From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F26B01F463 for ; Fri, 20 Sep 2019 02:23:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2405310AbfITCXI (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Sep 2019 22:23:08 -0400 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([104.130.231.41]:55402 "HELO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S2404323AbfITCXH (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Sep 2019 22:23:07 -0400 Received: (qmail 12798 invoked by uid 109); 20 Sep 2019 02:23:08 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with SMTP; Fri, 20 Sep 2019 02:23:08 +0000 Authentication-Results: cloud.peff.net; auth=none Received: (qmail 5773 invoked by uid 111); 20 Sep 2019 02:25:21 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.1.7) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with (TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 encrypted) ESMTPS; Thu, 19 Sep 2019 22:25:21 -0400 Authentication-Results: peff.net; auth=none Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 22:23:06 -0400 From: Jeff King To: Derrick Stolee Cc: "git@vger.kernel.org" , Emily Shaffer , Jonathan Nieder , Johannes Schindelin , "gitster@pobox.com" , garimasigit@gmail.com Subject: Re: [DISCUSSION] Growing the Git community Message-ID: <20190920022306.GA27520@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <71fba9e7-6314-6ef9-9959-6ae06843d17a@gmail.com> <20190919221615.GA25636@sigill.intra.peff.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 10:17:57PM -0400, Derrick Stolee wrote: > > I.e., I think we want to grow the community a bit more organically, > > which should be more sustainable in the long run.> > > So I think any advertising would be more about making it clear that _if_ > > you have an idea, we're very interested in welcoming newcomers. And that > > to me falls under a lot of the points already made above: making the > > process more clear and more inviting to people who are already thinking > > about contributing. > > I guess I was vague about this. It's not "we need more people to work on > our (non-existent) backlog" but instead "if you have an interest in > contributing your (existing) ideas to Git, we welcome you with open arms!" Yeah, _that_ I'm totally on board with. Thanks again for kicking off this discussion. -Peff