Hi, On Sun, Jun 01, 2025 at 10:34:23PM +0200, Daniel Gröber wrote: > Hai Joachim, > > On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 05:03:40PM +0200, Joachim Zobel wrote: > > I just wanted to add that there is also an emotional aspect to this. I > > offered help and was ignored. So as a result I feel rejected with a > > general "if they don't want me they can get on without me" shrug. > > I feel you. Had the same experience coming into Debian and I've abandoned > contributing to other projects on account of similar experiences in the > past. > > So you're certainly not alone in feeling like this. > > > Also I am aware that this is _nonsense_ - no response probably means > > there simply was nobody - the feeling of being rejected is still there. > > I'm glad you decided to reach out and share your experience instead of > going for a silent exit as I'm sure many others do in this situation <3.
+1 That's very much appreciated. Also thanks for, despite the bad feelings, sharing your frustration in a balanced and direct way. > > I've been thinking about this overall problem for a while now. Since > several technical solutions I've considered seem organizationally > un-viable, for the time being anayway, I've been pondering starting a > "Welcome Team". See https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Welcome/. It seems there is already a "Welcome Team" (I've just joined the channel). It would be helpful if someone from the team could share their typical approach when dealing with (and to avoid) such situations. > [...] > > PS: Attempting to move replies to d-project@ let's see if my email-foo is > strong today. I'm moving this to d-project@ only. Bests, -- Tiago Bortoletto Vaz
