Re: [openstack-dev] Interested in attracting new contributors?

2014-02-14 Thread Victoria Martínez de la Cruz
Hi all, I think we should separate between mentoring efforts and documentation. For the first one, is true that there are always tons of tasks to do but sometimes a beginner won't find them because they are not familiar with the workflow neither with the community. People that is not involved

Re: [openstack-dev] Interested in attracting new contributors?

2014-02-14 Thread Luis de Bethencourt
On 14 February 2014 07:06, Victoria Martínez de la Cruz victo...@vmartinezdelacruz.com wrote: Hi all, I think we should separate between mentoring efforts and documentation. For the first one, is true that there are always tons of tasks to do but sometimes a beginner won't find them

Re: [openstack-dev] Interested in attracting new contributors?

2014-02-13 Thread Julie Pichon
Dolph Mathews dolph.math...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Julie Pichon jpic...@redhat.com wrote: I can definitely sympathise with the comment in Stefano's article that there are not enough easy tasks / simple issues for newcomers. There's a lot to learn already when

Re: [openstack-dev] Interested in attracting new contributors?

2014-02-13 Thread Ben Nemec
On 2014-02-12 15:34, Adrian Otto wrote: On Feb 12, 2014, at 12:41 PM, Ben Nemec openst...@nemebean.com wrote: On 2014-02-12 13:48, Adrian Otto wrote: On Feb 12, 2014, at 10:13 AM, Ben Nemec openst...@nemebean.com wrote: On 2014-02-12 09:51, Jesse Noller wrote: On Feb 12, 2014, at 8:30 AM,

Re: [openstack-dev] Interested in attracting new contributors?

2014-02-13 Thread Jeremy Stanley
On 2014-02-12 14:42:17 -0600 (-0600), Dolph Mathews wrote: [...] There's a lot of such scenarios where new contributors can quickly find things to contribute, or at lest provide incredibly valuable feedback to the project in the form of reviews! [...] I heartily second the suggestion. The

Re: [openstack-dev] Interested in attracting new contributors?

2014-02-13 Thread Luis de Bethencourt
On 13 February 2014 21:09, Jeremy Stanley fu...@yuggoth.org wrote: On 2014-02-12 14:42:17 -0600 (-0600), Dolph Mathews wrote: [...] There's a lot of such scenarios where new contributors can quickly find things to contribute, or at lest provide incredibly valuable feedback to the project

[openstack-dev] Interested in attracting new contributors?

2014-02-12 Thread Julie Pichon
Hi folks, Stefano's post on how to make contributions to OpenStack easier [1] finally stirred me into writing about something that vkmc and myself have been doing on the side for a few months to help new contributors to get involved. Some of you may be aware of OpenHatch [2], a non-profit

Re: [openstack-dev] Interested in attracting new contributors?

2014-02-12 Thread Jesse Noller
On Feb 12, 2014, at 8:30 AM, Julie Pichon jpic...@redhat.com wrote: Hi folks, Stefano's post on how to make contributions to OpenStack easier [1] finally stirred me into writing about something that vkmc and myself have been doing on the side for a few months to help new contributors to

Re: [openstack-dev] Interested in attracting new contributors?

2014-02-12 Thread Ben Nemec
On 2014-02-12 09:51, Jesse Noller wrote: On Feb 12, 2014, at 8:30 AM, Julie Pichon jpic...@redhat.com wrote: Hi folks, Stefano's post on how to make contributions to OpenStack easier [1] finally stirred me into writing about something that vkmc and myself have been doing on the side for a few

Re: [openstack-dev] Interested in attracting new contributors?

2014-02-12 Thread Dolph Mathews
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Julie Pichon jpic...@redhat.com wrote: I can definitely sympathise with the comment in Stefano's article that there are not enough easy tasks / simple issues for newcomers. There's a lot to learn already when you're starting out (git, gerrit, python,

Re: [openstack-dev] Interested in attracting new contributors?

2014-02-12 Thread Ben Nemec
On 2014-02-12 13:48, Adrian Otto wrote: On Feb 12, 2014, at 10:13 AM, Ben Nemec openst...@nemebean.com wrote: On 2014-02-12 09:51, Jesse Noller wrote: On Feb 12, 2014, at 8:30 AM, Julie Pichon jpic...@redhat.com wrote: Hi folks, Stefano's post on how to make contributions to OpenStack

Re: [openstack-dev] Interested in attracting new contributors?

2014-02-12 Thread Adrian Otto
On Feb 12, 2014, at 12:41 PM, Ben Nemec openst...@nemebean.com wrote: On 2014-02-12 13:48, Adrian Otto wrote: On Feb 12, 2014, at 10:13 AM, Ben Nemec openst...@nemebean.com wrote: On 2014-02-12 09:51, Jesse Noller wrote: On Feb 12, 2014, at 8:30 AM, Julie Pichon jpic...@redhat.com wrote: