Re: [scikit-learn] Fwd: Featuring scikit-learn in Hacktoberfest 2016

2016-09-16 Thread Andreas Mueller
On 09/16/2016 06:10 PM, Nelson Liu wrote: Perhaps my experience is skewed, but I've found that lots of newcomers have difficulty finding something to work on; we'd probably want to improve ourselves in that regard if we were to expect a significant amount of new contributions from this prog

Re: [scikit-learn] Fwd: Featuring scikit-learn in Hacktoberfest 2016

2016-09-16 Thread Andreas Mueller
On 09/16/2016 06:02 PM, Jacob Schreiber wrote: I think it's always good to get more contributors, even if they only add small amounts of code and disappear. However, I'd be worried about people submitting low quality PRs in order to claim "success" and/or not following up. One month is a reas

Re: [scikit-learn] Fwd: Featuring scikit-learn in Hacktoberfest 2016

2016-09-16 Thread Nelson Liu
> I'm not sure I want to add a label. +1 on this. I'm also a bit wary of low quality pull requests, but I don't think it will be that common of an occurrence. Perhaps my experience is skewed, but I've found that lots of newcomers have difficulty finding something to work on; we'd probably want to

Re: [scikit-learn] Fwd: Featuring scikit-learn in Hacktoberfest 2016

2016-09-16 Thread Jacob Schreiber
I think it's always good to get more contributors, even if they only add small amounts of code and disappear. However, I'd be worried about people submitting low quality PRs in order to claim "success" and/or not following up. On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 5:59 PM, Andreas Mueller wrote: > Hey all. >

[scikit-learn] Fwd: Featuring scikit-learn in Hacktoberfest 2016

2016-09-16 Thread Andreas Mueller
Hey all. Wdyt (see below)? I'm always for new contributors ;) - Though it does add overhead. I'm not sure I want to add a label, but being on the page seems a good thing, I think. Adny Forwarded Message Subject:Featuring scikit-learn in Hacktoberfest 2016 Date: F