I think that could be expressed by having a target version set (either a version or product backlog) but no newbie tag. In my understanding triaged is indicated by the target version.
On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Jim Apple <[email protected]> wrote: > So you're suggesting that there be no label for "this is triaged and > not suitable for newbies"? > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 4:14 PM, Henry Robinson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I would strongly prefer not adding "non-newbie". It seems to have limited > > use, and is another way to increase the state space of JIRA labels, > > components, etc, etc. > > > > Let's just find some good first-patch candidates and tag them. > > > > On 20 October 2016 at 16:03, Jim Apple <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Since I have heard no objection to these tag names, I'm picking > >> "newbie" and "non-newbie". I am going to start emailing some PMC > >> members to ask them to categorize issues. > >> > >> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 9:57 AM, Jim Apple <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > How shall we distinguish between the following three classes of > issues: > >> > > >> > 1. Un-triaged ramp-up issues > >> > 2. ramp-up issues that are not for newbies > >> > 3. newbie issues > >> > > >> > We could add two tags, "newbie" and "non-newbie". We could call the > >> > second tag something other than "non-newbie", like "second-patch" or > >> > "sophomore". > >> > > >> > Thoughts? > >> > > >> > On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 10:27 PM, Marcel Kornacker < > [email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> >> Please don't add that comment. :) > >> >> > >> >> What's currently labelled ramp-up is often not a good newbie task > (and > >> >> maybe not even a good ramp-up task). The best way to identify newbie > >> >> tasks is for a few senior engineers to sift through the ramp-up tasks > >> >> and pick out maybe a few dozen that truly qualify as newbie tasks. > >> >> > >> >> I'm happy to help out with that when I get back. > >> >> > >> >> On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 6:50 PM, Jim Apple <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> >>> The Impala JIRA has 129 tasks that have no assignee, are still open, > >> >>> and are labelled ramp* (i.e. ramp-up, ramp-up-introductory, etc.). > >> >>> > >> >>> I'd like to find which of those tasks are good tasks for someone who > >> >>> is making their first Impala patch. I intend to promote those on one > >> >>> or more of : the blog, the twitter account, this list, the user > list, > >> >>> helpwanted.apache.org, and so on. > >> >>> > >> >>> The tasks should be the kind of thing that someone won't need too > much > >> >>> hand-holding on, once their have their dev environment up and > working. > >> >>> > >> >>> To do this, I was thinking of adding a comment to all 129 tasks to > ask > >> >>> the watchers of each issue if it should be labelled "newbie". This > >> >>> will send hundreds of emails, which is a bummer, but it seems to me > >> >>> like the best way to track the discussions and decisions. > >> >>> > >> >>> What does everyone think? > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Henry Robinson > > Software Engineer > > Cloudera > > 415-994-6679 >
