On 30/07/13 at 12:00 -0400, Asheesh Laroia wrote: > Hi all Debianites, > > I've been inspired by the "Developer Advisory Team" in another > project [1], and so I want to create a similar team within Debian. > In this email, first I'll summarize what the concept of Developer > Advisory Team is, and second I'll request help. > > The stated goals are: > > * Reach out to new contributors, thank them for their work and get > feedback. > > * Reach out to people who might be ready to apply for upload rights > and help them. > > * Reach out to contributors that went inactive and get feedback from > them and offer help.
Hi, I'm currently processing the answers to the survey I mentioned in [1]. Looking at what I've processed so far, one of the conclusions, I think, will be that a very large proportion of people who managed to get their first package uploaded had a friend or colleague to whom they could ask questions when needed. This is not a bad thing per se, but it means that it's much harder for people without such a "direct support channel" to succeed. This initiative could be the basis for a way for new contributors to find such a "online Debian friend" that could then answer their questions about BTS usage, packaging, etc. Lucas [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2013/07/msg00010.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130804100815.ga9...@xanadu.blop.info