Hi all,
I know 2 charts, 1 with good news
<https://issues.apache.org/ooo/reports.cgi?product=-All-&datasets=UNCONFIRMED>
and one with bad news:
<https://issues.apache.org/ooo/reports.cgi?product=-All-&datasets=CONFIRMED>
I think we urgently need some assistance for the core developers by
interested newbie developers Does AOO have a systematic approach how to
interest new willing developers and to make sure that they have some
sense of achievement when they start? And is that promoted at prominent
places?
Of course I know <http://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html>, but
to me that all sounds bureaucratic and not very inviting.
I think we (additionally) need an alternative approach, let's call it
"Easy Patches". My experience (as a not-developer, but engaged QA
member) is that smaller UI-patches are a nice way to get some first
experience with th code of the project; And mentoring for newbies does
not cost too much time, a simple "you find the code in xy area" and a
review of the patch should be enough in most cases.
Examples for bugs what might need an easy patch might be these [1], I
think there are a lot more.
A part of this idea is to create a short introduction in the Wiki with
an automatically generated list of such promising Easy Patch Bug
reports, some developers willing to mentor and a very short instruction
how to start some first steps to create a patch.
Ideas, concerns, interest to support something like this?
Best regards
Rainer
Used Hyperlinks:
[1]
<https://issues.apache.org/ooo/buglist.cgi?bug_id=124200%2C124186%2C124054%2C124046%2C124012%2C120850%2C89934%2C124183%2C124119%2C124035%2C123931%2C122712&list_id=123278>
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