For the "older" JIRA issues that you might be interested in, I'd suggest just to comment there. The original reporter or the component lead can easily verify it is still valid and assign it to you.
With that, Yash, welcome! We look forward to your contributions to the project. On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 11:35 AM, Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ken, > > "starter" is fine too. We just have to "document" in the contrib guide ;) > > Regards > JB > > > On 05/23/2016 08:24 PM, Kenneth Knowles wrote: > >> 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > -- > Jean-Baptiste Onofré > [email protected] > http://blog.nanthrax.net > Talend - http://www.talend.com >
