Hi, My thoughts below:
--- On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:56 AM, sankarshan <foss.mailingli...@gmail.com> wrote: | How can we get going with [1] unofficial reviews and, [2] official | reviews ? Do we have a good number of folks who are capable of [2] ? \-- 1. It will be nice if we could have a backlog items that fedora-india packagers are currently reviewing or is in the pipeline. This could be sent to this mailing list periodically so we can see who needs help, and it can also be discussed during our regular IRC meet-ups. Scrum [1] is nice in this regard, when you have an overall product backlog, and the packagers and sponsors can decide on the sprint backlog, and that they will deliver this package within the sprint timeframe, so there is a commitment from every side. 2. I understand Sponsors are limited in number, while the list of packages is huge. It will be helpful if Sponsors can spend atleast 20% of their package reviews with newcomers to packaging. 3. Spins are ideal for newcomers because the Sponsors have a very focussed approach to which packages they need, and when newcomers pick them up, there is a win-win situation for both. Also their backlog (FEL, for example) is very well "Trac"ked. I am not sure if SIGs have something like this, and I believe this is usually left to a Sponsor to review the package, depending on time and availability. If review doesn't happen, newcomers lose interest. 4. People who regularly do packaging already feel that their contribution is useful. But, for newcomers, it is important to periodically see how well they are doing, are there any impediments, where do they need help (not to be read as hand holding or spoon-feeding) but to make sure that they *belong* to the project. It will help them go a long way! SK [1] Scrum (development). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_%28development%29 -- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com _______________________________________________ Fedora-india mailing list Fedora-india@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-india
