Re: [PATCH v2] MyFirstContribution: add avenues for getting help

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Nov 19, 2019, 21:29 UTC
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1911192227280.15956@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
In-Reply-To: <20191119184919.GM23183@szeder.dev>

Hi Gábor,

On Tue, 19 Nov 2019, SZEDER Gábor wrote:

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> On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 01:45:19PM -0800, Emily Shaffer wrote:
>
> > I don't mind the idea of pushing folks to ask on the mentoring list
> > first. It's pretty well attended already - just now I count 16 list
> > members, a pretty significant majority of which are project veterans.
> > I have no problem suggesting newbies ask their questions, which others
> > probably had and solved before them, in a space separate from the main
> > mailing list.
> >
> > Of course if you want to encourage newbies to ask in any of these
> > three venues, weighted equally, I can change the language. But
> > suggesting the main list as a last resort was intentional.
>
> git@vger is the ultimate source of all wisdom :) and it is openly
> accessible for anyone for writing,

... except people with an @outlook.com address (all of their emails will bounce) and people who do not know how to suppress HTML in their emails (which I believe constitutes the vast majority)...

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> reading, and searching.  Therefore these three venues cannot be weighted
> equally, but git@vger should be the explicitly preferred venue.  Only if
> the newbie has some other preferences should the other two be
> considered; e.g. if more interactive, chatty communication is preferred,
> then try #git-devel.

Ciao, Dscho