> step back first and consider how LibreOffice must appear to a young > and/or relatively inexperienced potential contributor.
> And also organize some type of mentorship programme? I also agree that > jumping in may seem daunting to some young coders and contributors. They > may need some handholding to help them at the beginning. I feel the same. I’m quite experienced user and I can find stuff I need, but I know that not all people will know, for example how to use mailing list, how to make account at wiki, where I need to ask to access… Currently potential contributor have to be Insightful to get all tools that he need to use. I would be great if there was a person the volunteer could turn to, even with stupid questions. I have unofficially my mentor 😄 From the beginning I got answers from Mike Saunders for almost all of my questions and led me trough my first tasks. Why don’t we make it official way? Pozdrawiam / Regards Marcin Popko tel. +48661505678 > Wiadomość napisana przez Marc Paré <m...@marcpare.com> w dniu 22.08.2020, o > godz. 02:56: > > Le 20-08-21 à 09 h 56, Nigel Verity a écrit : >> Hi Mike >> >> These are all great ideas. I think, though, it's important to take a > step back first and consider how LibreOffice must appear to a young > and/or relatively inexperienced potential contributor. >> >> It's a huge and complex application. Getting to grips with the code is > a daunting prospect, even for someone like me who's been coding off and > on for over 30 years. For the newcomer, I can well imagine their feeling > they couldn't possibly make a useful contribution. Consequently, it is > surely essential to highlight right from the start all the many ways > that people can contribute beyond coding, and how "start small" is the > way everybody gets involved. Perhaps the videos from experienced > contributors can emphasise the important role that even small > contributions can play in developing and supporting the project. >> >> Cheers >> >> Nige > > > And also organize some type of mentorship programme? I also agree that > jumping in may seem daunting to some young coders and contributors. They > may need some handholding to help them at the beginning. > > Having clear workflows also help a lot. > > Cheers, > > Marc > > > -- > Marc Paré > m...@marcpare.com <mailto:m...@marcpare.com> > http://www.parEntreprise.com <http://www.parentreprise.com/> > parEntreprise.com <http://parentreprise.com/> Supports OpenDocument Formats > (ODF) > parEntreprise.com <http://parentreprise.com/> Supports > http://www.LibreOffice.org <http://www.libreoffice.org/> > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
