From c92dc63c48413b3d905eeb62ce6d25615d82a5b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Don Armstrong Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 19:14:20 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] add newcomer tag to the BTS --- posts/newcomer_bts_tag.mdwn | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) create mode 100644 posts/newcomer_bts_tag.mdwn diff --git a/posts/newcomer_bts_tag.mdwn b/posts/newcomer_bts_tag.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1c54b2c --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/newcomer_bts_tag.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +[[!meta title="Adding a newcomer (⎈) tag to the BTS"]] + +Some of you may already be aware of the +[gift tag](https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=gift;users=debian-qa@lists.debian.org) +which has been used for a while to indicate bugs which are suitable +for new contributors to use as an entry point to working on specific +packages. Unfortunately, some of us (including me!) were unaware that +this tag even existed. + +Luckily, Lucas Nussbaum clued me in to the existence of this tag, and +after a brief bike-shed-naming thread, and some +[voting using pocket_devotee](http://git.donarmstrong.com/?p=bin.git;a=blob_plain;f=pocket_devotee;hb=fbd5071cf1eb41f9fc62325a6142dd10a41f1717) +we decided to name the new tag newcomer, and I have now added this tag +to the BTS documentation, and tagged all of the bugs which were user +tagged "gift" with this tag. + +If you have bugs in your package which you think are ideal for new +contributors to Debian (or your package) to fix, please tag them +newcomer. If you're getting started in Debian, and working on bugs to +fix, please +[search for the newcomer tag](http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=newcomer), +grab the helm, and contribute to Debian. + +[[!tag debian tech debbugs]] -- 2.39.2