Since Apache Flex seems to be like an impassable forest, what about adding successively a few more issues that are labeled as being easy "newbie" issues. When looking through JIRA I only could find a single issue labeled as been a good start for newbies:
T Key Summary Assignee Reporter P Status Resolution Created Updated Due FLEX-33133 SWC External Libraries included when FactoryClass is used. Unassigned Andy Moore Open Unresolved 01/Jul/12 22/Aug/12 Actions Just to compare; the Adobe Brackets project [1] [2] has included this practice successfully into their workflow. Sincerely Yours, Sebastian Mohr Apache Flex Developer (PPMC), Interaction Designer & Musician http://www.linkedin.com/in/masuland [2] https://trello.com/board/brackets/4f90a6d98f77505d7940ce88 [3] http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=2Tk7AUaExBQ