>>>
>>> When I was regularly monitoring ITPs, I noticed that newcomers often
>>> struggle to "find friends" (i.e., sponsors). In my opinion, what we need
>>> is someone to guide sponsees to the appropriate team, Salsa group, or
>>> similar space. This role doesn't require a delegation since it doesn't
>>> involve authority, but rather a deep understanding of Debian's structure
>>> and workflows.
>>
Is this sort of thing documented anywhere?
It's not the sort of thing that needs to be strictly updated like a man page or
other technical document. It just needs to be a couple of pages that describe
the "general" (big picture structure an workflows) to get that established as a
reference and then some of the "specifics" for at least the larger teams who
have workflows more complex than "apt info package | grep -i maintain".
Not only would it help outsiders and newbies get a feel for how things work,
but it would create visibility among the existing teams and allow them to
compare and contrast their workflows (with some mentions of "different != bad").
"Best effort" solutions are often quite effective where "people problems" are
concerned.
--J
