Easy bugs for new contributors

[Steve Dodier-Lazaro]

Good point, then I'd only need to put a link towards the easyfix-tagged
list.

The point is, this list can only work if we collectively make the effort of
marking bugs as easy, and leave some behind at least in early release
cycles. I know for one that it's very hard to jump in in a new project when
you're not given small tasks to start with. That's why I want this list.

Right now there's only one bug on it. If you know of small tasks, features
that are not controversial but not a priority for you, please let me know!

Cheers,

On 20 February 2015 at 04:36, Liviu Andronic <landronimirc at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 2:55 AM, André Miranda <andreldm1989 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello Steve,
> > Nice initiative, I really appreciate this, just some points for
> > consideration:
> > - You forgot to mention the most important motivation to one start
> > contributing IMHO, which is to fix what bothers he/she the most. Jannis
> > wrote a nice article about this very matter:
> >
> http://gezeiten.org/pre-2014/post/2012/11/How-to-start-contributing-to-Xfce-or-any-other-open-source-project
> >
> > - I feel that the bugs reported on this page will become outdated very
> soon,
> > unless someone gets paid to fight against that :)
> > I wonder if there's a way to mark bugs on bugzilla as "good for
> starters" or
> > something like that and then put a link on the wiki to filter these bugs.
> >
> In LyX we use a 'easyfix' tag in the bug tracker. Maybe Xfce could do the
> same.
>
> Regards,
> Liviu
>
>
> > - This one is a bit off topic, anyway... currently the standard way to
> > "submit code" is via patches. With the recently created Xfce mirrors on
> > github, contribution becomes much more easier if we merge from there (I
> not
> > talking about push requests). So, would it be a nice idea to encourage
> > people to work with github or is there a compelling reason to keep
> brewing
> > patches?
> >
> > - This page needs some visibility, maybe a bit word of mouth via g+,
> > facebook and the kind or even better, a blog entry about the matter
> pointing
> > out this page and as mentioned in another thread those blog entries
> should
> > be visible in the main page.
> >
> > André Miranda
> >
> >
> > On 17-02-2015 13:22, Steve Dodier-Lazaro wrote:
> >
> > Hey everyone,
> >
> > In order to attract new contributors to Xfce, I'm starting a "list of
> easy
> > bugs": https://wiki.xfce.org/contribute/easybugs
> >
> > This list is not for *us* to fix, but for newcomers who would be
> intimidated
> > by more complex bugs. Of course the list is good only if populated. I
> > propose we aim to have 2-ish bugs per component on the list. So, if
> you've
> > got a report which you know requires little knowledge / has little
> potential
> > for breakage, and which you're too busy or lazy to fix right now, send me
> > the bug report and I'll add it to the list (or add it yourself :-) ).
> >
> > Cheers,
> > --
> > Steve Dodier-Lazaro
> > PhD Student
> > University College London
> > Free Software Developer
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> >
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