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

On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 10:29:43PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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:

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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)...

And I believe that that "vast majority" will never try to contribute
to Git, and thus doesn't matter.

quoted

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.