Hey, On 11.07.24 20:22, Knurpht-openSUSE wrote:
Op donderdag 11 juli 2024 19:51:44 CEST schreef Henne Vogelsang:
On 11.07.24 18:43, Knurpht-openSUSE wrote:
If getting new contributors ( like Tony is fyi )is that important, IMNSHO approaching them like this doesn't help.
Like what? Please elaborate...
I could easily read it as questioning the user's motivations. Like some others did. A the-eyes-of-the- beholder story.
Of course I don't question anyone's motivations. Good that we cleared this up for you! Here's a tip for the future around here: When working/discussing together in our community it is best to assume good, rather than malicious intent :-) We are a diverse group of people from many cultural and social backgrounds.
Can we agree that new contributors need to feel welcome? That their best motivation is them enjoying what they do.
How can we not agree on this? It's one of our guiding principles.
That manually getting new contributors in ( which I have been and am actively doing ) becomes harder when they get questioned ( not you specific ) in a "Who are you?" tone.?
See above why you are wrong in many ways about this...
Mind, Henne, like you I also feel that the biggest issue the one of getting new, committed contributors, but if I count the number of people that were ready to start or had already started, yet stepped away disappointed, there IMNSHO is a very good reason for the Project to have a look at how we've been doing things ourselves.
Sure, we all agree things need to change. Now we should also reach a shared understanding of *what* needs to change. This is what we are discussing here... Henne -- Henne Vogelsang http://www.opensuse.org Everybody has a plan, until they get hit. - Mike Tyson