Hello, Jonas Meurer: > Jonas Meurer: >> So here's the idea we came up with: We could explicitely broaden the >> scope of debian-mentors to include any questions regarding Debian >> infrastructure software. >> That basicly would mean to explicitely mention "questions on >> infrastruc-ture projects" in our docs about debian-mentors. >> Additionally, when the infrastructure teams don't have time to mentor >> new contributors, they could point them to debian-mentors. >> >> My hope is that having debian-mentors as an endorsed entry point for >> diving into Debian infrastructure would lower the entry barrier >> significantly for new contributors who'd like to dive into our >> infrastructure software projects. > > Next step will be to update the documentation about debian-mentors: > > * Update the DebianMentorsFaq wiki page[1] and make it explicit that > questions about Debian infrastructure projects and services are > on-topic. I finally found some time to update the DebianMentorsFaq. Would be great if some native english speakers could review (and improve) it: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMentorsFaq?action=diff&rev1=69&rev2=70 > * Update the debian-mentors list description[2]. I filed bugreport #931634 and asked to update the list description: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=931634 > * Maybe add a shore paragraph about the scope of the debian-mentors > channels to the startpage of mentors.debian.net? While it's a separate > service, it probably is an entry point for prospective contributors. Maybe that one should be left as is for now, as the whole purpose of mentors.debian.net is to coordinate sponsored package uploads. > Once this is done, it should be announced on more popular channels. Misc > Developer News[4] would be a good one and maybe also a dedicated mail to > debian-devel-announce? > > [4] https://wiki.debian.org/DeveloperNews > > I think the key to success here is that people in Debian (especially > those in infrastructure/service teams) have to adapt to the practice of > pointing newbies with their questions to debian-mentors. Will do that once the list description got updated. Cheers jonas
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