I'd love to tag all the pulse issues as newbie if we could.
On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 1:34 PM, Anthony Baker <aba...@pivotal.io> wrote: > Good idea! We he have a few other labels relevant to this as well: > > - newbie > - low-hanging-fruit > > Anthony > > > > On Mar 2, 2018, at 10:03 AM, Alexander Murmann <amurm...@pivotal.io> > wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I think we could make it easier for people to find tasks that can be > their > > first contribution to Geode. The wiki page on how to contribute > > <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/GEODE/How+to+Contribute> > has a > > list of suggested projects. Most of those are pretty ambitious and likely > > would be overwhelming to first time contributors. There also is a link > > to tickets > > labeled with "Starter" > > <https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20% > 3D%20Geode%20AND%20labels%20%3D%20starter%20AND%20status% > 20in%20%28Open%2C%20%22In%20Progress%22%2C%20Reopened%29>. > > I think the later is probably a much better angle for someone to start > > contributing to Geode. Unfortunately there was less than a handful of > > tickets labeled as starter tickets. > > > > My suggestion is to find tickets that strike a healthy balance between > being > > > > - simple enough that someone new to the code base can realistically > take > > them on > > - rewarding enough that someone can feel a sense of accomplishment > after > > having their PR merged > > - small enough that it can be accomplished in an evening or at most a > > long weekend > > - unlikely to result in conflicts with larger efforts that someone is > > already undertaking > > > > It would be great to have a variety of tickets that have different levels > > of complexity and required effort to allow new contributors of varying > > experience levels to start contributing meaningfully and maybe even > support > > somewhat of a progression curve for someone who wants to become a regular > > contributor or even committer. > > > > I'd also suggest to not allow the list to grow too large. If the list > gets > > bigger than 20-30 tickets it might get too hard to keep a clear grasp on > it > > and the risk of having tickets that aren't relevant anymore increases. > > Nothing would be more frustrating to a new contributor than investing > their > > personal time just to find out that it was wasted. So let's be mindful of > > not using this as a dumping ground for everything we'd like to see, but > > know we'll never get to. > > > > I already labeled a few more tickets as starter. Please feel free to > > validate that I didn't violate my own suggestions in doing so. > > > > Thoughts? > >
