> Now you might say that this leads to less diversity in the team of
> committers and maintainers as you need a certain level of privilege to
> seriously entertain the idea of dedicating that much time and effort to
> a project and I agree, but I also think this is a bigger reality of
> volunteer work in general.
the ultimate goal is not just diversity, but high efficiency of the people who
cooperate around Guix, which then translates into a better Guix.
if the "rituals" around Guix contribution were merely a steep initial learning
curve, then one could argue that it's a kind of filter that helps with the
signal to noise ratio. but i think it's also a constant hindrance, not just an
initial learning curve.
> Just because it's brought up a lot of times doesn't mean it's a good
> idea. There is a lot of good things that can be done for our web-based
> front ends; improving the search results on issues.guix.gnu.org would
> be one of them. However, I have little hopes for a web based means to
> submit contributions. I think email should be a format that's
> understood by folks who know how to operate a web browser.
again, i would press the argument that it's not about being able to, but about
how much effort/attention is wasted on administration (i.e. not on hacking). i
often have the impression that it took comparable effort to submit a smaller to
mid size patch than making it.
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