It was clear! No worries! Robert Kern
On Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 11:47 AM Paul Hobson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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