On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 3:20 AM, Christian Kastner wrote: > With the recent gamification of just-about-everything, I was wondering > whether following such an achievement-oriented approach, with > opportunities for contribution formulated as a list of specific tasks, > instead of general avenues, would be helpful in overcoming this initial > difficulty. (This would be in addition to mentors.debian.net and other > established avenues for entry to Debian, not a replacement).
Great idea, lets kick this off right here with a simple coding task! > Tasks > ===== > > I see a task having, at least, the following properties: > > * A specific objective (bug fix, enhancement, debugging, cleanup, > documentation, translation, ...). This should probably be tied to a > Debian bug number. I would like for check-all-the-things to have support matching files based on MIME type and most of the existing tests to have associated MIME types. https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/check-all-the-things.git > * A description of the required skills (packaging, debugging, C, ...) Python coding, git version control > * A difficulty rating (1:low to 5:very high) Relatively low (2) > * An estimation for the amount of work to be done (hours, days) 1-2 hours > * An urgency (influenced by severity, popcon, ...) Low urgency. > * A list of one or more mentors will to help. I'll help. -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAKTje6GHXPxPe0pyafxuP=fjMciS=4mr7soyctzu-wtk2o0...@mail.gmail.com

