<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Good point, then I'd only need to put a link towards the easyfix-tagged list.<br><br></div>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. <br><br></div>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!<br><br></div>Cheers,<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 February 2015 at 04:36, Liviu Andronic <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:landronimirc@gmail.com" target="_blank">landronimirc@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 2:55 AM, André Miranda <<a href="mailto:andreldm1989@gmail.com">andreldm1989@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hello Steve,<br>
> Nice initiative, I really appreciate this, just some points for<br>
> consideration:<br>
> - You forgot to mention the most important motivation to one start<br>
> contributing IMHO, which is to fix what bothers he/she the most. Jannis<br>
> wrote a nice article about this very matter:<br>
> <a href="http://gezeiten.org/pre-2014/post/2012/11/How-to-start-contributing-to-Xfce-or-any-other-open-source-project" target="_blank">http://gezeiten.org/pre-2014/post/2012/11/How-to-start-contributing-to-Xfce-or-any-other-open-source-project</a><br>
><br>
> - I feel that the bugs reported on this page will become outdated very soon,<br>
> unless someone gets paid to fight against that :)<br>
> I wonder if there's a way to mark bugs on bugzilla as "good for starters" or<br>
> something like that and then put a link on the wiki to filter these bugs.<br>
><br>
</span>In LyX we use a 'easyfix' tag in the bug tracker. Maybe Xfce could do the same.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Liviu<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
> - This one is a bit off topic, anyway... currently the standard way to<br>
> "submit code" is via patches. With the recently created Xfce mirrors on<br>
> github, contribution becomes much more easier if we merge from there (I not<br>
> talking about push requests). So, would it be a nice idea to encourage<br>
> people to work with github or is there a compelling reason to keep brewing<br>
> patches?<br>
><br>
> - This page needs some visibility, maybe a bit word of mouth via g+,<br>
> facebook and the kind or even better, a blog entry about the matter pointing<br>
> out this page and as mentioned in another thread those blog entries should<br>
> be visible in the main page.<br>
><br>
> André Miranda<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 17-02-2015 13:22, Steve Dodier-Lazaro wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hey everyone,<br>
><br>
> In order to attract new contributors to Xfce, I'm starting a "list of easy<br>
> bugs": <a href="https://wiki.xfce.org/contribute/easybugs" target="_blank">https://wiki.xfce.org/contribute/easybugs</a><br>
><br>
> This list is not for *us* to fix, but for newcomers who would be intimidated<br>
> by more complex bugs. Of course the list is good only if populated. I<br>
> propose we aim to have 2-ish bugs per component on the list. So, if you've<br>
> got a report which you know requires little knowledge / has little potential<br>
> for breakage, and which you're too busy or lazy to fix right now, send me<br>
> the bug report and I'll add it to the list (or add it yourself :-) ).<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
> --<br>
> Steve Dodier-Lazaro<br>
> PhD Student<br>
> University College London<br>
> Free Software Developer<br>
> OpenPGP : 1B6B1670<br>
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