Re: Increasing the packaging team: regular workshops/vFADs/classroom sessions on packaging

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Hi Ankur,

Ankur Sinha <sanjay.ankur@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi folks,
>
> The packaging team is generally quite stretched, and we frankly need
> more people helping us out.
>
> The main issue with newcomers taking on packaging is that the learning
> curve here is much more technical then a lot of other areas in Fedora.
> So, while it is still expected that folks read the docs and learn things
> themselves, perhaps we could be more active in helping them?

That is true, getting into packaging is not easy at all.

Besides improving existing docs, how about having a individual packagers
helping out newcomers in 1:1 chats, e.g. on IRC or Jitsi?

>
> We've had rpm packaging classroom sessions in the past. Are any folks
> interested in restarting these? Maybe a different SIG could do a session
> each month to help newcomers get started with packaging their tools?
> Sponsors, what do you think?
>
> -- 
> Thanks,
> Regards,
> Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD" (He / Him / His) | https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha
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