Welcome message to new contributors

[Loic Dachary <loic@dachary.org>]

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Hi Ceph,

TL;DR: I volunteer to install a bot that posts a welcome message to the first pull request of a new contributor. Unless someone else already has something ready ;-)

As a new contributor you are supposed to go thru https://github.com/ceph/ceph/blob/master/SubmittingPatches and prepare the patch accordingly. But it's a long read if you're going to fix a typo. You're probably going to forget to add the Signed-off-by: in the comment, which is the only thing you really need to comply to in this case.

The bot would listen to the pull request queue and send a welcome message to new contributors (i.e. no previous Author: commit or Signed-off-by with this name). And a gentle reminder that Signed-off-by: is required if it is missing. 

Here is a gerrit example of such a message, in the context of OpenStack:

https://review.openstack.org/#/c/94195/

Welcome, new contributor!		May 19 3:44 PM

Patch Set 1:

Thank you for your first contribution to OpenStack.

Your patch will now be tested automatically by OpenStack testing frameworks
and once the automatic tests pass, it will be reviewed by other friendly
developers. They will give you feedback and may require you to refine it.

People seldom get their patch approved on the first try, so don't be
concerned if requested to make corrections. Feel free to modify your patch
and resubmit a new change-set.

Patches usually take 3 to 7 days to be reviewed so be patient and be
available on IRC to ask and answer questions about your work. The more you
participate in the community the more rewarding it is for you. You may also
notice that the more you get to know people and get to be known, the faster
your patches will be reviewed and eventually approved. Get to know others
and become known by doing code reviews: anybody can do it, and it's a
great way to learn the code base.

Thanks again for supporting OpenStack, we look forward to working with you.

IRC: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/IRC
Workflow: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Gerrit_Workflow

Cheers
-- 
Loïc Dachary, Artisan Logiciel Libre


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