What are some of the things that we (the DW project maintainers) did to make you feel welcome?
What's the best thing we did to help you get up to speed and contribute effectively?
The DreamHack provision. Not only got me up to speed & contributing quickly, but meant that I didn't have to overcome the "oh god first I have to make this work" hurdle (especially as at the time it wasn't running on OSX). Further, it was really easy to drop past & do another patch recently, despite not having contributed for a few months (i.e. v little getting-back-up-to-speed timesuck).
Close second: the preparedness of everyone on IRC (including both of you) to answer technical questions patiently & in whatever detail was required.
Was there anything in particular, big or small, that made you decide that DW was the kind of project you wanted to contribute to?
The very welcoming atmosphere in the IRC channel when I started hanging out there. The awesomeness of the diversity statement. That post you made on your own LJ fairly early on about creating a corner-store kind of place to be, which really resonated with me.
What are some of the things that we (the DW project maintainers) did to make you feel welcome?
Again, the atmosphere and chattiness on IRC. The care taken with patch feedback -- both doing it (fairly quickly), and being pleasant and encouraging about it. I didn't feel beaten down when my patches were rejected, because the improvements requested were clear, and the tone was one of "this is great BUT please could you fix A & B" (rather than "you suck! fix A & B").
I only intermittently have coding time atm but as and when I *do* I feel able to come back to DW & that whatever I do have time for will be welcomed & appreciated. I don't feel that I have to be always being Big Contribution Person for what I do to be worthwhile.
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What's the best thing we did to help you get up to speed and contribute effectively?
The DreamHack provision. Not only got me up to speed & contributing quickly, but meant that I didn't have to overcome the "oh god first I have to make this work" hurdle (especially as at the time it wasn't running on OSX). Further, it was really easy to drop past & do another patch recently, despite not having contributed for a few months (i.e. v little getting-back-up-to-speed timesuck).
Close second: the preparedness of everyone on IRC (including both of you) to answer technical questions patiently & in whatever detail was required.
Was there anything in particular, big or small, that made you decide that DW was the kind of project you wanted to contribute to?
The very welcoming atmosphere in the IRC channel when I started hanging out there. The awesomeness of the diversity statement. That post you made on your own LJ fairly early on about creating a corner-store kind of place to be, which really resonated with me.
What are some of the things that we (the DW project maintainers) did to make you feel welcome?
Again, the atmosphere and chattiness on IRC. The care taken with patch feedback -- both doing it (fairly quickly), and being pleasant and encouraging about it. I didn't feel beaten down when my patches were rejected, because the improvements requested were clear, and the tone was one of "this is great BUT please could you fix A & B" (rather than "you suck! fix A & B").
I only intermittently have coding time atm but as and when I *do* I feel able to come back to DW & that whatever I do have time for will be welcomed & appreciated. I don't feel that I have to be always being Big Contribution Person for what I do to be worthwhile.