Re: My responses to developers' responses

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On 25 juin 2012, at 15:48, Phil Holmes wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- From: <address@hidden>
> To: "Devel Dev" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 2:23 PM
> Subject: My responses to developers' responses
> 
> 
>> Hey all,
>> 
>> Thank you very much, Colin, for organizing these responses.
>> 
>> I think GOP2-0 is very important, and as such I'd like to send responses to 
>> certain excerpts from other people's emails.
>> 
>> DevC
>> 
>>> There's a similar problem with trying to recruit new contributors.
>>> Person 41 says "hey guys, it's easy to help!  here's a link to get you
>>> started", then person 15 immediately says "no wait, it's too hard.
>>> Don't get involved unless somebody will help you".  And then person 15
>>> and 94 start arguing about something else, so even if somebody still
>>> wanted to help out, the argument would drive them away anyway.  But
>>> just like the website problem, it seems that nobody is saying "yes, we
>>> should have new contributors, so I will help 1 person get involved and
>>> take responsibility for giving that 1 person a fair chance to
>>> contribute".
>> 
>> I agree.  I do not believe that saying "it's too hard" is a good solution. I 
>> am more than willing to help people this way - I am officially naming myself 
>> as "New Contributor Czar" and will propose a patch in an hour that 
>> advertises this on the website.
> 
> I think "Frog meister" is the official term.

Is there a current Frog meister? I'd be happy to take it off their hands.

Cheers,
MS