Re: Survey of new contributors -- results

2013-08-12 Thread Filipus Klutiero
On 2013-08-09 03:53, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: On 08/08/13 at 17:23 -0400, Filipus Klutiero wrote: Lucas Nussbaum wrote: [...] [...] Q1: Can you (briefly) introduce yourself? What motivated you to start contributing to Debian? What are you (trying to) contribute to in Debian? Q2

Re: Survey of new contributors -- results

2013-08-09 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2013-08-09 at 10:10 +0200, Simon Chopin wrote: > Quoting Lucas Nussbaum (2013-08-09 09:53:18) > [snip] > > > > > > > >Actionable items: > > > >[...] > > > >- have a more introductory documentation to BTS usage > > > > > > ...or just ease ITS contributions. > > > > ITS? > > Although I'm n

Re: Survey of new contributors -- results

2013-08-09 Thread Simon Chopin
Quoting Lucas Nussbaum (2013-08-09 09:53:18) [snip] > > > > > >Actionable items: > > >[...] > > >- have a more introductory documentation to BTS usage > > > > ...or just ease ITS contributions. > > ITS? Although I'm not sure what it has to do with the BTS, but could this be "Intent To Salvage" m

Re: Survey of new contributors -- results

2013-08-09 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 08/08/13 at 17:23 -0400, Filipus Klutiero wrote: > Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > >Hi, > > > >Here is a report on the survey of new contributors I initiated a few weeks > >ago[1]. > > Thank you Lucas, and thanks to respondents. > > >[...] > > > > > >> Q1: Can you (briefly) introduce yourself? What

Re: Survey of new contributors -- results

2013-08-08 Thread Filipus Klutiero
Lucas Nussbaum wrote: Hi, Here is a report on the survey of new contributors I initiated a few weeks ago[1]. Thank you Lucas, and thanks to respondents. [...] > Q1: Can you (briefly) introduce yourself? What motivated you to > start contributing to Debian? What are you (trying to) c

Re: Survey of new contributors -- results

2013-08-08 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, Aug 08, 2013 at 01:44:05AM -0700, Vincent Cheng wrote: > > On the other hand, people who do not already have existing > relationships or contacts with DDs, and who want to get involved in > Debian, may find it much harder to do so than someone who already > knows a DD. Having a friend/coll

Re: Survey of new contributors -- results

2013-08-08 Thread Vincent Cheng
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 1:18 AM, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > On Wed, August 7, 2013 21:52, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: >> 22/37 were sponsored as part of a team >> 10/37 had a friend or colleague sponsor them >> 5/37 were sponsored as part of debian-mentors >> >> Other things mentioned (once): >> - sponsore

Re: Survey of new contributors -- results

2013-08-08 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 08/08/13 at 10:18 +0200, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > On Wed, August 7, 2013 21:52, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > 22/37 were sponsored as part of a team > > 10/37 had a friend or colleague sponsor them > > 5/37 were sponsored as part of debian-mentors > > > > Other things mentioned (once): > > - sponsor

Re: Survey of new contributors -- results

2013-08-08 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
On Wed, August 7, 2013 21:52, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > 22/37 were sponsored as part of a team > 10/37 had a friend or colleague sponsor them > 5/37 were sponsored as part of debian-mentors > > Other things mentioned (once): > - sponsored by the previous maintainer when adopting a package > - sponsor

Re: Survey of new contributors -- results

2013-08-07 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 07/08/13 at 21:57 +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 09:52:41PM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > | It seems that we could get better at listing possible contributions. For > > | example, we could have a 'apt-list-possible-contributions' tool that would > > | list installed packa

Re: Survey of new contributors -- results

2013-08-07 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 09:52:41PM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > | It seems that we could get better at listing possible contributions. For > | example, we could have a 'apt-list-possible-contributions' tool that would > | list installed packages that are orphaned or RFAed. Like wnpp-alert? Kur