Please capitalize more things or put them in asteriks. I'm having
trouble understanding what it is you wish to emphasize.
--Blake
Peter Lairo wrote:
>> You have put together a list. I don't see a bunch of newbie Mozilla
>> hackers jumping on those bugs and fixing them. What makes you think
>> that if the 20 or so bugs in your list had a keyword that would be any
>> different. I'm arguing that a keywords doesn't help anything. You
>> were able to build a list without a keyword. How is a list of bugs any
>> different from a keyword query that points to a list of bugs?
>
>
> Around and around we go...
>
> BECAUSE newbie hackers do *not* know to look for easy bugs in my bug.
> How would they ever find them?
>
> BECAUSE in addition to having the *LoRiskHiReward* keyword, someone
> (like you) would have to advertize it to newbies as part of the
> introductory package (e.g., here is the code, here are the rules, here
> are some bugs (*LoRiskHiReward*) to get you started, here is this, here
> is that, etc.). Point is, it needs to be an integral part of the system
> for people (especially newbies who can initially only absorb the
> "general" rules, an cannot be expected to find some specific bug that
> has a list of *LoRiskHiReward* that was created by a non-programmr). How
> silly is that?
>
> Another thing I think is badly needed is a page with the 20 most common
> queries. That way people could learn new tricks with querying by looking
> at existing queries. Believe me, the query page is a major weak link
> (way too complicated). I would suggest:
>
> Bugs reported in last 24 hours
>
> Bugs fixed in last 24 hours
>
> Beginner bugs (*LoRiskHiReward*)
>
> Top 20 bugs with most votes
>
> etc....
>
