Re: Requesting DDs who want to help greet new contributors
On Wed, 31 Jul 2013, Charles Plessy wrote:
Hi Asheesh,
When I saw a couple of emails about "Developer Advisory Team" on
debian-mentors, I had a hard time figuring out what it was about, and
since I had no extra time to find an answer, I concluded that Ubuntu do
what it wants...
The goals that you list above give me the impression that such a team in
Debian would better be named "Greeeting", "Reachout", "Encouragement",
etc. Team.
Not being a native speaker, "Advisory" for me is has strong
connotations, that remind me that much of the music that I listened when
I was younger had a "Parental Advisory" sticker on it... Now that I am
older, "Advisory" means prestigious scientist that give us their point
of view from outside, on how to better steer our research institute.
With all the respect I have from my experienced colleagues, I think that
it would not fit the Debian way.
My fear is that after a few years of drifting and rotation of its
members, the "Advisory" team, influenced by its own name, might engage
in giving less greetings and more "advices"...
In summary, I welcome the goal of increasing new contributions to
Debian, but recommend to pick a more casual name for your project.
I appreciate all this feedback and encouragement! For now I like
"Developer Encouragement Team", and I'll take your advice to heart that
"Advisory" sounds like "Parental Advisory"; I agree something more casual
would be better.
I'm not totally settled on the name, and will mull it over.
-- Asheesh.
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