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Re: github and its workflows (was Re: manpages.debian.org has been modernized!)



Hello Wouter,

On Sat, Feb 04, 2017 at 08:20:25AM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 09:51:51AM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:
> > Firstly, it is not clear to me how the barrier to getting involved with
> > more substantial bugs is affected by the fact that I can trivially
> > submit typo fixes.  What did you have in mind?
> 
> How big was your first ever contribution to Free Software?
> 
> What did that do for your state of mind?
> 
> Would it have happened earlier if your first ever contribution was
> easier to make?
> 
> If the answer to these questions is "small", "improved it", and "yes",
> then you see why GitHub making small changes trivial to make is a good
> thing.

Okay, thanks, I see what you mean.  I can't recall my state of mind
after my first contribution, but I can see how it could have been that
way.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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