Hi, Am Thu, Dec 05, 2024 at 08:03:36AM -0600 schrieb rhys: > >>> 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?
I wouldn't call this a "good documentation" but this page might be a sensible start: https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/ > 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"). IMHO the most natural thing to seek for friends is looking for packages with functionality covering a similar use case or written in the same programming language. Than you do apt showsrc similar_package(s) | grep ^Maintainer and if you are lucky you have found some friends. Kind regards Andreas. -- https://fam-tille.de
