Re: Problems to find sponsors

2024-12-12 Thread Ahmad Khalifa
On 12/12/2024 04:05, Sean Whitton wrote: On Tue 10 Dec 2024 at 01:31pm GMT, Ahmad Khalifa wrote: As an outsider trying to help, the natural thing I looked at was the RFH process to dip my toes into things. But only 56 packages have RFH bugs and they're usually not very clear on what help they ne

Re: Problems to find sponsors

2024-12-11 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Tue 10 Dec 2024 at 01:31pm GMT, Ahmad Khalifa wrote: > As an outsider trying to help, the natural thing I looked at was the RFH > process to dip my toes into things. > But only 56 packages have RFH bugs and they're usually not very clear on what > help they need. And most of those were

Re: Problems to find sponsors

2024-12-10 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Xiyue" == Xiyue Deng writes: Xiyue> Thanks for your input! For sure if what-you-suggest happens Xiyue> on a regular basis it would be great. I am just hoping to Xiyue> let perspective DD sponsors have less concerns that we as Xiyue> sponsees don't necessarily want to take

Re: Problems to find sponsors

2024-12-10 Thread Andreas Tille
Am Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 05:51:37PM +0800 schrieb Sean Whitton: > It doesn't seem good for Debian, or the sponsee, for the DD to sponsor > it through NEW and then leave the sponsee in limbo. Definitely. Finding a sponsor for the first upload but not for the subsequent source-only upload might be s

Re: Problems to find sponsors

2024-12-10 Thread Ahmad Khalifa
On 09/12/2024 16:49, Andreas Tille wrote: Am Thu, Dec 05, 2024 at 08:03:36AM -0600 schrieb rhys: It's not the sort of thing that needs to be strictly updated like a man page or other technical document. It just needs to be a couple of pages that describe the "general" (big picture structure an

Re: Problems to find sponsors

2024-12-10 Thread Xiyue Deng
Hi Sean, Sean Whitton writes: > Hello, > > On Mon 09 Dec 2024 at 03:58pm -08, Xiyue Deng wrote: > >> These are valid concerns. I think the tooling from Phil should help >> with your point 2 and 3. For 4-6, I personally never expect the same DD >> would provide long-term support after sponsorin

Re: Problems to find sponsors

2024-12-10 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Mon 09 Dec 2024 at 03:58pm -08, Xiyue Deng wrote: > These are valid concerns. I think the tooling from Phil should help > with your point 2 and 3. For 4-6, I personally never expect the same DD > would provide long-term support after sponsoring. Maybe making that > clear on the Debia

Re: Problems to find sponsors (Was: Bits from DPL)

2024-12-10 Thread Phil Wyett
On Tue, 2024-12-10 at 00:35 -0800, Xiyue Deng wrote: > Hi Phil, > > Phil Wyett writes: > > > > [..snip..] > > > > Morning Xiyue and all, > > > > Xiyue mentions tooling after Sam raised an issue. > > > > Xiyue, Many thanks for entering this conversation as I feel you are an ideal > > person (t

Re: Problems to find sponsors (Was: Bits from DPL)

2024-12-10 Thread Xiyue Deng
Hi Phil, Phil Wyett writes: > > [..snip..] > > Morning Xiyue and all, > > Xiyue mentions tooling after Sam raised an issue. > > Xiyue, Many thanks for entering this conversation as I feel you are an ideal > person (through our many interactions) to detail/discuss what you feel mentors > is, is n

Re: Problems to find sponsors (Was: Bits from DPL)

2024-12-09 Thread Mechtilde Stehmann
Hello Phil, Am 10.12.24 um 06:49 schrieb Phil Wyett: On Mon, 2024-12-09 at 15:58 -0800, Xiyue Deng wrote: Hi Sam, Sam Hartman writes: As a none DD I do basic build testing and validation of packages and their files in-order to bring them up to a minimum standard for a DD to then look at.

Re: Problems to find sponsors (Was: Bits from DPL)

2024-12-09 Thread Phil Wyett
On Tue, 2024-12-10 at 02:12 +0500, Andrey Rakhmatullin wrote: > On Mon, Dec 09, 2024 at 02:02:30PM -0700, Sam Hartman wrote: > > >> It would be great to have a group of DDs that are willing to > > >> regularly check for RFS bugs / mentors.d.n and offer sponsorship > > > > Andrey> Sure.

Re: Problems to find sponsors (Was: Bits from DPL)

2024-12-09 Thread Phil Wyett
On Mon, 2024-12-09 at 15:58 -0800, Xiyue Deng wrote: > Hi Sam, > > Sam Hartman writes: > > > > > > > > "Andrey" == Andrey Rakhmatullin writes: > > > > Andrey> On Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 03:30:23PM -0800, Xiyue Deng wrote: > > >> It would be great to have a group of DDs that are willing to

Re: Problems to find sponsors (Was: Bits from DPL)

2024-12-09 Thread Xiyue Deng
Hi Sam, Sam Hartman writes: >> "Andrey" == Andrey Rakhmatullin writes: > > Andrey> On Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 03:30:23PM -0800, Xiyue Deng wrote: > >> It would be great to have a group of DDs that are willing to > >> regularly check for RFS bugs / mentors.d.n and offer sponsorship

Re: Problems to find sponsors (Was: Bits from DPL)

2024-12-09 Thread Andrey Rakhmatullin
On Mon, Dec 09, 2024 at 02:02:30PM -0700, Sam Hartman wrote: > >> It would be great to have a group of DDs that are willing to > >> regularly check for RFS bugs / mentors.d.n and offer sponsorship > > Andrey> Sure. This is true since the beginning of the RFS process, > Andrey> and

Re: Problems to find sponsors (Was: Bits from DPL)

2024-12-09 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Andrey" == Andrey Rakhmatullin writes: Andrey> On Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 03:30:23PM -0800, Xiyue Deng wrote: >> It would be great to have a group of DDs that are willing to >> regularly check for RFS bugs / mentors.d.n and offer sponsorship Andrey> Sure. This is true since t

Re: Problems to find sponsors

2024-12-09 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, Am Thu, Dec 05, 2024 at 08:03:36AM -0600 schrieb rhys: > >>> When I was regularly monitoring ITPs, I noticed that newcomers often > >>> struggle to "find friends" (i.e., sponsors). In my opinion, what we need > >>> is someone to guide sponsees to the appropriate team, Salsa group, or > >>> sim

Re: Problems to find sponsors

2024-12-05 Thread rhys
>>> >>> When I was regularly monitoring ITPs, I noticed that newcomers often >>> struggle to "find friends" (i.e., sponsors). In my opinion, what we need >>> is someone to guide sponsees to the appropriate team, Salsa group, or >>> similar space. This role doesn't require a delegation since it

Re: Problems to find sponsors (Was: Bits from DPL)

2024-12-04 Thread Andrey Rakhmatullin
On Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 03:30:23PM -0800, Xiyue Deng wrote: > It would be great to have a group of DDs that are willing to regularly > check for RFS bugs / mentors.d.n and offer sponsorship Sure. This is true since the beginning of the RFS process, and as nothing stops people from doing this, but

Re: Problems to find sponsors (Was: Bits from DPL)

2024-12-04 Thread Phil Wyett
On Wed, 2024-12-04 at 22:07 -0300, Leandro Cunha wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 9:20 PM Phil Wyett wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2024-12-04 at 20:41 -0300, Leandro Cunha wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 8:30 PM Xiyue Deng wrote: > > > > P.S. I would also like to take this

Re: Problems to find sponsors (Was: Bits from DPL)

2024-12-04 Thread Leandro Cunha
Hi, On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 9:20 PM Phil Wyett wrote: > > On Wed, 2024-12-04 at 20:41 -0300, Leandro Cunha wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 8:30 PM Xiyue Deng wrote: > > > P.S. I would also like to take this chance to appreciate Phil Wyett's > > > automatic RFS checking that adds "co

Re: Problems to find sponsors (Was: Bits from DPL)

2024-12-04 Thread Phil Wyett
On Wed, 2024-12-04 at 20:41 -0300, Leandro Cunha wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 8:30 PM Xiyue Deng wrote: > > P.S. I would also like to take this chance to appreciate Phil Wyett's > > automatic RFS checking that adds "confirmed" tag to RFS bugs that passed > > the checks, which helps ens

Re: Problems to find sponsors (Was: Bits from DPL)

2024-12-04 Thread Phil Wyett
On Wed, 2024-12-04 at 15:30 -0800, Xiyue Deng wrote: > Andreas Tille writes: > > > Am Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 10:46:03PM +0500 schrieb Andrey Rakhmatullin: > > > On Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 10:39:52AM -0700, Soren Stoutner wrote: > > > > I have directed several RFS (Request For Sponsor) towards appropri

Re: Problems to find sponsors (Was: Bits from DPL)

2024-12-04 Thread Leandro Cunha
Hi, On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 8:30 PM Xiyue Deng wrote: > P.S. I would also like to take this chance to appreciate Phil Wyett's > automatic RFS checking that adds "confirmed" tag to RFS bugs that passed > the checks, which helps ensure a minimum quality of a prepared package > ready for sponsorship

Re: Problems to find sponsors (Was: Bits from DPL)

2024-12-04 Thread Xiyue Deng
Andreas Tille writes: > Am Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 10:46:03PM +0500 schrieb Andrey Rakhmatullin: >> On Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 10:39:52AM -0700, Soren Stoutner wrote: >> > I have directed several RFS (Request For Sponsor) towards appropriate >> > teams, >> > when then exist. However, my personal exp

Re: Problems to find sponsors

2024-12-04 Thread Andreas Tille
Am Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 09:09:40PM +0100 schrieb Simon Josefsson: > But after seeing the ping's I decided to help on packages that > happened to be some that I had some familiarity with already. So at ^^^ > least for these packages, ping's

Re: Problems to find sponsors

2024-12-04 Thread Simon Josefsson
Andrey Rakhmatullin writes: > On Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 08:03:49PM +0100, Simon Josefsson wrote: >> I suspect the RFS process would be more successful in finding a sponsor >> if the requests went to debian-devel rather than another opt-in mailing >> list. I rarely go looking for more work to do by

Re: Problems to find sponsors (Was: Bits from DPL)

2024-12-04 Thread Andreas Tille
Am Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 10:46:03PM +0500 schrieb Andrey Rakhmatullin: > On Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 10:39:52AM -0700, Soren Stoutner wrote: > > I have directed several RFS (Request For Sponsor) towards appropriate > > teams, > > when then exist. However, my personal experience is that the majority o

Re: Problems to find sponsors

2024-12-04 Thread Andrey Rakhmatullin
On Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 08:03:49PM +0100, Simon Josefsson wrote: > I suspect the RFS process would be more successful in finding a sponsor > if the requests went to debian-devel rather than another opt-in mailing > list. I rarely go looking for more work to do by viewing > > https://bugs.debian.o

Re: Problems to find sponsors

2024-12-04 Thread Simon Josefsson
Soren Stoutner writes: > On Wednesday, December 4, 2024 10:30:34 AM MST Andreas Tille wrote: >> Am Mon, Dec 02, 2024 at 06:15:22PM -0700 schrieb Soren Stoutner: >> > I think one of the best things we could do to attract new contributors, > and >> > to encourage those who are currently Sponsored

Re: Problems to find sponsors (Was: Bits from DPL)

2024-12-04 Thread Andrey Rakhmatullin
On Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 10:39:52AM -0700, Soren Stoutner wrote: > I have directed several RFS (Request For Sponsor) towards appropriate teams, > when then exist. However, my personal experience is that the majority of RFS > that come into Debian Mentors do not fit neatly into any existing team.

Re: Problems to find sponsors (Was: Bits from DPL)

2024-12-04 Thread Soren Stoutner
On Wednesday, December 4, 2024 10:30:34 AM MST Andreas Tille wrote: > Am Mon, Dec 02, 2024 at 06:15:22PM -0700 schrieb Soren Stoutner: > > I think one of the best things we could do to attract new contributors, and > > to encourage those who are currently Sponsored Maintainers to become Debian >

Problems to find sponsors (Was: Bits from DPL)

2024-12-04 Thread Andreas Tille
Am Mon, Dec 02, 2024 at 06:15:22PM -0700 schrieb Soren Stoutner: > > I think one of the best things we could do to attract new contributors, and > to > encourage those who are currently Sponsored Maintainers to become Debian > Maintainers, and those who are current Debian Maintainers to become