From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jonathan Nieder Subject: Re: Helping on Git development Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:32:03 -0500 Message-ID: <20110914213202.GA20473@elie> References: <7vehzjugdz.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Andrew Ardill , Eduardo D'Avila , git@vger.kernel.org, git@packages.debian.org To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Sep 14 23:32:27 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R3x4D-0003sf-DM for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:32:25 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757469Ab1INVcT (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:32:19 -0400 Received: from mail-iy0-f174.google.com ([209.85.210.174]:52096 "EHLO mail-iy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755922Ab1INVcS (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:32:18 -0400 Received: by iaqq3 with SMTP id q3so467938iaq.19 for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:32:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=Iq+3lyW7RMVWSCZAPcSaQF3zDqclsnaJWMBuNXZs9ik=; b=BYnvuIGJaDNItfmU9uEtGZYJ2q+GSmCN0k2mgeqFOX5NiIE97hBDWRXv4sAcUXAkd6 2Zpa9cxYV3QRFoHv/1Rh/i77QZPrn/ltDIvyqLob9mK//5Y/rncaT6ztHVY8/HSKG2zI Ir5CvAG339ghrNXTBWjNzG1WONJQ0wLL9YL40= Received: by 10.231.61.149 with SMTP id t21mr518507ibh.46.1316035936468; Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:32:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from elie (99-120-124-35.lightspeed.cicril.sbcglobal.net. [99.120.124.35]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id a11sm1702481ibg.3.2011.09.14.14.32.14 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:32:15 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7vehzjugdz.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21+46 (b01d63af6fea) (2011-07-01) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Junio C Hamano wrote: > As to contributing to the project, right now, I think we have enough > people who want to write code and documentation for Git, but what we lack > are bandwidth to (this is not meant to be an exhaustive list): [...] > - distilling random wishes from the end user community while winnowing > chaffs that are unrealistic or do not fit well with the grand scheme of > things, to come up with a concrete proposal and a patch series [...] > - dig list archives to point people at age-old discussions to non-issues > that have long been resolved to squelch noise; and > > - remind original submitter, people who were involved in the discussion, > and people who should have been involved but who weren't, of a worthy > but stalled topics from time to time. I also should (reluctantly) mention that the Debian bug tracker has been accepting bugs from outsiders and provides a service like this. Caveats: - it only tracks bugs that affect Debian (usually meaning platform-independent bugs). Occasionally bugs from Windows users have been reported there and it's been okay. - the interface might seem quirky if you're not used to it. Documentation is at http://www.debian.org/Bugs/ - no guarantee of a quick response. When there is a response, usually it is "here are some thoughts; now let's take this to git@vger.kernel.org". - if the bugtracker gets swamped with reports from outside without manpower to match, the policy re bugs from outside Debian might change. Bug listing: [1]. To subscribe to receive bug reports by email: [2]. Thoughts welcome, as always. Jonathan [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?src=git;include=tags:upstream;exclude=tags:fixed-upstream;exclude=tags:moreinfo;exclude=severity:wishlist [2] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/resources.html#pts-commands Summary: an email to pts@qa.debian.org whose body contains the two lines "subscribe git", "keyword git = bts" would do the trick.