Junio C Hamano <gits...@pobox.com> writes: > I think the exchange Stefan cited was an example that we want to > have more of. The contributor is indicating that, even though the > patch could be a drive-by patch by one-timer from whom we will never > hear again, it is not--the contributor is willing to learn the way > things are done here, and showing that it is worth _our_ time to > explain the things so that the future patches will take less effort > to accept on our side. > > Because we do not have a group of dedicated volunteers, it is done > by more experienced people around here but that can be done only > when they have time. I view it as a more severe problem than any > documentation. An abbreviated version of the documentation to > invite more new people means that we must be prepared to give more > high-touch onboarding help to them.
Just to make sure there is no misunderstanding, I am not saying "do not update the doc to have an abbreviated version, because we will get more clueless newbies". I am saying that it is not a good idea to add an abbreviated version _before_ we are prepared to handle more patches from new people that require high-touch help. If you are volunteering to coordinate and form the onboarding helpers group, that would be great. Thanks.
