Re: Attracting newbies (Was Booting Debian/testing fails)
On Sunday 04 February 2007 16:38, Ken Heard wrote:
> If the documentation editors are to
> be volunteers, good ones will not be attracted to the project unless
> they are given status in the organization.
You raise many good points some of which are very true and some of which I do
not completely agree with. This happens to be on the top of things with which
I do not agree...
The reason why I contribute (be it code, patches, helping on d-u, writing
articles etc.,) to Debian is because I enjoy doing so. Not because one day I
dream of becoming a DD, not because I get good reputation points, not because
I make money out of it etc., If some documentation editor becomes less
motivated to contribute to Debian simply because, there is no official status
given to him, I seriously doubt if his motivation levels remain high after
couple of years...
raju
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