Developers of Sympa

[Soji Ikeda <address@concealed>]

David, I don’t stick to [newbie].

I probably misunderstood: I supposed this label is added by the user by their 
own.  If it is not, [newcomer] is better.

Regards,
— Soji

2018/01/11 19:50、David Verdin <address@concealed>のメール:

> OK, I also prefer "newcomers". This designates people new to the project, 
> but not necessarily new developers or even new to Sympa.
> 
> Soji, I feel that "newbie" is more or less the same as newcomer, so I would 
> favour newcomer for it being a little bit more formal.
> 
> If nobody complains, I suggest we adopt this term by the end of the - 
> European - day. I think Soji must not be far from going to dinner, am I 
> wrong?
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> David
> 
> 
> 
>> On 11/01/2018 05:21, IKEDA Soji wrote:
>> On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 17:29:39 +0100
>> David Verdin <address@concealed> wrote:
>> 
>>> I agree with "Beginner suitable". It's self-explanatory and could be
>>> documtented to spread the word to would-be contributors: "Try to fix a
>>> 'beginner suitable' issue first."
>> I feel [newbie] is good, because it may have effect to lower a
>> threashold againt joining newcomers.
>> 
>> However, I think one of purpose of labels is accumulating knowledge,
>> such as way of configuration in particular use case.  By this point,
>> it seems not matter whether submitter is newbie or not.
>> 
>> I have been using [question] label for this purpose, but feel not
>> fitting best.
>> 
>> 
>> On this occasion I'll write about some other labels.
>> 
>> - [design]: Created by ikedas
>>     On design (not logo design), often including external or
>>     internal changes of features.
>>     Since such issues tend to lead relatively long discussion and
>>     trials, I have been adding it for monitoring and reminder.
>> 
>> - [security]: Created by racke
>>     The issue that implies security impact. It looks not limited to
>>     direct impact to Sympa (e.g. issue #78).
>> 
>> I also use labels to compile Release Notes (NEWS.md) as following:
>> 
>> - [bug]
>>     If closed, appears on "Fixed bugs" section in NEWS.md.
>> - [design]
>>     (By now, there are no closed tickets tagged only by this label)
>> - [duplicate]
>>     Won't appear in NEWS.md.
>> - [enhancement]
>>     If closed, appears on "Implemented enhancements" section in NEWS.md.
>> - [help wanted]
>> 
>> - [invalid]
>>     Won't appear in NEWS.md.
>> - [question]
>>     If closed, appears on "Closed issues" section in NEWS.md.
>> - [security]
>>     If closed, appears on "Fixed bugs" section in NEWS.md.
>> - [wontfix]
>>     Won't appear in NEWS.md, in most cases.
>> 
>> I don't label PRs linking to some issue; individual PR is labeled.
>> 
>> Tickets without labels have to be put in appropriate section by
>> hand. That's why I eagerly label the tickets.
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> -- Soji
>> 
>> Alexandre Franke, I'm grad to see you involved.
>> 
>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> David
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 10/01/2018 17:17, Stefan Hornburg (Racke) wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>> 
>>>> we are wondering which label to use for easy issues suitable for 
>>>> beginners.
>>>> 
>>>> IMHO "help wanted" is ambigious, because it could also mean that we 
>>>> don't have the necessary knowhow
>>>> for that problem.
>>>> 
>>>> I like "Beginner suitable", which we use on the Dancer2 Git repository.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards
>>>>           Racke
>>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> "Mieux vaut viser la perfection et la rater que viser la médiocrité et 
>>> l'atteindre."
>>> - Francis Blanche
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 
> -- 
> "Mieux vaut viser la perfection et la rater que viser la médiocrité et 
> l'atteindre."
> - Francis Blanche
> 
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