Fedora ProjectHow hard do you think it would be to start contributing to the Fedora Project?
Please share why you feel that way in a reply!
Very hard to do
Somewhat hard to do
Not so hard to do
Not hard at all
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Tau 
@fedora
I daily drive Fedora and I would like to start contributing to packaging📦
The hurdles are more of a social nature for me—the new tools are definitely a challenge but overcoming that comes more naturally to me.
The documentation definitely helps, but has a lot of recursive links so getting an overview takes a minute :)
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@fedora
Joining mailing lists is a big part of that—I just *really* dislike sending emails. Not being able to edit my texts after sending causes me to overthink and spend wayy to long composing.
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@fedora
Reaching out to a potential sponsor is definitely a hurdle too, but I think once I manage to do that, a lot of the other issues are easier bc I can just ask my sponsor/mentor for help.
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Fabio Valentini@tautropfli @fedora I don't think finding a sponsor will be difficult in your case :)
SlouchyThe guidelines are extremely overwhelming at the start, but as someone who just recently went through the process of becoming a maintainer, the single most useful and insightful source were the tutorials on how to package your app. It's step by step with explanations on why you need each thing. There are two tutorials, and I'd recommend both if you haven't done them yet.
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/package-maintainers/Packaging_Tutorial/
