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[77.189.98.165]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t13sm1992679wrw.19.2020.02.05.17.07.06 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 05 Feb 2020 17:07:07 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 02:07:04 +0100 From: SZEDER =?utf-8?B?R8OhYm9y?= To: Junio C Hamano Cc: Emily Shaffer , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v7] MyFirstContribution: add avenues for getting help Message-ID: <20200206010704.GN10482@szeder.dev> References: <20200124210148.220007-1-emilyshaffer@google.com> <20200124212602.74194-1-emilyshaffer@google.com> <20200124215628.GI6837@szeder.dev> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 03:44:40PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > SZEDER Gábor writes: > > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 01:26:02PM -0800, Emily Shaffer wrote: > >> With https://lore.kernel.org/git/20191114194708.GD60198@google.com/ we > >> now have a mentoring mailing list, to which we should direct new > >> contributors who have questions. > > > > Why should a supposedly "open" open source project direct new > > contributors to a mailing list that is not openly accessible, and even > > reading and searching its archives requires registration? > > Haven't we had that discussion when the mentoring list was launched? > > I would not prefer joining a closed list of unknown people over > coming up with a fake name and asking for help in an open list if I > had choice when interacting with an established community as a new > member, but I would understand it if preference of some people are > opposite from mine. The more important part, from my point of view, > is that we offer choices (the proposed doc update illustrates > three). I remember a discussion about whether that list and its archive should be open or closed, and I agree that offering choices is good. However, since that mentoring list requires registration, we have to carefully consider how to present it to newcomers. Openly accessible knowledge is a fundamental value, and it's the foundation of open source. Therefore, we definitely should not direct newcomers to a closed mailing list as the first option, it can only be a fallback. The text should list git@vger as the first option, since that's the only open mailing list we have, it should clearly emphasize that newcomers are very welcome, and should explicitly encourage them to post their questions here, no matter how trivial or silly they think those questions are, we'll be always glad to answer them. The closed mailing list can be mentioned third as a fallback for those who would prefer not to end up on public record right away or who have any technical issues with posting to the main mailing list.