<div dir="ltr"><div>I think we should have some kind of mentorship program for the swift source. I'm confident that my following statement doesn't apply to just me:<br><br>"I'd
love to get involved in the source a lot more, and my previous efforts
to browse around and understand it a bit better have been thwarted by
lack of time, a specific goal/direction, and no proper commitment (all
my own failings of course). I'd be happy to learn the code and
implement proposals, but I really want someone to turn to when I need
some help and guidance."<br><br>In addition to the core team, I think there are a few others who know the code well enough, and who may be willing to mentor and
share that knowledge further. Having a specific mentor makes it much easier to get to a level where you feel comfortable talking to the wider development community on swift-dev for example.<br><br>There would need to be some level of self-starting bar, which would need to be supported by some documentation to read, and some simple tasks/tutorials to complete (For example create a branch which removes an existing feature and a tutorial to re-implement it, that touches a few key areas of the code-base). The swift project and the evolution process would benefit by having more potential implementors, so writing such documentation and getting-started guides should be a high priority in order to help people get more involved. Once complete, it would be great to choose a proposal, find a mentor, and start work on it under their guidance.<br><br>I believe effort focused in this area will have a high return, given the high quality and quantity of passion and talent I see in this list.<br></div></div>