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

Mon Jul 4 09:37:01 CEST 2011

On 07/04/2011 08:28 AM, andre999 wrote:
+> 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 :)
+
+The ML could also be good as direct input for people who like to 
+contribute as packager.
+
+As you said in your mail before, the mageia-dev or mageia-discuss ML's 
+are very polulated, so the chances of overreading a mail of someone new 
+could happen very easy.
+
+Having a dedicated ML just for that as entry point for new guys, we can 
+abandon that problem and we won't miss someone.
+