Hi Michael, On 11 July 2015 at 23:56, Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > More interesting is: What has happened between 2012-09-20 and 2014-07-28? > No comments, no version updates. ==> A lost opportunity to practice > maintaining the package, and a lost opportunity to demonstrate your > interest in the package. I mean, if you've packaged it and use it, why > would you ignore the several new releases and not even comment on > them? > And almost two years are a lot of time to attempt at doing a few > reviews (even if only other Python based packages). And no questions > about the process in two years? ==> That's the classical sit-and-wait > passively scenario I've pointed out. Of course, some packagers only > show impatience and repeatedly post one-line ping-like comments, such > as "So, is the package ready to be included?" instead of referring to > the process howtos and specific steps to be done. A lost opportunity > to show that you're aware of the documentation and familiar with where > to find it. > What I'm getting here is that you have a very clear aspirations and expectations of what activities a new contributor should be engaging in. The questions I think are interesting are: a) Are we making these expectations clear enough to new contributors? b) Are we using our available tools and mechanisms optimally to facilitate and encourage those activities? I would welcome your thoughts on those two points (and anyone else who wants to contribute, of course). Cheers, Jonathan. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
