Sounds like a great idea. I have always wanted to contribute but did not find a structured way to incrementally build my knowledge of the internals. This might be a great way to attract new devs.
-- Thanks and Best Regards, Iftikhan Nazeem *LinkedIn* : http://ae.linkedin.com/in/ifthikhan<http://ae.linkedin.com/in/iftikhan> *Mob :* 00971 050 7382623 *Skype* : iftecan2000 On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Alexey Shein <con...@gmail.com> wrote: > Really great idea. I'd like to be a part of it (as a newcomer of course :)) > > 2011/6/10 David Coallier <dav...@php.net>: > > Hey all, > > > > Let me start by saying that this is merely an idea I'm trying to put > > together and before doing so, I need to see who would be interested. > > > > A short while ago, the Python community created something called "The > > Python Core Mentorship Program" [1][2] which is essentially an attempt > > to lower the barrier of entry to the Python core for new developers, > > students, etc. and connect everyone together in a more cohesive manner > > where people actually talk and interact. I strongly believe in such > > initiative and believe this is something we should also think about. > > > > Simply put, I'd love to put something together for the PHP > > core/internals where the goals of the program would be, not unlike the > > Python project, to get a few internals (Zend Contribs (Stas are you > > reading this? :P), Core contribs, PECL extensions developers, > > documentation maintainers) to be willing to help newcomers and provide > > a more comprehensive understanding of the contribution processes, > > internal trickeries, optimisations, etc. > > > > The general idea is to create a channel between the rest of the world > > and the internals of PHP where more experienced developers can > > transfer their knowledge and get a fresh perspectives from new > > developers that haven't approached the core before. > > > > Before continuing further into exploring this idea, we need to get > > volunteer mentors. The mentee process is likely to get a self-managed > > one and the mentors' role will hopefully be rather low in terms of > > time consumptions and the roles of the mentor will most likely be: > > > > - Introducing new developers to the processes > > - Answering questions > > - Helping with code review of patches > > > > Again, like the Python program and similarly to the GSOC projects, we > > should have a mailing list (restricted) dedicated only to the mentor > > (php-mentorship?) where anyone can ask the simpler questions. From > > this mailing list we should also be able to construct a solid baseline > > for new developers contributing to PHP. From the mailing list, we'll > > see what questions are coming over and over again we'll be able to > > build a wiki-faq-like sections for new contributors. > > > > I digress and here's what I'm hoping to achieve with this email: I > > want to get a few contributors from various aspects of the core > > including docs and pecl extensions willing to help new people. If you > > are interested, please raise your voice and if enough interest is > > displayed I'll get a proper wiki section started. > > > > Furthermore, one thing I am hoping this program will help bring is not > > only a stronger interest in the core and a fresh injection of talent > > but more importantly I hope we'll be able to contributors from our > > various communities that are scattered across the internet that barely > > ever interact with the internals. > > > > Hoping this email reaches as many of you and that my message is > > properly conveyed :-) > > > > P.S. This is really an attempt to find volunteers. If you are interested > please > > feel free to contact me directly if you prefer so we can start organising > > whatever would have to be done: dav...@php.net > > > > References: > > [1]: http://pythonmentors.com/ > > [2]: > http://jessenoller.com/2011/03/25/just-proposed-python-core-mentorship-program/ > > > > > > -- > > David Coallier > > Orchestra.io > > > > -- > > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > -- > Regards, > Shein Alexey > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
