Re: New contributor experience
Hi,
> > As a very new contributor to Debian as part of the Google Summer of Code
> > (GSoC) '25 program I can only second Andreas' point. Packages / package
> > teams who are willing/have the bandwith to mentor newcomers are most
> > certainly a great starting point for newbies. Is there an easy way to
> > find those mentorship opportunities in Debian (outside of dedicated
> > programs like GSoC)? IMHO these should be "advertised" to newcomers.
> >
>
> I have started a new wiki page for this purpose
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/Newcomers
All teams can and should welcome and mentor newcomers. I understand
why you started this list, but I am concerned that if you don't list
all teams there, you might be discouraging new contributors from
approaching some teams. Coul d you just replace the idea of listing
teams with a link to all mailing lists, and suggesting new
contributors to speak up on a list to see who is available to help
them?
Also we already have a bunch of content at
https://www.debian.org/devel/join/ and
https://www.debian.org/devel/join/newmaint. I'd rather see those pages
polished than yet another new page pop up to add to burden of
documentation new people need to wade through..
- Otto
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