On Sun, Jun 09, 2019 at 02:44:40PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Sun, Jun 09, 2019 at 12:55:14PM +0200, Jonas Meurer wrote: > > Hi, > > Hi Jonas,
Hello both mailinglists, > >... > > 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. > > > > What do you think about this proposal? I think it is a good proposal. The thing I real like is adding scope to a mailinglist. (I'm no fan of splitting our community in many many mailinglists.) > > who will provide the answers to non-trivial questions? > > For most packaging questions a list with plenty of DM/DD is sufficient > to get an answer. > > For the typical infrastructure project the number of people in Debian > who can answer non-trivial questions is in the low single-digits. > > > Cheers > > jonas > > > > [1] Let me give two examples for such "infrastructure projects": > > */ Many in Debian agree that Debbugs could need some love, but still > > it's developed and maintained largely by one brave soul. > >... > > What will happen if a newbie starts asking questions about debbugs on > debian-mentors? > > Will the questions be ignored, or will you try to force this one brave > soul to become a mentor for whatever people from the internet start > asking questions? Just let see what happens. In case the questions were to prevent that things get happen[1], please express the concern. Groeten Geert Stappers [1] getting forward, moving on, evolution. -- Leven en laten leven