The consensus preferred "beginner". I have updated all unresolved issues with a label or tag "newbie" or "noob" and replaced those occurrences with "beginner". You can see the result using the JQL 'project = HBASE AND labels in (beginner)'
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 > -- Best regards, - Andy Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet Hein (via Tom White)
