On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 12:42 -0500, Alberto Passalacqua wrote:
2010/6/22 Marcus Moeller <mail@marcus-moeller.de>:
Why do you want to create such an elite selection. I would prefer some kind of mentorship (as mentioned I am hopefully going to do a workshop on that at osc). A membership applicant should be able to decide on his/her own if he/she prefers self processing (like following the guidelines on the Join page/we could learn much from Fedora on that) or would like to get mentored.
Who does the mentoring? Where are the resources to do that?
I see a contributor as someone who is autonomous enough to be able to learn and contribute. We should provide him the information he needs clearly, but mentoring seems a bit of a stretch.
Note I don't use the word "member" on purpose, because I give very limited value to the idea of membership in openSUSE for various reasons, starting from the selection criteria. It's not that important to be member, since it does not represent a true recognition of contributions to the project. It is essentially a marketing initiative, so contributors show how openSUSE itself contributes to the open source world. Nothing wrong with it, but it does not add much to the value a contributor does.
Best, A.
If you have ideas on how the membership criteria should be re-worked to add more value and credibility, I'd love to hear it. Bryen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org