[chef-dev] Re: Proposal: "Good first contrib" tag on github issues

["Julian C. Dunn" < >]

I think this is a great idea. Perhaps we should raise that at the dev meeting?

An example of a bug that I think is a "good first contribution" one:
https://github.com/opscode/chef/issues/1634

- Julian

On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Eric Helgeson 
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 wrote:
> Ohai Chefs,
>
> I saw an interesting idea on the Ratpack[0] Github issue tracker. They have
> a Tag for "Good First Contribution" for newbies to find an issue and
> contribute a patch back. It can be daunting looking through 100's of issues
> trying to find one that is simple to start and not a rabbit hole. Also the
> tag could also mean the person reporting it or who tagged it could help
> guide the person through the issue.
>
> Also this is helpful when running a Chef Hackathon or Hacker Garden[1] to
> help new people contribute back in a short amount of time.
>
> I participated in the Hacker Garden at GR8Conf, was a lot of fun to
> contribute a feature back in ~3 hours to Ratpack.
>
> Thanks,
> -Eric Helgeson
>
> [0]
> https://github.com/ratpack/ratpack/issues?labels=good-first-contrib&page=1&state=open
>
> [1] http://hackergarten.net/
>  - Different than a hackathon, not competing to win but tending the garden
> of our software community (bugs/docs/features/etc).
>



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