We've just used 'noob', and in other cases marked the issue as 'trivial'. If we really wanted to remove any perceived stigma away we'd called them 'starter' or 'intro' issue to remove negative connotation. If others agree we can chage this.
Jon. On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 6:43 AM, Sean Busbey <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- // Jonathan Hsieh (shay) // HBase Tech Lead, Software Engineer, Cloudera // [email protected] // @jmhsieh
