Stappers <stappers@debian.org> - 2019-06-09 14:40 +0200
  Re: RFC: endorse debian-mentors as entrance to our infrastructure projects Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> - 2019-06-09 15:00 +0200
    Re: RFC: endorse debian-mentors as entrance to our infrastructure  projects Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org> - 2019-06-09 16:40 +0200
      Re: RFC: endorse debian-mentors as entrance to our infrastructure projects Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> - 2019-06-09 17:10 +0200
      Re: RFC: endorse debian-mentors as entrance to our infrastructure projects "Chris Lamb" <lamby@debian.org> - 2019-06-10 15:50 +0200
        Alternatives to the Socratic Method Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2019-06-10 16:40 +0200
          Re: Alternatives to the Socratic Method "Chris Lamb" <lamby@debian.org> - 2019-06-10 22:00 +0200
            Re: Alternatives to the Socratic Method Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2019-06-10 22:50 +0200

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