Re: Join Page
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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