On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:33:54 -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: > The reason why I posted to both is that I see a trend in -mentors that > many new contributors seem to create an artificial need as a reason to > get their contributions in the distribution and choose to package a new > program. I agree with most parts of your analysis, esp. that teams could use help and that joining teams helps new contributors. I just think we also have to keep in mind that the proverbial "itch" that new contributors are trying to "scratch", i.e. why they want to help in Debian in the first place, is that they are missing a piece of software they use or would like to use. Therefor an approach as (silly example) "You can only get a new package sponsored after fixing 10 existing ones." might demotivate potential new contributors. Cheers, gregor -- .''`. http://info.comodo.priv.at/ -- GPG Key IDs: 0x00F3CFE4, 0x8649AA06 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, & developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT, SPI Inc., fellow of FSFE | http://got.to/quote/ `- NP: Rolling Stones: Beast Of Burden
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