On 12/13/2009 12:21 PM, steve wrote:
Hi,
This thread started with a discussion about FOSS.IN, which I had planned
on attending but unfortunately had to cancel those plans at the last
moment. Although, it now has brought out a few good points about
contribution, so I would like to submit my 2p worth.
As a packager, one of the biggest turn-offs for me used to be the
turn-around time for the reviews. I've submitted my first package for
review in F9 (or early F10), i think, but got my first one accepted
sometime in the late F10 cycle.
That's pretty fast considering the length of the review queue and yes
its one of the long standing problems. It would help if people volunteer
to do more reviews. Every package maintainer can do reviews except for
non sponsored first time review of a new package maintainer.
http://fedoraproject.org/PackageReviewStatus/
However, once i accepted the delays, it
became easier for me to just submit and wait for a review.
So, IMHO, besides generating the initial enthusiasm, it is also
important that we have a way of sustaining it. This can be done by
either setting real expectations on the delays involved for initial
contributions to get through or by decreasing in some manner these delays.
We could for instance ask new contributors to send out a mail here to
fedora-india list mentioning their BZs so that someone responds more
quickly.
I am not sure how to direct potential package maintainers to do that?
Rahul