I did some editing on the Join Page[1] and stripped the following:
* Reference to downloading the client-side SSL cert from FAS, which I think is now exclusively used by packagers. (I may be wrong, feel free to correct me) * Reference to creating a SSH key. Creating an SSH key, while important for docs-writers, isn't a requirement for docs, and something that could likely be handled easier with some hand holding rather than being listed as a requirement before getting to put your toes in the water.
Additionally - I'd like to solicity input on removing d-c-l from the requirements list. d-c-l has a ton of traffic near release (I've had days where I've generated 400+ messages to d-c-l, and John has had days that make mine pale by comparison.) I fear that the unsuspecting new contributor will be overwhelmed with messages, and feel overwhelmed by joining. Anyone think that this should be abolished, or should we just add an admon??
Thanks
David Nalley
[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Joining_the_Docs_Project#Signing_Up
On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 10:54:31PM -0400, David Nalley wrote:
Additionally - I'd like to solicity input on removing d-c-l from the requirements list. d-c-l has a ton of traffic near release (I've had days where I've generated 400+ messages to d-c-l, and John has had days that make mine pale by comparison.) I fear that the unsuspecting new contributor will be overwhelmed with messages, and feel overwhelmed by joining. Anyone think that this should be abolished, or should we just add an admon??
+1 to not requiring subscription to d-c-l. There's not really a reason to be subscribed to it just to be in the docs group.
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 4:54 AM, David Nalley david.nalley@fedoraproject.org wrote:
Additionally - I'd like to solicity input on removing d-c-l from the requirements list. d-c-l has a ton of traffic near release (I've had days where I've generated 400+ messages to d-c-l, and John has had days that make mine pale by comparison.) I fear that the unsuspecting new contributor will be overwhelmed with messages, and feel overwhelmed by joining. Anyone think that this should be abolished, or should we just add an admon??
I agree 100%. If it was not for filters I would go crazy some days trying to work thru all of the traffic on d-c-l. It could be very scary for a new contributor.
On 06/08/2010 08:24 AM, David Nalley wrote:
Additionally - I'd like to solicity input on removing d-c-l from the requirements list. d-c-l has a ton of traffic near release (I've had days where I've generated 400+ messages to d-c-l, and John has had days that make mine pale by comparison.) I fear that the unsuspecting new contributor will be overwhelmed with messages, and feel overwhelmed by joining. Anyone think that this should be abolished, or should we just add an admon??
Thanks for doing this. High traffic commits list is marked as such and is just a recommendation rather than a requirement in the package maintainers join page.
Rahul
On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 10:46:27AM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
On 06/08/2010 08:24 AM, David Nalley wrote:
Additionally - I'd like to solicity input on removing d-c-l from the requirements list. d-c-l has a ton of traffic near release (I've had days where I've generated 400+ messages to d-c-l, and John has had days that make mine pale by comparison.) I fear that the unsuspecting new contributor will be overwhelmed with messages, and feel overwhelmed by joining. Anyone think that this should be abolished, or should we just add an admon??
Thanks for doing this. High traffic commits list is marked as such and is just a recommendation rather than a requirement in the package maintainers join page.
Agreed, this content is not really useful to a new contributor until they understand our process better and participate in it more regularly. Some contributors find it useful but it shouldn't be a joining requirement.
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