Re: [IDEA/PRE-RFC] PHP Core Mentorship Program

On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 15:16, David Coallier <davidc@php.net> wrote: > See response inline. > >> >> As I have nothing against a mentor program, nor something in favor of >> one, I think it should be done right from the 1st day. And to be in >> right it has to be open, by all means. Restricted lists, private >> discussions, etc. have no place in OSS projects. If you don't have >> access to the wiki to document your progress, pls request an account. >> If anything is happening or happens, it should happen in the >> respective list (doc, web, internals, pecl) and publicly. >> > > Thanks for that and we aren't talking about a "restricted" list but a > different mailing list where newcomers could browse freely and ask all > sorts of questions that might or might not have their place on the > internals list. Doesn't this fit nicely within the idea behind gsoc.. so reusing the gsoc@ list for it? >> One immediate step could be to create a 'contribute' page, >> www.php.net/contribute. This page should explain the various areas one >> could contribute (docs, tests, core, pecl, etc.) and how to get in http://no.php.net/get-involved.php Granted that page needs more work, I do believe its a good starting point. -Hannes