We do already have a couple of issues labeled as "starter" for just this
purpose. I don't care much about the actual name; there are different words
people think of ("easy-win", "starter", "newbie", "low-hanging-fruit") so
probably it would be useful to have a good Jira search linked from the
contribution guide.Kenn On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 9:10 AM, Scott Wegner <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm working on integrating FindBugs static analysis into our build, which > has uncovered a long list of outstanding issues. (JIRA > <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-176>, pull request > <https://github.com/apache/incubator-beam/pull/357>). Once integrated, I'd > like to triage the baseline issues which will be a great source of > low-hanging-fruit bugs. > > On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 3:07 AM Yash Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Great to know someone's on top of it already. > > We should encourage creating /marking minor tasks which would give new > > contributors opportunity to break the ice. > > > > Another place could be test cases for certain modules which will also > > provide knowledge of code flow. > > > > -regards > > On May 22, 2016 8:01 PM, "Jean-Baptiste Onofré" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Yash, > > > > > > During ApacheCon, I discussed with Davor to create a Jira tag: "low > > > hanging fruit" ;) > > > I did such tag in other Apache projects to encourage contribution. > > > > > > I see some potential Jira on this kind, especially documentation and > > > examples. > > > > > > Regards > > > JB > > > > > > On 05/22/2016 11:56 AM, Yash Sharma wrote: > > > > > >> Hi Experts, > > >> I have just been checking the Beam issue tracker but could not find > lot > > of > > >> minor/trivial tasks. Also many of the existing minor tasks are quite > > old. > > >> These tasks are very helpful for newbie contributions and it would be > > >> great > > >> to see some minor tasks (or a newbie label), and would serve as good > > >> starting points for fresh contributors. > > >> > > >> Thoughts ? > > >> > > >> Best Regards, > > >> Yash > > >> > > >> > > > -- > > > Jean-Baptiste Onofré > > > [email protected] > > > http://blog.nanthrax.net > > > Talend - http://www.talend.com > > > > > >
