+1 for using starter and starter++ On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 1:45 PM, Joey McAllister <jmcallis...@pivotal.io> wrote:
> +1 to "starter" over "newbie." I think the ++ plan makes sense, too. > > Thanks for the initiative on this, Alexander. It seems like a very valuable > effort for the community. > > On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 1:35 PM Alexander Murmann <amurm...@pivotal.io> > wrote: > > > I am glad this already revealed that we aren't consistent in what labels > we > > are using. I assume the idea of newbie++ was to facilitate a > progression? I > > really like that and would love to keep something like that. > > > > I don't think the term "newbie" is great. To me it has a little bit of a > > negative connotation. > > > > Does anyone have an issue with adopting "starter" and "starter++" > > consistently? I am happy to do the conversion work and make sure the > > communication in the wiki etc. is consistent going forward. > > > > Mike, I agree that there is probably a lot of great work that someone who > > doesn't know the code base well can do in Pulse. I'd suggest that we > still > > decide on a case by case basis. A quick glance showed a few bugs that > > probably should be tackled sooner rather than later. I'll take a pass at > > all Pulse related tickets and see if they are a good fit. > > > > On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Michael Stolz <mst...@pivotal.io> > wrote: > > > > > I'd love to tag all the pulse issues as newbie if we could. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 1:34 PM, Anthony Baker <aba...@pivotal.io> > wrote: > > > > > > > Good idea! We he have a few other labels relevant to this as well: > > > > > > > > - newbie > > > > - low-hanging-fruit > > > > > > > > Anthony > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 2, 2018, at 10:03 AM, Alexander Murmann < > amurm...@pivotal.io> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > I think we could make it easier for people to find tasks that can > be > > > > their > > > > > first contribution to Geode. The wiki page on how to contribute > > > > > <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/GEODE/How+ > to+Contribute > > > > > > > has a > > > > > list of suggested projects. Most of those are pretty ambitious and > > > likely > > > > > would be overwhelming to first time contributors. There also is a > > link > > > > > to tickets > > > > > labeled with "Starter" > > > > > <https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20% > > > > 3D%20Geode%20AND%20labels%20%3D%20starter%20AND%20status% > > > > 20in%20%28Open%2C%20%22In%20Progress%22%2C%20Reopened%29>. > > > > > I think the later is probably a much better angle for someone to > > start > > > > > contributing to Geode. Unfortunately there was less than a handful > of > > > > > tickets labeled as starter tickets. > > > > > > > > > > My suggestion is to find tickets that strike a healthy balance > > between > > > > being > > > > > > > > > > - simple enough that someone new to the code base can > realistically > > > > take > > > > > them on > > > > > - rewarding enough that someone can feel a sense of > accomplishment > > > > after > > > > > having their PR merged > > > > > - small enough that it can be accomplished in an evening or at > > most a > > > > > long weekend > > > > > - unlikely to result in conflicts with larger efforts that > someone > > is > > > > > already undertaking > > > > > > > > > > It would be great to have a variety of tickets that have different > > > levels > > > > > of complexity and required effort to allow new contributors of > > varying > > > > > experience levels to start contributing meaningfully and maybe even > > > > support > > > > > somewhat of a progression curve for someone who wants to become a > > > regular > > > > > contributor or even committer. > > > > > > > > > > I'd also suggest to not allow the list to grow too large. If the > list > > > > gets > > > > > bigger than 20-30 tickets it might get too hard to keep a clear > grasp > > > on > > > > it > > > > > and the risk of having tickets that aren't relevant anymore > > increases. > > > > > Nothing would be more frustrating to a new contributor than > investing > > > > their > > > > > personal time just to find out that it was wasted. So let's be > > mindful > > > of > > > > > not using this as a dumping ground for everything we'd like to see, > > but > > > > > know we'll never get to. > > > > > > > > > > I already labeled a few more tickets as starter. Please feel free > to > > > > > validate that I didn't violate my own suggestions in doing so. > > > > > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
