Microflyer

[Joost van Baal-Ilić]

Hi James,

On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 02:14:21PM +0100, James Addison wrote:
> On Sun, 28 May 2023 at 21:10, James Addison <jay at jp-hosting.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 28 May 2023 at 08:24, Joost van Baal-Ilić
> > <joostvb-debian at mdcc.cx> wrote:
> > > Your PR has been merged, I've just built assembly.pdf locally, that works
> > > flawlessly.  So thanks for this nice work!
<snip>
> > > What could furthermore get changed is: "by a large community of
> > > volunteers" in "by a community of over 1,000 volunteers": that will
> > > likely stay true for at least 10 years.
> >
> > Yep, that seems fair.  Initially I felt that leaving the scale of the
> > community unquantified could lead people to be curious and find out
> > more for themselves.  I've included it below, and will think about it
> > more.
> >
> > ---- BEGIN FLYER ----
> > Debian is a free operating system for computers of all kinds.  It
> > offers 63,000+ packaged utilities and applications, including software
> > for businesses, programmers, scientists, educators and artists.
> >
> > Continuous improvements and timely security updates are provided by a
> > community of over 1,000 volunteers who have subject area interest and
> > expertise in the software they maintain.  All of the software source
> > code shipped by the Debian community is available for you to read,
> > edit and redistribute.
> >
> > To learn more about Debian and to obtain a copy that you can run and
> > optionally install, scan the QR code above, or visit
> > https://www.debian.org for more information.
> > ---- END FLYER ----
> 
> I've kindly been provided with commit access to the debian-flyers.git
> repository - I don't think I'm quite ready to apply my own edits
> without review, though, so I'm going to remove myself from that access
> level.  If given the ability to modify the flyer within Debian without
> collaborating, I think there's a risk I'd become less collaborative
> (and also that fewer other people would understand the content).  I
> haven't used the access to make any changes, and -- even though it
> could take significantly longer, time-wise -- I think I'll wait until
> I feel ready to become a Debian maintainer/developer, or will wait to
> have individual patches/changesets reviewed.

OK, fair enough.  You don't have any pending changes now, do you?

Give me a call once you feel ready to apply @ nm.debian.org ; I might
be able to write some blurb about your contributions.

Bye,

Joost