On Sat, 2024-07-06 at 23:45 -0700, Xiyue Deng wrote: > Soren Stoutner <so...@debian.org> writes: > > > [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]] > > After reading a number of comments to the email below, I thought I would > > provide a bit of context for this email and Phil’s excellent work on > > Mentors. > > > > Recently Phil has taken it upon himself to triage every package that > > requests > > sponsorship on mentors.debian.net. Here is an example of the work he does: > > > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2024/07/msg00032.html > > > > When he feels a package is ready for sponsorship, he indicates that with an > > email to the list. > > > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2024/07/msg00024.html > > > > In some cases, nobody picks these up. The email below was sent to debian- > > devel with a curated list of packages that Phil has already reviewed and > > feels > > are ready for a DD to sponsor. > > > > At any point, anyone can look at all of the packages on Mentors requesting > > a > > sponsor. > > > > https://mentors.debian.net/ > > > > But I have found Phil’s work to be very helpful, as I have limited time to > > handle sponsorships. When I look at a package Phil has endorsed, I can be > > sure that the simple and obvious things have already been taken care of. > > > > I would heartily hope that Phil continues to send periodic emails to debian- > > devel with lists of packages that he considers ready, but that are > > languishing > > on the vine because nobody has noticed them. I would also encourage anyone > > else to get involved in this process if they feel so inclined. I think > > that > > one of the most important aspects of attracting people to Debian is to make > > it > > easy for someone who is not yet a DD or DM to submit packages and have them > > be > > reviewed promptly. There is probably nothing as demotivating to a > > first-time > > contributor as putting a lot of effort into a package, having it be in good > > shape, and then never having it be sponsored simply because it didn’t get > > noticed. > > > > Soren > > > > P.S. Based on Phil’s work on Mentors and my interactions with him, I have > > advocated for him to become a Debian Developer, uploading. I think his > > contributions to Debian will be even more impactful when he can sponsor the > > packages he feels are ready. > > > > https://nm.debian.org/process/1305/ > > > > On Saturday, July 6, 2024 6:45:33 AM MST Phil Wyett wrote: > > > Hi all DD's > > > > > > Debian Mentors[1] always struggles to find available Debian Developers for > > > final reviewing and sponsoring of packages submitted too our part of the > > > project. > > > > > > We believe some packages are ready or very close to the quality for > > > sponsorship and we would request any DD who has the time and is willing, > > > to > > > have a look at one or more of the packages below and possibly sponsor them > > > into Debian. > > > > > > Mentors page: > > > https://mentors.debian.net/package/hexwalk/ > > > Request For Sponsorship (RFS): > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1065008 > > > > > > Mentors page: > > > https://mentors.debian.net/package/uriparser/ > > > Request For Sponsorship (RFS): > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1074542 > > > > > > Mentors page: > > > https://mentors.debian.net/package/mailgraph/ > > > Request For Sponsorship (RFS): > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1074552 > > > > > > Mentors page: > > > https://mentors.debian.net/package/dmidecode/ > > > Request For Sponsorship (RFS): > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1074553 > > > > > > Mentor page: > > > https://mentors.debian.net/package/selint/ > > > Request For Sponsorship (RFS): > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1074592 > > > > > > Your assistance will be extremely appreciated and if announcing a few at a > > > time on the 'devel' list works, this could become a weekly thing. > > > > > > [1] https://mentors.debian.net > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Phil > > As one of those who received help from Phil who kindly helped review my > packages and finding potential sponsors, I want to take this opportunity > to thank Phil again for his kind works and Gianfranco for sponsoring > many of my packages. > > With that said, I want to echo Soren's word that I believe what Phil and > Gianfranco has been doing is greatly helpful for new and potential > Debian Maintainers, and it would be great that this process can have > more people involved and get improved to make the review and sponsor > process smoother. >
Morning Xiyue, Thank you for the kind words. I agree whole heartedly with your comments that more people getting involved to make for a better Debian mentors would be good. Debian mentors is a great place to be around and we all learn something being involved. Regards Phil -- Internet Relay Chat (IRC): kathenas Website: https://kathenas.org Instagram: https://instagram.com/kathenasorg/ Buy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/kathenasorg
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