Hi, > > As a very new contributor to Debian as part of the Google Summer of Code > > (GSoC) '25 program I can only second Andreas' point. Packages / package > > teams who are willing/have the bandwith to mentor newcomers are most > > certainly a great starting point for newbies. Is there an easy way to > > find those mentorship opportunities in Debian (outside of dedicated > > programs like GSoC)? IMHO these should be "advertised" to newcomers. > > > > I have started a new wiki page for this purpose > > https://wiki.debian.org/Newcomers
All teams can and should welcome and mentor newcomers. I understand why you started this list, but I am concerned that if you don't list all teams there, you might be discouraging new contributors from approaching some teams. Coul d you just replace the idea of listing teams with a link to all mailing lists, and suggesting new contributors to speak up on a list to see who is available to help them? Also we already have a bunch of content at https://www.debian.org/devel/join/ and https://www.debian.org/devel/join/newmaint. I'd rather see those pages polished than yet another new page pop up to add to burden of documentation new people need to wade through.. - Otto
