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Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:06:46 +0400
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To: Alexey Shein <confik@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [IDEA/PRE-RFC] PHP Core Mentorship Program
From: iftecan2000@gmail.com (Ifthikhan Nazeem)

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Sounds like a great idea. I have always wanted to contribute but did not
find a structured way to incrementally build my knowledge of the internals.
This might be a great way to attract new devs.


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On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Alexey Shein <confik@gmail.com> wrote:

> Really great idea. I'd like to be a part of it (as a newcomer of course :))
>
> 2011/6/10 David Coallier <davidc@php.net>:
> > Hey all,
> >
> > Let me start by saying that this is merely an idea I'm trying to put
> > together and before doing so, I need to see who would be interested.
> >
> > A short while ago, the Python community created something called "The
> > Python Core Mentorship Program" [1][2] which is essentially an attempt
> > to lower the barrier of entry to the Python core for new developers,
> > students, etc. and connect everyone together in a more cohesive manner
> > where people actually talk and interact. I strongly believe in such
> > initiative and believe this is something we should also think about.
> >
> > Simply put, I'd love to put something together for the PHP
> > core/internals where the goals of the program would be, not unlike the
> > Python project, to get a few internals (Zend Contribs (Stas are you
> > reading this? :P), Core contribs, PECL extensions developers,
> > documentation maintainers) to be willing to help newcomers and provide
> > a more comprehensive understanding of the contribution processes,
> > internal trickeries, optimisations, etc.
> >
> > The general idea is to create a channel between the rest of the world
> > and the internals of PHP where more experienced developers can
> > transfer their knowledge and get a fresh perspectives from new
> > developers that haven't approached the core before.
> >
> > Before continuing further into exploring this idea, we need to get
> > volunteer mentors. The mentee process is likely to get a self-managed
> > one and the mentors' role will hopefully be rather low in terms of
> > time consumptions and the roles of the mentor will most likely be:
> >
> >  - Introducing new developers to the processes
> >  - Answering questions
> >  - Helping with code review of patches
> >
> > Again, like the Python program and similarly to the GSOC projects, we
> > should have a mailing list (restricted) dedicated only to the mentor
> > (php-mentorship?) where anyone can ask the simpler questions. From
> > this mailing list we should also be able to construct a solid baseline
> > for new developers contributing to PHP. From the mailing list, we'll
> > see what questions are coming over and over again we'll be able to
> > build a wiki-faq-like sections for new contributors.
> >
> > I digress and here's what I'm hoping to achieve with this email: I
> > want to get a few contributors from various aspects of the core
> > including docs and pecl extensions willing to help new people. If you
> > are interested, please raise your voice and if enough interest is
> > displayed I'll get a proper wiki section started.
> >
> > Furthermore, one thing I am hoping this program will help bring is not
> > only a stronger interest in the core and a fresh injection of talent
> > but more importantly I hope we'll be able to contributors from our
> > various communities that are scattered across the internet that barely
> > ever interact with the internals.
> >
> > Hoping this email reaches as many of you and that my message is
> > properly conveyed :-)
> >
> > P.S. This is really an attempt to find volunteers. If you are interested
> please
> > feel free to contact me directly if you prefer so we can start organising
> > whatever would have to be done: davidc@php.net
> >
> > References:
> > [1]: http://pythonmentors.com/
> > [2]:
> http://jessenoller.com/2011/03/25/just-proposed-python-core-mentorship-program/
> >
> >
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