I do not seem to have permission to edit it :( (my profile id is `potiuk`).
On Mon, Nov 6, 2023 at 9:53 PM Gláucia Esppenchutz <g.esp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jarek, > > Thank you for the response, and I apology for the late reply. > > for example we could add "Project X is > > doing it for years, if you want to see effect of it - here is the link, > and > > you can go talk to them - for example on devlist or on #issue-triage > > channel on their slack etc. ). Happy to add such links to the wiki if you > > think it is a good idea. Those projects might get "mentoring" or rather > > "lead by example" function in the process. > > > I would appreciate it if you add the links and any other thoughts here. > Feel free to do it; this is live documentation! > > > Also it might be worth mentioning that for those projects (so pretty much > > everyone) that use Github, the "good first issue" is already part of the > > Github Ecosystem and tagging issues with "good first issue" label taps > into > > to that. > > I will add this info to the wiki! > > I am glad I addressed the relevance of this initiative in the wiki; this > was my main concern. > Now that I have finished most of my Master's activities, I will come back > to this subject. > > Team, please let me know if anyone also has any considerations. > > Best > Gláucia > > Em qua., 1 de nov. de 2023 às 23:31, Jarek Potiuk <ja...@potiuk.com> > escreveu: > > > I think it's a good idea to encourage other projects. I read the page and > > it very well describes the effects such tags might have (from our > > experience) > > > > One proposal - I have not seen how projects that are already doing it > might > > be used as "good examples" - but I think we will be happy to share our > > (good) experiences - and it might be a good thing to refer to some other > > projects whe are already doing it - for example we could add "Project X > is > > doing it for years, if you want to see effect of it - here is the link, > and > > you can go talk to them - for example on devlist or on #issue-triage > > channel on their slack etc. ). Happy to add such links to the wiki if you > > think it is a good idea. Those projects might get "mentoring" or rather > > "lead by example" function in the process. > > > > For example I know that most of the projects from the "data engineering" > > area that are close to us already follow that: Apache Airflow, Apache > > Beam, Apache Superset, Apache Iceberg - are all actively marking issues > as > > "good first issues" during their triaging. > > I don't speak for others but our experience is very positive - people are > > actually actively looking and "grabbing" such "good first issues" - we > also > > use them during our contribution workshops and in talks when we are > > encouraging people to contribute. > > > > Also it might be worth mentioning that for those projects (so pretty much > > everyone) that use Github, the "good first issue" is already part of the > > Github Ecosystem and tagging issues with "good first issue" label taps > into > > to that. This is also why it is part of the standard process of triaging > > issues by a number of projects. it is also is supported and encouraged by > > Github in their "Building Communities" documentations - > > > > > https://docs.github.com/en/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/encouraging-helpful-contributions-to-your-project-with-labels > > . > > So it's worth to be aware that we are not reinventing the wheel and > opening > > doors, but rather we are telling our projects how they can tap into even > > bigger ecosystem that is already there. > > > > So it's not just a "label" - it also makes the issues automatically > > discoverable and surfaced by other mechanisms that already understand > that > > "good first issue" is the way by which projects mark issues as - indeed - > > good first issues to contribute as a GitHub standard. > > > > For example all issues marked this way automatically land in the " > > *contribute*" page of the project. This page has links to contribution > > guidelines if projects have them and are often referred to by any sites > > that have advice for people to start contributing. And the more projects > > will start using it, the more "obvious" it will be for contributors that > > they can use it. It might be even worth it to see how many projects > already > > follow it. Here are the pages from the projects I mentioned > > > > * https://github.com/apache/beam/contribute > > * https://github.com/apache/airflow/contribute > > * https://github.com/apache/superset/contribute > > * https://github.com/apache/iceberg/contribute > > > > Those page also contain a nice explanation and encouragement explaining > > what it is all about: > > > > > Make your first contribution to this repository by tackling one of the > > issues listed below. > > > Read the contributing guidelines > > > Each issue displayed here is a "good first issue," selected for its > > relative approachability for first-time contributors. > > > > J, > > > > On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 11:36 PM Gláucia Esppenchutz < > glauesp...@apache.org > > > > > wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone! > > > > > > In the last BoF, we discussed the possibility of creating and > assigning a > > > "good first issue" to some Apache projects and attracting newcomers. > > > I made a small wiki page with this topic, covering the motivation, the > > > objective, and how we can start it. > > > You can find it here: > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=278465058 > > > > > > Please let me know what you think. > > > I will start doing some research on the Apache reports to try to > identify > > > potential participants. > > > I believe one of the incubator projects (Wayang) might be already > > > interested, but let me know if they can participate. > > > Have a lovely evening! > > > > > > Gláucia > > > > > > > > -- > Gláucia Esppenchutz > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Twitter: @lyuric19 > Linkedin: https://br.linkedin.com/pub/gláucia-esppenchutz/47/81a/312 >
