[debian-mysql] Contacting the Debian MySQL/MariaDB Team

[Otto Kekäläinen]

Hi Andreas!

Sorry for the delay in replying.

Currently I am the main maintainer for MariaDB and Lena is for MySQL.
I believe Lena is employed by Canonical and doing packing work
professionally. All my work in Debian as a fully volunteer based,
although my employer (AWS) has a relationship with MariaDB (AWS
systems are Fedora based so they have no interest in MariaDB in Debian
and do not sponsor Debian work). There are also some database
connectors under the team umbrella but their maintainers are currently
quite passive.

In particular the main MariaDB Server package has a lot of users, and
thus a bunch of drive-by-contributions. I try to facilitate growing
contributors by rewarding all code submissions with fast turnaround on
reviews.

Upstreams are also fairly active in following up on reported issues.

I don't think the team needs anything special. As Debian Leader your
time is probably spent best focusing on the overall
org/infrastructure. You don't need to worry at least for these
packages. Thanks for checking up though!

- Otto


On Mon, 20 May 2024 at 09:13, Andreas Tille <andreas at an3as.eu> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to officially contact all our teams to learn about potential
> issues that might affect your work.  I would love to learn how you
> organise / share your workload.  If you do some regular meetings - be it
> on IRC, video conference or whatever I'm interested in joining one of
> your next meetings.
>
> Like previous DPLs, I'm open to any inquiries or requests for
> assistance. I personally prefer public discussion whenever possible, as
> they can benefit a wider audience. You can find a list of contact
> options at the bottom of my page on people.d.o[1].
>
> I prefer being offline when I'm away from my keyboard, so I don't carry
> a phone. In urgent situations, I can provide the number of my dumb
> phone, though it may not always be within reach. Feel free to ping me
> via email if I don't respond promptly to ensure I address your concerns.
>
> Please let me know whether I can do something for you.  I'm fine joining
> your IRC channel if needed but please invite me in case I should be
> informed about some urgent discussion there since I normally do not lurk
> on this channel.
>
> I'd also like to inform you that I've registered a BoF for DebConf24 in
> Busan with the following description:
>
>   This BoF is an attempt to gather as much as possible teams inside
>   Debian to exchange experiences, discuss workflows inside teams, share
>   their ways to attract newcomers etc.
>
>   Each participant team should prepare a short description of their work
>   and what team roles (“openings”) they have for new contributors. Even
>   for delegated teams (membership is less fluid), it would be good to
>   present the team, explain what it takes to be a team member, and what
>   steps people usually go to end up being invited to participate. Some
>   other teams can easily absorb contributions from salsa MRs, and at some
>   point people get commit access. Anyway, the point is that we work on the
>   idea that the pathway to become a team member becomes more clear from an
>   outsider point-of-view.
>
> I'm sure not everybody will be able to travel this distance but it would
> be great if you would at least consider joining that BoF remotely.  I'll
> care for a somehow TimeZone aware scheduling - if needed we'll organise
> two BoFs to match all time zones.  I'm also aware that we have pretty
> different teams and it might make sense to do some infrastructure
> related BoF with your team and other teams that are caring for Debian
> infrastructure.
>
> I have some specific questions to the Debian MySQL/MariaDB team.
>
>   - Do you feel good when doing your work in MySQL/MariaDB team?
>   - My impression is that the workload is basically carried by Otto.
>     I'd love if you could falsify my impression which could be wrong
>     since I'm not very well informed about mysql/mariadb.
>   - Can I do anything for you?
>
> Kind regards and thanks a lot for your work
>    Andreas.
>
>
> [1] https://people.debian.org/~tille/
>
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