SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 01:26:02PM -0800, Emily Shaffer wrote: >> With https://lore.kernel.org/git/20191114194708.GD60198@xxxxxxxxxx/ we >> now have a mentoring mailing list, to which we should direct new >> contributors who have questions. > > Why should a supposedly "open" open source project direct new > contributors to a mailing list that is not openly accessible, and even > reading and searching its archives requires registration? Haven't we had that discussion when the mentoring list was launched? I would not prefer joining a closed list of unknown people over coming up with a fake name and asking for help in an open list if I had choice when interacting with an established community as a new member, but I would understand it if preference of some people are opposite from mine. The more important part, from my point of view, is that we offer choices (the proposed doc update illustrates three).
