Thanks for the context. In case it wasn't clear, I wasn't disparaging numpy for not having a "good first issue" tag. I only mentioned it to encourage the OP to look for it in other, more accessible projects. -Paul
On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 6:14 PM Robert Kern via NumPy-Discussion < [email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 11:53 AM Paul Hobson via NumPy-Discussion < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> A lot of projects will have issues tagged as something like "Good first >> issue". Numpy doesn't do that, but they do tag their documentation issues >> as such: >> >> https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A%2204%20-%20Documentation%22 >> > > We have "sprintable" issues, instead, which occupies a distinct but > similar niche; small, well-specified fixes that could be made with a short > effort, but probably with some guidance. However, we chose that over "good > first issue" deliberately because they are usually not any more > "beginner-friendly" than other issues. NumPy is a mature project sitting at > the bottom dependency of a lot of tech stacks. The kinds of work that needs > to be done on it frequently involve judgement calls, rather than coding > skills, that need to be made with experience at least using numpy and its > ecosystem for a good while. We're not the best project for those who are > new to open source (this is a statement about us, not a value judgement on > those new contributors). > > That said, you can take a look at the set of sprintable issues, and if one > of them leaps out at you as something you specifically know about and care > about, that you have run into yourself, you may well be the person in the > best position to address it. > > > https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20(label%3Asprintable%20OR%20label%3A%22sprintable%20-%20C%22) > > -- > Robert Kern > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/numpy-discussion.python.org > Member address: [email protected] > -- I've got a new email address. Please use [email protected]
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