If you visit JIRA's Issue Navigator (https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa), then select CouchDB in the project field and "Easy " in the skill field. Direct link at [1].
[1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&jqlQuery=project+%3D+COUCHDB+AND+resolution+%3D+Fixed+AND+%22Skill+Level%22+%3D+%22New+Contributors+Level+%28Easy%29%22 On 11 April 2012 13:06, Timothy Chen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tim, > > I'm a new comer that want to but haven't contributed yet. > > Where are the easy bugs? > > Thanks, > > Tim > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 5:46 PM, Tim McNamara > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> After chatting with Noah S on Twitter, I offered to jot up some >> thoughts on things that my reduce or eliminate perceived barriers to >> entry to work on CouchDB. >> >> Here are a few things that I've been able to think of. In the course >> of researching this mail though, I've actually answered many of my own >> questions. >> >> "serious business" >> A database seems like the kind of project that only extremely talented >> people would touch. People depend on the code working. Getting started >> would require quite a bit of confidence. Am I good enough? >> >> >> "Erlang, wtf" >> This is a barrier that I've been facing for a while. I'm actually in >> the process of learning Erlang, trying to expand my horizons from >> Python. Still, a new language makes it harder to have the required >> confidence. >> >> >> "I still don't understand rereduce" >> I'm personally not 100% clear on how queries work. This is even after >> using the db for a while. I don't want to look like a stupid idiot in >> front of great developers. Therefore, there's a high risk of offering >> suggestions and getting told to "RTFM" >> >> >> "Where are the easy bugs?" >> [solved] >> >> >> "wow, big code base" >> Is there any documentation on how to project is laid out? Stepping >> into a new project is always a little daunting. >> >> >> "Apache project?" >> As someone outside of the ASF, I don't really know what contributing >> on an Apache project means. >>
