2024, ഡിസം 5 2:05:19 AM Lucas Kanashiro <kanash...@debian.org>: > https://debconf24.debconf.org/talks/74-attracting-and-retaining-new-contributors-insights-from-brazil/ > > There was some follow-up discussion in Hacker News after a LWN post about > this talk was published: > > https://lwn.net/Articles/987548/ > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41599327 > > I think people interested on the subject can get some insights from the above > (comments from people not involved in the project; yes, we, people already > involved in the project, can be very biased). Also ignore some stupid > comments, expected in those public discussions. > > And yes, this is something that Debian as whole needs to do better.
I want to comment about registering on wiki.debian.org and salsa.debian.org specifically. Can we setup a system for adding to allow list by DD signed emails (like how debian.net DNS changes are done)? Possibly for IP address allow list too. This would help a lot during events or for local groups where getting a wiki account takes sending an email and waiting. Now that I think about this idea, this would also help for salsa accounts. It takes many days to get a salsa account after an event and I usually have to ask them to use another git hosting service till that happens. A DD validating email address and IP address can address the spam concern. This will expand people who can authorize new accounts hugely. Also reduce load on current admins and wait time for new contributors.
