Ross Gardler wrote:
I propose that we should be working with projects to encourage them to
"tag" issues in JIRA that are suitable for various types of
introductory activities. So, for example, we might have:
- mentor (indicating that this is a fairly major task for which a
mentor is available)
- entry (indicating that this is the kind of thing someone with
reasonable development skills can tackle whilst learning about the
project)
- non-tech (indicating that this is ideal for someone without fully
developed IT skills)
Derby currently has a field for "Newcomer" which is a term I think we
snagged from another project, but I don't remember which one. It is
listed as a checkbox under Issue and fix info. I think Newcomer combine
non-tech and entry though. I think that is ok as usually that aspect
is clear as you drill down in the issue. I think it is ok to combine
the two. For "mentor" I think it would be good to make it "mentor
available" which is a bit longer but clarifies that it is not an issue
looking for a mentor, but rather an issue looking for a mentee.
