I'd like to add to the "Getting Involved" section on jira[1] to add a pointer to issues that are a good for ramping up on HBase development.
Preferably, these would be tickets that * Have been vetted as desired and non-controversial * Are low priority so they need not be done under time pressure * Offer a view of some (small-ish) part of the code base * Require minimal information about HBase outside of the section to be fixed Before I add file a ticket and put up a patch, what label do we use to mark these tickets? Looking at jira, I can see some evidence of both "newbie"[2] and "noob"[3]. I am used to seeing "newbie" on other projects, so I had started with that label. However, it looks like "noob" is used more regularly on HBase. I worry that "noob" might be viewed as pejorative and discourage some potential contributors. [1]: http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#jira [2]: http://s.apache.org/exr [3]: http://s.apache.org/XS6 -- Sean
