anyone remembers this from 2020?
https://hpjansson.org/blag/2020/12/16/on-the-graying-of-gnome/
> A diminishing number of veterans is doing an increasing share of the work
> Although recruitment is stable, newcomers don't seem to be their stride in terms of commit counts
My observations tell me it actually got worse since then. The struggle newcomers face in #GNOME is enormous. People get scared away or burned out extremely fast and often. I already watched a few this year, sadly efforts to support them to stay don't often succeed
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