Re: RFC: endorse debian-mentors as entrance to our infrastructure projects

2019-07-08 Thread Jonas Meurer
Hey again, Jonas Meurer: >>> 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. >>> That basicly would mean to explicitely mention "questions on >>> infrastruc-ture projects" in

Re: RFC: endorse debian-mentors as entrance to our infrastructure projects

2019-07-08 Thread Jonas Meurer
Hello, Jonas Meurer: > Jonas Meurer: >> 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. >> That basicly would mean to explicitely mention "questions on >> infrastruc-ture

Re: RFC: endorse debian-mentors as entrance to our infrastructure projects

2019-06-10 Thread Jonas Meurer
Hi again, Jonas Meurer: > 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. > That basicly would mean to explicitely mention "questions on > infrastruc-ture projects" in our docs

Re: RFC: endorse debian-mentors as entrance to our infrastructure projects

2019-06-10 Thread Chris Lamb
Adrian Bunk wrote: > […] I'm not sure whether this particular sub-thread is salvagable but I thought I might briefly share the below in order that it might prevent parallel cases elsewhere. There exists a particular argument style where one participant in the discussion asks a collection of

Re: RFC: endorse debian-mentors as entrance to our infrastructure projects

2019-06-09 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 6:17 AM Sam Hartman wrote: > I wonder whether it might be a good idea to write down which > infrastructure services people in the mentors community are most able to > help with. I don't want to discourage people from for example asking > dak questions, but it might be

Re: RFC: endorse debian-mentors as entrance to our infrastructure projects

2019-06-09 Thread Sam Hartman
Paul, it's really cool to see that you are open to this. I wonder whether it might be a good idea to write down which infrastructure services people in the mentors community are most able to help with. I don't want to discourage people from for example asking dak questions, but it might be

Re: RFC: endorse debian-mentors as entrance to our infrastructure projects

2019-06-09 Thread Philip Hands
Adrian Bunk writes: > On Sun, Jun 09, 2019 at 02:56:53PM +0200, Philip Hands wrote: >> Adrian Bunk writes: >> > On Sun, Jun 09, 2019 at 12:55:14PM +0200, Jonas Meurer wrote: >>... >> >> [1] Let me give two examples for such "infrastructure projects": >> >> */ Many in Debian agree that

Re: RFC: endorse debian-mentors as entrance to our infrastructure projects

2019-06-09 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sun, Jun 09, 2019 at 02:56:53PM +0200, Philip Hands wrote: > Adrian Bunk writes: > > On Sun, Jun 09, 2019 at 12:55:14PM +0200, Jonas Meurer wrote: >... > >> [1] Let me give two examples for such "infrastructure projects": > >> */ Many in Debian agree that Debbugs could need some love, but

Re: RFC: endorse debian-mentors as entrance to our infrastructure projects

2019-06-09 Thread Philip Hands
Adrian Bunk writes: > On Sun, Jun 09, 2019 at 12:55:14PM +0200, Jonas Meurer wrote: >> Hi, > > Hi Jonas, > >>... >> 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. >> That

Re: RFC: endorse debian-mentors as entrance to our infrastructure projects

2019-06-09 Thread Geert Stappers
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

Re: RFC: endorse debian-mentors as entrance to our infrastructure projects

2019-06-09 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sun, Jun 09, 2019 at 12:55:14PM +0200, Jonas Meurer wrote: > Hi, Hi Jonas, >... > 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. > That basicly would mean to explicitely

Re: RFC: endorse debian-mentors as entrance to our infrastructure projects

2019-06-09 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 6:55 PM Jonas Meurer wrote: > My hope is that having debian-mentors as an endorsed entry point for > diving into Debian infrastructure would lower the entry barrier > significantly for new contributors who'd like to dive into our > infrastructure software projects. > > What

RFC: endorse debian-mentors as entrance to our infrastructure projects

2019-06-09 Thread Jonas Meurer
Hi, During MiniDebConf in Hamburg, I had an interesting conversation about the question of how we can attract more people to contribute to Debian infrastructure projects. There seems to be some consensus that such infrastructure projects are the ones in Debian that most badly need more