Janek Warchoł <janek.lilyp...@gmail.com> writes: > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Graham Percival > <gra...@percival-music.ca> wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 04:52:00PM -0800, Janek Warchol wrote: >>> It would be good indeed if you have a mentor; unfortunately, i don't think >>> you'll find one here, on frogs. It's hard to find a mentor in general... >>> I'm not much Lily-knowledgeable, so i don't think i would be a good mentor >>> for you, >> >> Really? Which responsibility are you unable to fulfill? There >> are 7 responsibilities. Tell me the EXACT number that you cannot >> do. >> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.15/Documentation/contributor/mentors >> (note that points 4 and 5 should be rewritten for the new patch >> handling and staging) >> >> Pavel Roskin is doing everything right. He's clearly read the CG, >> he's submitted stuff to rietveld, he's actively trying to get help >> in the manner that we want people to ask for help. But once his >> patches get through the countdown, nobody wants to bother taking >> responsibility for getting the final git patch and pushing it. >> He's one of the easiest people to mentor. > > Of course i can do it. (Pavel, if you have problems with getting the > patch pushed, or you have trouble getting reviews, or it seems that > your patch is being overlooked - let me know and i'll try to help!) > My concern was that Pavel's a skilled contributor whose primary need > is advice on coding - for example cross-staff stems thing. All advice > i can provide (without digging through the code myself, which i'd love > to do but don't have time to because of Google Summer of Code and > other organizational stuff) was what i wrote: "try looking at grid > lines code". That's definitely not enough for efficient mentoring :(
"Try asking on the developer list." "Find an angle that makes this problem interesting for Mike." The job of a mentor is not the same as the job of a teacher. You need not provide answers, just offer advice on how or where to find them. > I'm already quite often not sleeping because of Lily and it's going to > be worse. Don't give more than you can sustain. Ever. You are not doing anybody a favor, even though it may seem so to some. But those will be the first to complain when you are drained. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel