Re: Contribution process to Publicity Team's repositories (Bits and Micronews)

[c.buhtz@posteo.jp]

Hello together,

first of all thank you very much for tackling this topic. I really 
appreciate that!

Am 10.03.2025 01:34 schrieb Carlos Henrique Lima Melara:
> I'm thinking more about people who started to use Debian recently but
> don't have much experience with the command line to understand how to
> build and browse micronews/bits locally (i.e. downloanding 
> dependencies,

Please allow me to use this as an example to throw my 2 cents in.

This comment is a good example of a general issue with the Debian 
project with great
potential for improvement. Thinking about people is good. But try to be 
more emphatic
and open minded please.

When it comes to Debian tools and the workflow, it is not only about 
people without
experience and with low skills. Please be aware that there are also 
people who simple
don't want to follow that workflow and using that tools for that tasks. 
The bug report
system is a good example of this. The translation system is another one. 
But they
currently start to use Weblate to ease the access for potential 
contributors.
But also your news system is a good example. I am a developer but I 
simply don't
want to use git, just to add news items. Give me an email address, a web 
form or
a ticket system (e.g. salsa).

The access or entry to Debian tools and its workflow is often to "hard".

Regards,
Christian