[Mageia-dev] proposal regarding (packager) mentoring program coordinator

Fri Jul 1 17:07:50 CEST 2011

Michael Scherer a écrit :
+> Le mercredi 29 juin 2011 à 17:27 -0400, andre999 a écrit :
+>> proposal regarding mentoring program coordinator
+>>
+>> In various parts of the proposal I assume that users with a Mageia account can
+>> receive email redirected to them from pseudo at mageia.org, to the address they
+>> give on the Mageia account.  (pseudo being their mageia account name.)
+>> (Stormi : it should work for all packagers, but not for new users I think)
+>> (Which explains why it doesn't work for my account, as I'm not yet officially a
+>> packager.) (but it would be good to activate that for everyone.)
+>
+> This is a no-go. Emails aliases are not given to everybody that ask, or
+> it would be meaningless :/
+
+No problem.
+The idea was automatically for everyone with a mageia account.
+Otherwise we have to use another approach.
+BTW, do packager's get such aliases ?  I'd like to eventually have one.
+
+[...]
+
+>> We would like to have an email address for the team, which would direct messages
+>> to all team members.
+>> It could be mentoring at mageia.org or similar (suggested by Daniel).
+>
+> We keep @mageia.org for real persons. The usual way to have a group mail
+> is something along foo at group.mageia.org, and this requires a ldap group.
+> ( which in turn requires 1) identity account 2) a list of person, and
+> someone to manage the group )
+
+Would something like coord at pmentoring.mageia.org be Ok ?
+Presumably I would manage the group, which would include at least magnus + Daniel.
+So who should I talk to about setting it up ?
+Would I be able to add new persons myself, or would I have to request it ?
+
+>> 4) Miscelaneous suggestions
+>> - Currently apprentices are promoted to full packagers by their mentor, once the
+>> mentor is satisfied with the competence of the apprentice.
+>> It has been suggested that apprentices become full packagers by vote.
+>> Since this is a skill position, this would be presumably be a vote by mentors or
+>> packagers.  Something to consider.
+>
+> What is the rational for using a vote ?
+
+That was an idea from what is/was apparently done at Ubuntu.  Personally I like 
+the current approach.  If the mentor isn't sure, they are always free to consult 
+another before deciding.
+
+[...]
+
+>> - Make list of new package requests, which are simple enough for apprentices to
+>> train with.
+>
+> Or task such as bug triaging, patch triaging, etc.
+
+I've already have a similar suggestion in the wiki.
+But I like this better, so it will be added.
+
+Thanks for the feedback :)
+-- 
+André
+