On 2026-02-06 at 12:55, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 12:27 PM David <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 at 13:02, Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > debian-mentors is a useless list. No mentoring goes on there. The >> > traffic seems to be bug reports. It should be called the debian-bts list >> > or similar. >> >> This is wrong and should be ignored, for many reasons as explained by The >> Wanderer. > > I disagree. The debian-mentors mailing list (< > https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/>) describes itself thusly: > > Newbie Debian contributors can seek help with packaging and > infrastructure projects as well as other developer-related issues here. > > This list is not meant for users' questions, but for new contributors'! > > Now, let's look at the last two months of activity -- JAN 2026 and FEB 2026: > > JAN 2026 (https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2026/01/threads.html>) > * 56 bug report messages. With follow ups, over 100 posts > * 11 non-bug report message > > FEB 2026 (partial month) (< > https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2026/02/threads.html>) > * 16 bug report messages. With follow ups, over 20 posts > * 1 non-bug report message > > So I stand by my statements.
Those bug reports will have pretty much all been people asking for sponsorship of packages. That sponsorship process *is how mentorship on debian-mentors is done*. It is also how the prospective mentors are going to request (or even insist) that people who want their help go about asking for it. It is not reasonable to disregard the traffic that takes place under those bug reports as being ineligible to qualify as mentorship work. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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