> > > Peter Tribble wrote On 02/02/07 05:23,: > > On 2/1/07, *Ben Rockwood* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > While that would be handy, we already have a > good program in place, > > its just buried. I refer to "Bite Sized Bugs". > > > > ... > > > > The idea here is that if someone sits down on a > Saturday afternoon > > and wants a challenge they pull up the list, > pull one that looks > > tasty and start working on a solution. Its got > to be super easy for > > people to get started this way. > > > > > > Actually, I think the oss-bite-sized stuff isn't > helping. I really don't > > think that > > a complete newcomer to the community is going to be > excited by a bunch > > of random bugs that ought to have been fixed years > ago. And we haven't got > > hundreds of contributors who started out that way. > Any thought that this > > process (maybe just in its current form) is a good > one is just going to stop > > us developing a good system. > > > > I think we need to advertise what projects or > communities need help at any > > point in time, and for each community or project to > identify key issues > > where extra hands would make a difference. At the > moment it's very difficult > > even for those of us who've been involved with the > project for a while > > to find this > > out, let alone someone coming in afresh. > > > So, one place for people to look at for things to do. > I absoulty think > we need to make it easier for new people to get > around our place. I > mentioned a bug bounty program (not sure I like the > term, but whatever) > to offer people some incentive to playin with some > bugs. I'm not sure > what the incentive should be, though. Any > suggestions? Or a contest of > some sort? >
The incentive would be to fix the bug database to work in open forum. ---Bob This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
