[Mageia-dev] mentors + apprentices

Tue Jan 10 15:01:26 CET 2012

On 01/10/2012 04:17 AM, Olav Vitters wrote:
+> On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 01:04:47AM -0500, andre999 wrote:
+>> We have a newly qualified packager, kamil, who is already
+>> maintaining over 160 packages.  He is largely responsible for the
+>> considerabe decrease in unmaintained packages in the last few days,
+>> although many other packagers have contributed.
+>>
+>> We have another Mandriva packager who has joined our packaging team,
+>> nelg (Glen Ogilvie), and is bringing himself up to date for Mageia
+>> with jquelin.
+>>
+>> Also note that philippem (Philippe Makowski) has just posted a
+>> message inviting potential apprentices to contact him for mentoring.
+>
+> Great news! Seems we have loads great new packagers! Could you perhaps
+> announce all the new packagers over the last 2-3 months on
+> http://blog.mageia.org/en/ ? Gives them a bit more visibility.. might
+> result in a lot of new apprentices though (so perhaps mention
+> apprentices are welcome, but might need to wait a bit for a mentor).
+> Also think it is great that you get someone who guides you (mentor).
+>
+
+How about adding new packagers to planet.mageia.org as well (if they 
+have a blog)? It's always fun to read what other people are up to
+