On Jan 24, 2008 6:51 PM, Marc Fargas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > A few days ago I filled a bug on "contributing.txt" (#6320) [0] about > clarifying what triagers are, what volunteering means and who should do > what. ... > So, comments and critics are really welcome. I just feel that this > clarifications should be written in the documentation some day to avoid > getting people upset (one could think that things got a bit hot on #399 > [1]).
Hi Marc, Thanks for taking the lead on this. Suggestions on how to improve documentation are always welcome, especially when they are specific suggestions, backed up by evidence of the existing inadequacy (as you have done with ticket #6320) and a first draft. However, I would suggest that the improvement required isn't to introduce a new class of triager. Giving a role a specific label distinct from the community as a whole implies that some form of selection criteria will exist. To my reading, at least some of the confusion in ticket #399 is to do with the issue of how someone gets selected as a triager. Introducing a new triager class wouldn't have avoided this problem - it would have just lead to the question "How do I get selected as a community triager?". Given that there is no difference between a community triager and a community member, I would suggest that a better way to approach this issue would be to keep the existing core + triager labels. Instead of adding the new label, add a section to the documentation inviting everyone to help out with the ticket system, subject to some clear guidelines - here are the things you can do to help, here are the things you shouldn't ever do (because they'll be done by triagers or core devs). This avoids creating an artificial distinction between 'community member' and 'community triager', while still setting some clear ground rules for what people should and shouldn't do with the ticket system. Yours, Russ Magee %-) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
