Re: Facilitating contributions by newcomers

[Jorge Sebastião Soares <j.s.soares@gmail.com>]

Hey,

I totally agree with making the start in Debian simpler.

The Debian policy document is thick and very general.

I much prefer to have focused recipes for the tasks at hand. On these recipes one could include links to specifc parts of the policy.

I believe that deep interest in the Debian policy will come later and naturally.

Having said that,

On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Ghislain Vaillant <ghisvail@gmail.com> wrote:

Are you guys thinking of something like the Fedora "badges" or Ubuntu "accomplishments" ?

It seems to me that if you do this, you turn it all into a silly XXI century game. Essentially the extension of the monetary system to a moneyless community.
Does it not go against the Debian ethos?

The reward IMO should be the completion of the task and the improvement of the platform.

Regards,

Jorge