On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 12:36 -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:56:39 -0400, > Chris Tyler <chris@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Mozilla has recently added a 'student-project' keyword[0] to their > > bugzilla to identify bugs and RFEs that are good candidates for student > > projects -- they have a moderate scope (not trivial, but doable in a > > month or two), they're not release-blocking, and there is an interest in > > getting them done (the community will help with questions). > > > > I think this is a great idea, and propose we add a similar keyword to > > the Fedora bugzilla (since it's also the Red Hat bugzilla, the keyword > > should probably be 'fedora-student-project'). This would be useful for > > schools seeking student projects[1] and helpful when putting together > > summer coding ideas[2]. > > > > What does the list say? > > It doesn't sound like the right place to me. > I think a wiki area for new participants with links to various kinds of > projects they might help with is a better way to direct people to things > they can help with. > The wiki already has a start to this where new people can categorize themselves > and find at least some information of particular interest to them. I haven't > followed those links very far, so i don't know what level of detail is there. Let me expand on what I'm thinking (I'm teaching in this space): - Having a bugzilla keyword doesn't negate the need for a wiki page, it simply makes it easier to find ideas with which to populate the wiki page. If you're already working in bugzilla, "add a keyword" requires a lot less activation energy than "go to this wiki page and add a section". - This is different from the "good-first-bug" or "trivial" flags some projects have -- I'm proposing this for things with a bit of meat, but which are within the grasp of undergraduate students (though it's incredible what some students can do in a few months). -- Chris -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
