On 26-06-2015 17:03:03, Matthias Beyer wrote: > On 26-06-2015 19:53:16, stewart mackenzie wrote: > > Please read pieter hintjens culture and empire, specifically chapter 2 > > light of spheres. > > > > Good contributors should be promoted quickly before they move off onto > > other projects. Yes if you choose to use nixos you aren't going anywhere > > quickly but nonetheless it's an important hat tip to contributors. > > > > Having their face on the project landing page could be important to them, > > as exemplified by the OP. > > Exactly the same thing applies for pull requests, that's why I want my > PR's merged via the Merge-Button on github, as it gives me a green > badge on my github page which indicates success(fully merged). Others > may not care about a big red wall of "I unsuccessfully tried to > contribute"-like bagdes on their GH pages, but I do. > > But, of course, that's not the topic we discuss here. > > I also would set the bar for "we take you into the 'approved > contributors team'" rather high... a decent amount of maintained > packages and contributions in form of discussions and so on should be > done by the persons which get into this group. I'd suggest the > following (of coures, these things are like soft-requirements...): > > * 5 or more packages where at least 3 got updated at least once > * Actively contributing to discussions on the Mailinglist > * Actively contributing to discussions in github issues > > Some other nice things would be: > > * Test-building and helping others with PRs > * IRC activity (Not only asking but also answering questions) >
Maybe another point:
* Was at least at one talk, sprint or <something> where official
nixos guys were hanging around, so someone "knows" the person
who wants to get into the "contributors" group.
I also think that this group should be cleaned up every now and then,
of course.
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Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Kind regards,
Matthias Beyer
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