+1 on changing that. "noob" is not very inviting :)
________________________________ From: Sean Busbey <[email protected]> To: dev <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 5, 2014 8:43 AM Subject: Re: what label is used for issues that are good on ramps for new contributors? The labels "introductory" or "intro" seem the most straightforward to me. Could a non-native English speaker comment on if either makes more sense (or if something else would be better still)? -Sean On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Andrew Purtell <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes we can change that. I volunteer to change it. What should the new label > be? > > > On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 7:18 AM, Jonathan Hsieh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > Best regards, > > - Andy > > Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet Hein > (via Tom White) > -- Sean
