[Django] #36971: Provide pathways to other contributions in first PR comment
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#36971: Provide pathways to other contributions in first PR comment
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Reporter: Timothy Schilling | Type:
| Cleanup/optimization
Status: new | Component:
| Uncategorized
Version: | Severity: Normal
Keywords: | Triage Stage:
| Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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We have several people creating PRs which makes it difficult to deliver
timely reviews. This makes contributing to Django a poor way for us to
retain long-time contributors. A person is more likely to connect with the
community in other ways such as contributing to other packages or
community organizing. I'm suggesting we update the first-interaction
github bot to note these other opportunities.
The suggested addition would be something similar to:
{{{
---
Please be aware that Django is a volunteer-driven project and the [queue
of PRs](https://dashboard.djangoproject.com/#:~:text=Patches) is long.
This means feedback can take weeks or months. In the meantime, there are
other impactful ways to contribute beyond this repository:
Thank you! Were you planning on working on this? No pressure, it's just
that currently we see ticket being grabbed by first contributors and this
may not be a good fit.
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/36971#comment:1>
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#36971: Provide pathways to other contributions in first PR comment