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Re: Formalizing teams
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: Formalizing teams |
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Mon, 03 Jan 2022 16:22:22 +0100 |
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Hi! ⛄
Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> skribis:
> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:
[...]
>> We'd have to include every language/system of importance to that list
>> (Python, Ruby, Emacs, LaTeX, Perl, etc.), no?
>
> No, only those where we already have the people who could form a team.
> There is no need for any of this to be comprehensive. It just needs to
> be an improvement over the status quo.
+1
> FWIW, I’ll gladly make it official that I could be the person to talk to
> when it comes to “R packaging”. This is already the case, but only
> those people know it who don’t really need to know this.
Yes, and…
> Advertising this kind of information or recording it somewhere where our
> tools could redirect incoming requests would be an improvement.
… yes; see also “The Tyranny of Structurelessness”. All this looks fine
to us insiders because we know the untold structure of group; to
outsiders though, it makes it harder to join. It’s about making space
for newcomers.
> I do think it’s a lack of organization, yes. Today I’m no longer
> following guix-commits, guix-patches, or bug-guix, and I’m overwhelmed
> by guix-devel and help-guix. Whenever something catches my attention
> I’ll read a bit and maybe reply. But by far the best way to get my
> attention for a review is to ask on #guix or #guix-hpc or to
> X-Debbugs-Cc (or Cc) me on emails.
I suppose people could explicitly Cc: the team you’re on when they need
specific advice or review; that should already help.
> Having some topic-specific streams I could tap into would allow me to be
> a little more proactive.
This brings a related but slightly different topic: how to let people
filter incoming patches and bug reports in general.
How does it even work on git*.com? Do they let you subscribe to
issues/merge requests that match certain patterns or touch certain
files?
Thanks,
Ludo’.