On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 12:27 PM David <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 at 13:02, Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > debian-mentors is a useless list. No mentoring goes on there. The > > traffic seems to be bug reports. It should be called the debian-bts list > > or similar. > > This is wrong and should be ignored, for many reasons as explained by The > Wanderer. > I disagree. The debian-mentors mailing list (< https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/>) describes itself thusly: Newbie Debian contributors can seek help with packaging and infrastructure projects as well as other developer-related issues here. This list is not meant for users' questions, but for new contributors'! Now, let's look at the last two months of activity -- JAN 2026 and FEB 2026: JAN 2026 (https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2026/01/threads.html>) * 56 bug report messages. With follow ups, over 100 posts * 11 non-bug report message FEB 2026 (partial month) (< https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2026/02/threads.html>) * 16 bug report messages. With follow ups, over 20 posts * 1 non-bug report message So I stand by my statements. Additionally, it is wrong because bug report email messages sent by the > bug-tracking system (BTS) all go to the debian-release mailing list, see > here for the current month: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2026/02/threads.html > > > (I made the mistake of trying to grow my Debian skills using > > debian-mentors years ago. About all that happened was, my Inbox filled > > with bug report spam). > > Whatever happened years ago isn't relevant today. > Here's a recent example of mentoring activity on that list: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2025/12/msg00003.html > 2552419.oSCCkzQOUD@soren-desktop Jeff
