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@tylers.info 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