On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 04:52:29PM +0100, Martin McCarthy wrote: > Dear Debian team, > > I'm very pleased to be involved in the Debian project. Thank you for having > me. Let me introduce myself. I'm Martin, I am a developer based in > Manchester in the UK and I've recently decided to dive head first into the > wonderful world of FOSS. I have been in the Microsoft ecosystem for the best > part of two decades and only ever dabbled in Linux and Debian a little bit > during that time. I recently took part in the Debian 12.1 ISO release event > and I had fun, learned a lot of things and met some interesting people > (including the former DPL Sledge). I had some suggestions based on my > experience that I would like to share with you. > > 2) Recognition of testers. Although the small group over on #debian-cd on > OFTC were thankful for everyone's contributions including my own, it would > be really great for new testers like myself to have some kind of formal > project recognition. It may seem like a small thing but it makes a huge > difference to me personally. There are several ways of recognising the > testers...some easy some not so easy. Firstly, when publishing the release > notes, naming the testers (by their chosen names) that helped test the > images before publication would be a nice way to recognise us. Also, as > cheesy as this may seem or sound, awarding a certificate to recognise that > that person has participated in the Debian release testing process. Doesn't > have to be printed of course, it could be designed in Gimp or whathaveyou. I > have mocked a design which you can view here - > https://justpaste.it/de4hd > (NB: this is a heads up. This link is SFW...if you happen to be in the > office right now). >
If it helps, you're now a Debian contributor by virtue of having edited the wiki and done some testing. > 3) Overhaul of the wiki testing process. Rattus proposed some overhauling of > the ISO testing situation with the wiki. I am happy to work on that with you > Rattus if you get time and we have something where we don't need to wait for > the wiki to be released from another user. Although, I'm also happy to keep > it as is if that's what the community wants. If it's a nod to times of old, > I'm all for that too. I found the process quaint and reminded me of the old > days of locking Excel workbooks. :D > > Thanks for reading this, if you want to chat, I'm in various channels on > Libera and OFTC on IRC or you can respond to this mail. :) > > Thanks and regards, > Martin McCarthy. > ================================================== > Remember when you were young? You shone like the sun. > > Breathe, breathe in the air...don't be afraid to care. > Leave, but don't leave me...look around, choose your own ground. > ================================================== > amacater on IRC :)
