I envision this being used more at the foundation level to help people find their way to opportunities, than as a project level ticket tracker. On Feb 8, 2016 04:22, "sebb" <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8 February 2016 at 08:36, Daniel Gruno <humbed...@apache.org> wrote: > > On 02/07/2016 11:34 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > >> +1, +1, etc. > >> > >> Apache OpenOffice is overflowing with opportunities to make use of this. > >> > >> I did not notice a way to indicate that a task has been "taken" or is > completed/withdrawn. > > > > in the 'edit tasks' menu ( https://helpwanted.apache.org/admin/ ) you > > can mark any task as done when someone has started working on it, and > > it'll then disappear from the list of open tasks. > > > >> > >> (I could have missed it.) > >> > >> I assume a potential GSoC mini-project could be identified in the title > or short description, with a link to the JIRA place for further details? > The offer of mentoring could be there too. > > > > Exactly, you could simply make a task called "GSoC: Make stuff work" and > > then link to a JIRA/BZ entry with more details. > > > >> > >> Each project could have their own FAQ about general necessities of > contribution how to prepare/start, by subproject area if needed, tied into > wherever the project-level widget is displayed. > > > > Yeah, my plan is to have projects come up with a short guide on how to > > contribute to their projects, and have that added to the detailed task > > page (when someone clicks "I'm interested in this"). Contributions are > > most welcome here, I'm not sure what to write :) > > Surely the contribution guide should already be present on each > project's website or Wiki? > If not, then there should be one, and the project just needs to > provide the URL to this app. > I don't think it's a good idea to have yet another place where > projects need to provide documentation. > > > With regards, > > Daniel. > > > >> > >> The breakdown into areas of contribution is very nice. > >> > >> - Dennis > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Daniel Gruno [mailto:humbed...@apache.org] > >>> Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2016 08:23 > >>> To: dev@community.apache.org > >>> Subject: Re: Help Wanted! (it's a title, not a request!) > >>> > >>> On 02/07/2016 05:13 PM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: > >>>> I like! > >>> > >>> Yay! Glad to hear this :) > >>> > >>>> > >>>> One suggestion that does not add complexity, but just a little bit of > >>>> text. Try to quantify the Difficulty levels. Is "Journeyman" harder or > >>>> easier than "Intermediate"? Similarly, how do "Advanced" and "Expert" > >>>> compare? I suggest fewer Difficulty options, with a one sentence > >>>> explanation of each. > >>> > >>> I picked 5 because 3 sounded like too few (too big a jump between > >>> them?). There is an icon next to the difficulty level that shows which > >>> 'level' it is, from green (easy) to red (very hard). Maybe I need to > >>> make that more visible?. > >>> > >>> An explanation sounds like a great idea, and we can add that as a > >>> tooltip in the widget overview and as a line of text in the actual task > >>> details. I can get started on that right away, whereas changing to use > 3 > >>> levels might take some getting used to for me (and a bit of work to > >>> rework the existing system down to 3 levels instead of 5). > >>> > >>> Or hm, what about a small (?) next to the level which shows you what we > >>> expect this level to signify.? > >>> > >>> With regards, > >>> Daniel. > >> [ ... ] > >> > > >
