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

Mon Jul 4 08:28:15 CEST 2011

nicolas vigier a écrit :
+> On Fri, 01 Jul 2011, andre999 wrote:
+>
+>> Samuel Verschelde a écrit :
+>>> Le samedi 2 juillet 2011 01:07:00, Samuel Verschelde a écrit :
+
+[...]
+
+>>>> I don't think there's a need for restricted access, and it would be
+>>>> opposite to the way we try to do everything in the open.
+>>>>
+>>>> What you need is
+>>>> 1) a way to be contacted directly by those who need (apprentices)
+>>>> 2) a way to discuss within members of the team, but maybe other people too
+>>>> if some want to join the discussion
+>>>>
+>>>> For 1), I think your @mageia.org address once you will get one is
+>>>> sufficient. It's only one means of communication among others (MLs,
+>>>> forums, wiki), so I don't think a group is necessarily needed for that.
+>>>> You can still forward requests you can't handle yourself.
+>>>
+>>> That being said, I have nothing against the use of a group for that, but only
+>>> as a contact e-mail, not for discussion, or only for sensitive discussion
+>>> about specific persons.
+>>
+>> That was exactly the purpose -- one contact point !
+>> (Which we can put in various documentation, etc.)
+>> That way if I'm not available -- on holidays, sick or whatever, I could
+>> alert the others to ensure a fast response.  And they could always help out
+>> if they wanted.
+>> And if someone takes my place, it would be a transparent changeover.
+>
+> A public mailing list could be used as contact point. And would allow
+> other people to join the team.
+
+I've been reflecting on that, and I agree.
+- I was mostly worried about interest in packaging being lost in the noise of 
+heavy traffic lists like mageia-dev.
+- Any confidential/private communication could be handled by direct mail, as now.
+- A mailing list would be simpler to administer.
+
+If it were used for the actual mentoring process as well, that wouldn't be a 
+problem - it's related, and requests to be mentored wouldn't be easily lost.
+
+We had the name packager-mentoring at ... in mind.
+So could we have packager-mentoring at ml.mageia.org ?
+
+Thanks :)
+-- 
+André
+