Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Gentoo Support Everywhere

[AllenJB <gentoo-lists@allenjb.me.uk>]

Jesús Guerrero wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> This is a request for comments on a new project,
> namely "Gentoo Support Everywhere".
> 
> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gse/
> 
> The web page doesn't really explain all the background
> needed to understand why would anyone want to start such
> a project. However this forum thread might be more
> clarifying:
> 
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-762914.html
> 
> The initial aim is to provide some support to these lost souls
> that wander around the LQ forums, and to create a Gentoo
> subforum at LQ like many other distros do. However, eventually
> the support might be extended to other places if there's a
> need and enough human power to do so.
> 
> Comments welcome, and thanks for reading.
> 

After reading everything so far, basically as far as I can see this 
project exists solely to provide a capacity for an "official" presence 
on LinuxQuestions (and perhaps other sites later). Of the current 
membership it appears to be taking up no time.

However, is an entire standalone project for this necessary? Could this 
not just be coordinated as a task of userrel (or perhaps forum 
moderators, as suggested earlier)? What purpose does having a standalone 
project have over doing this within an existing project?

Specifically in relation to the LQ sub-forum, will the members of the 
project be moderating that sub-forum? Or is their task purely to help 
there and moderation is left to the LQ moderators?

How will you ensure that an official presence is maintained in the long 
run? While it's all well and good to say that the current members are 
spending their time there anyway, but what happens in 3+ years time when 
they move on. As I see it Gentoo is left with a (semi-)official 
sub-forum that it created but no longer supports - How will this reflect 
on Gentoo as a whole?

Will you be intending to recruit some sort of "official helpers" (who 
are probably already active on these forums)? Would they become members 
of the project (and thus Gentoo Staffers/Developers)? What privileges 
would these project members have within the Gentoo Development sphere?

AllenJB