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Re: Stepping up, contributor mentoring
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Stepping up, contributor mentoring |
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Wed, 30 Nov 2016 00:40:01 +0100 |
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Graham Percival <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi all, I'm back.
Excellent news that could not have come at a better time.
> So, are there any vacancies on the Bug Squad?
I vaguely fear so. In spite of the Bug Squad's importance I've been
lousy at keeping track of it and motivating people. So I suspect people
dropped out of the Squad silently because of not feeling useful or
appreciated. I sure hope my vague handwavy impression will be proven
wrong here...
> I've signed up for sourceforge (username: gperciva). Other than that,
> my primary interest remains in organization / mentoring new
> contributors. Has anything changed in regards to that in the past
> four years?
Organization/mentoring have not been done in an organized manner but by
people picking up requests and pieces as they saw fit. Or not.
> Or shall I jump straight in? I see that "Contributor 1.4 Mentors"
> hasn't changed.
The organizational sections of the documentation have not seen much of
an update. More work has been invested in what one may call the
self-help material.
You'll probably be able to pick up annoyingly close to where you stepped
off.
> Anything else I should know? I've skimmed the past month of this
> mailing list.
Translations are not up to date apart from Romance languages: French,
Italian, Catalan are kept up pretty actively.
> (I was planning on waiting until the new year, but David's news
> made me re-evaluate my health now, and I think I have the energy
> to take on more stuff. To make a long story short: depression,
> burnout, quit academia, moved back to Vancouver, recovery. Also,
> started ballroom and swing dancing! Great fun, absolutely
> recommended, *especially* for other shy, socially anxious computer
> geeks. Despite that help, I'm still not 100% recovered, but I'm
> content with my progress, and I think that doing more volunteer
> work will help.)
Well, it will certainly be welcome. Just keep tabs on how you are
faring. You'll have one nay-sayer less around, but LilyPond is still
not a lightweight to swing about.
--
David Kastrup
- Stepping up, contributor mentoring, Graham Percival, 2016/11/29
- Re: Stepping up, contributor mentoring, Thomas Morley, 2016/11/29
- Re: Stepping up, contributor mentoring, Trevor Daniels, 2016/11/29
- Re: Stepping up, contributor mentoring,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Stepping up, contributor mentoring, Paul, 2016/11/30