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

[Daniel Kreuter]

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.