On Nov 11, 2007 3:21 PM, Elijah Newren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 11, 2007 3:16 AM, Sebastian Pölsterl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Who schrieb:> > > > *** In the case of 'Gnome Love' bugs - perhaps people people could > > > offer to 'mentor' on them, so anyone needing to ask questions in > > > attempts to fix them can have a ready contact. I understand, of > > > course, that time is important and it may well be quicker for that > > > mentor to fix the bug themselves - even so, perhaps it is worth it? > > > > > I totally agree on this. Each GNOME love bugs should have a mentor and a > > short explanation how to contact that mentor. If you know that you can > > ask someone who's familiar with the particular application it's much > > much easier to start contributing, instead of programming without > > "supervision" where you'll feel lost pretty soon. > > Go to http://bugzilla.gnome.org/reports/gnome-love.cgi. You'll see > the following: > > This report shows bugs marked with the gnome-love keyword. That > keyword is used as follows: > Marking a bug with this keyword means that you're willing to help > someone fix the bug, or that it should be fixable by a beginner > without any help. This should ONLY be set by a maintainer or people > familiar with the code base, and ONLY when it looks like a project > suitable for a new developer looking for a task. > snip > > Is the gnome-love keyword being misused, or are potential contributors > just unaware of this? >
I am not able to tell you whether the keywords are being misused as I do not have enough experience of what is/isn't possible and how well people respond to requests for help. Sorry BUT. on the other hand, I think the information problem is real: http://live.gnome.org/GtkLove doesn't even mention that anyone marking a bug as being a GnomeLove bug should be prepared to help a beginner to solve it (this is also likely to lead to 'misuse', I guess): "Love Bug List This list is intended as collection of bugs suitable for novice GTK+ hackers. Add items to it (adding the 'gnome-love' keyword to the bug) only if you think they could be fixed in a reasonable time frame by a free software developer without much experience in GTK+. If you are unsure, add it. Please do not use this list as a personal whishlist of issues you'd like to see fixed. " Specifically, I think that the "If you are unsure, add it" comment could lead to frustration? Also http://live.gnome.org/GnomeLove does not make it specifically clear anywhere that there are people to support anyone fixing a 'GnomeLove' bug, in contrast The 'Mentored Projects' sections is specifically mentioned, http://live.gnome.org/MentoredProjects, with mentoring being a clear component - could that page also mention that a GnomeLove bug, in it's own way, is like a mentored project? I guess just a few tweaks of both pages could be very useful here? Hope that helps, Who _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
