Re: Problems to find sponsors
Hi,
Am Thu, Dec 05, 2024 at 08:03:36AM -0600 schrieb rhys:
> >>> When I was regularly monitoring ITPs, I noticed that newcomers often
> >>> struggle to "find friends" (i.e., sponsors). In my opinion, what we need
> >>> is someone to guide sponsees to the appropriate team, Salsa group, or
> >>> similar space. This role doesn't require a delegation since it doesn't
> >>> involve authority, but rather a deep understanding of Debian's structure
> >>> and workflows.
>
> Is this sort of thing documented anywhere?
I wouldn't call this a "good documentation" but this page might be a
sensible start:
https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/
> It's not the sort of thing that needs to be strictly updated like a man page or other technical document. It just needs to be a couple of pages that describe the "general" (big picture structure an workflows) to get that established as a reference and then some of the "specifics" for at least the larger teams who have workflows more complex than "apt info package | grep -i maintain".
>
> Not only would it help outsiders and newbies get a feel for how things work, but it would create visibility among the existing teams and allow them to compare and contrast their workflows (with some mentions of "different != bad").
IMHO the most natural thing to seek for friends is looking for packages
with functionality covering a similar use case or written in the same
programming language. Than you do
apt showsrc similar_package(s) | grep ^Maintainer
and if you are lucky you have found some friends.
Kind regards
Andreas.
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