I do agree, we felt this quite hard during FISL, mainly when people asked us in how to start. Besides a basic TODO list for beginners, we could create something like a "mentoring project" as Mageia Community or even Linux Kernel dudes has. It could help on modelling new packagers and developers and push them closer to OMV pattern.
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 03:40:19PM +0000, Tomasz Paweł Gajc wrote: > +1 > > Will try how to figure out this TODO list. > Wysłano z BlackBerry® w Orange > > -----Original Message----- > From: Denis Silakov <[email protected]> > Sender: "OM-Cooker" <[email protected]>Date: Mon, 12 May > 2014 19:06:07 > To: <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Cooker OpenMandriva <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OM Cooker] MORE on some info on FISL, > very much worth to consider > > On 05/12/2014 06:51 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Anyway, from a packager and developer point of view > > I still see significant need to work on our guidance > > for new contributors. So, other than packagers and > > a few extra methods to increase the quality of packages, > > that is, strong rules about checking packages functionality > > as well as having people also actually testing them, we > > also need good writers to document all procedures, suggest > > how to make them easier and/or more standardized, so that > > new people would loose less time searching around on how > > to get things done, or who to ask for help in irc, mailing > > lists, etc. > > Yes, this is one of the things we were discussing at LinuxTag, too. > > Another thing is that it would be nice to have some TODO lists for > people who would like to contribute but don't know what tasks are of > major priority. > > The practice shows that it is not convenient to simply send potential > volunteers to bugzilla or openproject or other complex tools. It would > be nice to have some simple wiki page with TODO items, maybe grouped > according to different criteria (complexity, programming language, > etc.). E.g., even Linux kernel has TODO files in its sources with clear > and explicit tasks. > > -- > Denis Silakov, ROSA Laboratory. > www.rosalab.ru > > >
