[TWN team] (No) Easy development tasks to get involved with

Harmony harmony01 at riseup.net
Wed Dec 10 06:56:38 UTC 2014


Karsten Loesing:
>>> I still think it's a good idea to have that column, and I heard
>>> that people look at TWN for such easy coding tasks.  But the column
>>> has not produced enough new volunteers to convince me to spend the
>>> time on writing it, while at the same time neglecting other
>>> things.
>>
>> It would indeed be good to keep it.
>>
>> Is there anyone else out there who can lend a hand? I'd be happy to
>> take it over, but I worry that I don't really have the right knowledge
>> to tell what's easy or what needs to be done for each ticket.
> 
> It's not so much that you'd have to make that judgement.  That's
> something product owners can tell you.  The hardest part is to get hold
> of product owners and get them to suggest some tasks.  And then you need
> to fill in the parts they took for granted, like what their product does
> and how a new volunteer would get up to speed, and make it sound
> appealing.  Easy, eh? :)

Hmm. If we do it as a monthly thing to avoid deluging people with
possible tasks, I think I'll be able to manage it. I will try and find
some way of popping up on IRC once a month, so that I don't have to bomb
busy people with emails.


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