Re: Requesting DDs who want to help greet new contributors
Le Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 12:00:18PM -0400, Asheesh Laroia a écrit :
> Hi all Debianites,
>
> I've been inspired by the "Developer Advisory Team" in another
> project [1], and so I want to create a similar team within Debian.
> In this email, first I'll summarize what the concept of Developer
> Advisory Team is, and second I'll request help.
>
> The stated goals are:
>
> * Reach out to new contributors, thank them for their work and get
> feedback.
>
> * Reach out to people who might be ready to apply for upload rights
> and help them.
>
> * Reach out to contributors that went inactive and get feedback from
> them and offer help.
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.
Cheers,
--
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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