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Debian needs a "mentor" for new maintainers

The recent discussion about non-free/contrib made me think that Debian needs
a "mentor" for new maintainers. The job of this person would be:

   1) Point new maintainers to the appropriate document which solves their
      question.

   2) Inform them of unwritten policy decissions which have been discussed
      before they joined.

   3) Give them a general orientation of Debian/SPI internal organization and
      goals, including an informal "who's who in Debian" overview. [I mean
      telling them who is the key people, not who is every maintainer].

   4) Write a document for the specific purpose of orienting new maintainers,
      kind of a "new maintainers FAQ".

   5) Point them to the appropriate discussion list for which their material
      is relevant. This could include giving them some general rules of
      ettiquete they would be encouraged to follow.

   6) Provide them with a "point of reference" to whom they could address
      their questions before making everybody sick of seeing the same thing
      posted 1000 times a month.

This person would not have any authority, he/she will just give some
documented advice. Maintainers would be always free to bypass the mentor
and contact any person or post into any mailing list. Nevertheless, I think
this "mentor" would have some positive influence in new maintainers and
in the good functioning of Debian in general.

I volunteer for the job if you think it is a good idea and nobody objects.
I joined Debian two years ago. Unfortunately, I have had very little time
to dedicate to it so far. However, I have silently followed discussions
in the mailing lists, except for some "blackout periods" in which all my
mail was redirected to /dev/null. I am now in the transition from passive
involvement to active involvement. And I am learning fast that they are not
the same thing :-). I think I understand well the basic points of Debian, but
this job would help me learn many details which are harder to grasp, and I
would like to pass that knowledge to others so that everyone benefits from it.

Please let me know what you think about it.

Thanks,
	Fernando


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