Re: Encouraging introductions for new contributors

[Michael Wall <mj...@gmail.com>]

I think this is a good idea, thanks Christopher.

On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 12:21 PM Keith Turner <ke...@deenlo.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 11:39 AM Christopher <ct...@apache.org> wrote:
> >
> > Accumulo Devs,
> >
> > It occurs to me that with the increased use of GitHub PRs, we have a
> > number of contributors which we do not have their contact email
> > addresses, and who have never participated on the mailing lists.
> > Perhaps they are not subscribed, or merely lurking. Some of these
> > contributors have their email addresses in their git logs, but others
> > might use the github noreply address instead.
> >
> > Lacking email addresses makes it hard to send invitations to these
> > people to invite them to become committers/PMC members (if/when that
> > time comes).
> >
> > To remedy this, I suggest that whenever we have a new active
> > contributor submitting pull requests, we encourage them to introduce
> > themselves on the developer mailing list, and to subscribe there. A
> > simple comment on their PR like the following should be sufficient:
> > "Hey there, thanks for contributing. If you plan to contribute
> > regularly, please consider subscribing to the developer mailing list
> > and introducing yourself to the other developers in the community."
> >
> > Does this sound like a good idea? Let me know what you think.
>
> Yes
>
> >
> > Also, if there's anybody subscribed to this list who has been
> > contributing and would like to introduce themselves, please consider
> > doing so now.
> >
> > Christopher
>