On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 10:46 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > > > Personally, I find the "whoever is picking it up should do the thinking" > > much too harsh for a first-time contributor who specifically came through > > the Outreachy program, i.e. expected to have a gentle introduction into > > the project, and into the ways we work. > > Oh, absolutely I agree. > > Any random discussion participant can say "left over bits" in any > random message with an idea that is left on the table. Looking for > it may narrow the set messages to be examined, but the query result > will inevitably be still full of chaff. It is not a very good match > for "gentle introduction" material for GSoC/Outreachy microprojects. > > List of reasonable low-hanging fruits is hard to maintain, as the > cost of building and maintaining such a list would easily outweigh > the cost (and fun) of picking these low-hanging fruits yourself X-<. > > I do not think of a good solution to help newcomers offhand. In the "How to find other ideas for microprojects" on https://git.github.io/SoC-2018-Microprojects/ there is already the following: "When you find something you are interested to work on, please ask first on the mailing list if it’s worth doing and if it’s appropriate for a microproject before starting to work on what you find. Even if it looks straightforward, there could be hidden reasons why it is too difficult or just inappropriate." So I think one solution to this problem is already proposed on our web site.
