Le 02/11/2018 à 17:30, Victor Stinner a écrit :
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>> There are much simpler and
>> more approachable projects out there if they'd like to learn
>> contributing to open source software.
>
> Exactly. This is why we fail to convert volunteer contributors to core
> developers. They fly away because
On 03Nov2018 1006, Tal Einat wrote:
My mentoring would aim to bring experienced developers to the point
where they can consistently create high-quality PRs, requiring mostly
high-level decisions from the experts.
This is a great point, and I'm supportive of having "general reviewers"
who can
I'll try to address some of the points brought up here without trying to
"sell" this too much.
To reiterate: I'm suggesting the "Mentorship Program" only because of an
apparent lack of regular contributors, many devs who would like to be
mentored, and a low availability of core devs for mentoring.
On 02Nov2018 0933, Victor Stinner wrote:
Mentoring is an investment in the long term. Is it better to pay
someone to review and merge PRs?
Reviewing PRs is also a way to help and train contributors. It's not
very different from mentoring, depending on your definition of
mentoring :-)
The probl
Le ven. 2 nov. 2018 à 14:55, Antoine Pitrou a écrit :
> As a side note, I'm not against the general principle of funding some
> mentorship or other contribution-related activity. I'm just unsure that
> this would be money well spent.
This is a good question. We already a lot of core developers,
Le 02/11/2018 à 14:19, Tal Einat a écrit :
> > I am learning that
> > effectively mentoring a developer requires being able to spend a good
> > amount of time nearly daily on such mentoring.
It really depends on the availability and skills of the mentoree. I
have mentorees who are very busy and so
Hi Antoine,
On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 3:38 PM Antoine Pitrou wrote:
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> Le 02/11/2018 à 14:19, Tal Einat a écrit :
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> > I would also like to work towards these goals. I have recently invested
> > more time on the core-mentorship mailing list and Zulip stream, as well
> > as doing my best to me
As a side note, I'm not against the general principle of funding some
mentorship or other contribution-related activity. I'm just unsure that
this would be money well spent.
Regards
Antoine.
Le 02/11/2018 à 14:37, Antoine Pitrou a écrit :
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> Le 02/11/2018 à 14:19, Tal Einat a écrit :
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>>
Le 02/11/2018 à 14:19, Tal Einat a écrit :
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> I would also like to work towards these goals. I have recently invested
> more time on the core-mentorship mailing list and Zulip stream, as well
> as doing my best to mentor two promising developers. However, my free
> time is becoming increasingly
*tl;dr:* I’d like to apply for a PSF grant to mentor several developers
towards becoming active contributors and hopefully core-devs.
1. What do you think? Any +1/-1 would be very helpful.
2. I'm looking for info on how successful mentoring has been in getting
more contributors. Any such info or
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