Re: [DISCUSSION] Growing the Git community
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
- Date
- Sep 20, 2019, 02:23 UTC
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- <20190920022306.GA27520@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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- <d13a8d01-065b-bfff-d279-c57cd0c0f7c9@gmail.com>
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 10:17:57PM -0400, Derrick Stolee wrote:
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> > I.e., I think we want to grow the community a bit more organically, > > which should be more sustainable in the long run.> > > So I think any advertising would be more about making it clear that _if_ > > you have an idea, we're very interested in welcoming newcomers. And that > > to me falls under a lot of the points already made above: making the > > process more clear and more inviting to people who are already thinking > > about contributing. > > I guess I was vague about this. It's not "we need more people to work on > our (non-existent) backlog" but instead "if you have an interest in > contributing your (existing) ideas to Git, we welcome you with open arms!"
Yeah, _that_ I'm totally on board with. Thanks again for kicking off this discussion.
-Peff