On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 8:03 AM, Jesse Noller <jnol...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everyone: > > I wanted to take a moment to outline another idea which came out of > PyCon 2011 this year from numerous sources - a Python Core Mentorship > Program predicated on the idea that Python-Core, and Python as a whole > would be served by further lowering the barrier to entry of > contribution, and to provide a program to connect new programmers, > students, women, and others to experienced Python-Core developers > (Mentors). > > Brett's revamp of the Dev guide was part one of "secret plan to get > more people involved in python-core" - this is another part, but I'm > not sure of the numbering scheme. > > The mission of the Python Core Mentor Program is to provide an open > and welcoming place to connect students, programmers - and anyone > interested in contributing to the Python-Core development. This > project is based on the idea that the best way to welcome new people > into any project is a venue which connects them to mentors who can > assist in guiding them through the contribution process, including > discussions on lists such as python-dev, and python-ideas, the bug > tracker, mercurial, code reviews, etc. > > Additionally, mentors will assist in something incredibly critical to > maintain contributor interest: getting patches through the process and > actually *committed*. We all know - not everyone who is mentor will > have all the answers, so mentors also act as conduits to others who > will have the answer. > > The project itself will (hopefully) be low in time-spent, and largely > self-managing. We will start simple with a mailing list > (core-mentors...@python.org) where mentors, and those who wish to be > mentored or ask questions may do so. This mailing list will have a > code of conduct which will help prevent flame wars, or other > counterproductive discussions - a code of conduct also makes it clear > to mentors what they''re agreeing to when they decide to participate. > > The new list will also have a closed, members-only archive. After > consulting with other core developers, we believe it's easier to ask > questions when you don't have to worry about Google picking up your > words from a public archive. > > We want to make this list a resource for people to be able to get > started, ask "silly" questions, and so on - our goal is to turn anyone > who wishes to be into an active, sustainable committer to Python. > > Mentors will be asked to answer questions - but also assist people in > need of help with discussions on the mailing lists and bug tracker > (conversations on which could have become contentious or stressful) > and generally to be advocates for the people being mentored. For > example - if a person submits a patch to the tracker, the mentor list > may help them through initial code reviews, or discussions with other > core developers. The job is to act as an experienced proxy for them. > > The first step to this project is to ask for volunteer mentors - > people who are willing to help answer questions on the list, and > generally guide people as needed being as friendly and courteous and > welcoming as possible. > > If you are interested in being a mentor - or have feedback about this > plan in general, please feel free to reach out to me > (jnol...@gmail.com) directly. My goal, once this is setup, is to have > the project largely self-managing, with the PSF helping to market it > to the community as a whole. > > Jesse >
And the mailing list is up and running for those of you interested in helping: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/core-mentorship jesse _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
