Re: Get Involved page

[Jason Baldridge <ja...@gmail.com>]

I think this is a great idea. This will also be a useful resource for ideas
for students doing projects in my courses.

Jason

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 4:58 AM, Jörn Kottmann <ko...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 11/21/11 11:50 AM, Aliaksandr Autayeu wrote:
>
>>
>>>   I agree, I understand your point below, but even the list from JIRA is
>>>>>
>>>> better than nothing. I don't know how to get it. Probably I can figure
>>>> it
>>>> out, but still if there would be a link that would be easier.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  +1 to add such a list, the Mahout people use tags to label jiras which
>>> are suitable for new contributors. We could also do that and set up a
>>> filter
>>> which shows these jiras only when clicking on a link.
>>>
>> Good idea. Which label do they use?
>>
>>
>>
>>  Basically, I see two parts of it:
>>>
>>>> 1) itemized list of ideas for new stuff, a wishlist or roadmap kind of
>>>> thing
>>>> 2) list of JIRA issues: bugs, nuisances, feature requests and other
>>>> 3) probably a permanent and a separate, evergreen item: documentation :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  +1 sounds good.
>>>
>>> Would you place it on the Get Involved page or should we make a new page
>>> for that e.g. "Contributions Wanted"
>>>
>> I would put it into Get Involved, it seems like it will be 2 paragraphs:
>> one with a list and one with a link. However, if 1) from above is large
>> enough (which is up to you and other familiar with the code base to see)
>> then it might deserve a separate page.
>>
>>
> Yeah, lets put it on the Get Involved page, if it gets too long one day we
> can
> split it and move the part about contributions to a new page.
>
> The label is MAHOUT_INTRO_CONTRIBUTE.
>
> See this mail from Grant:
> http://mail-archives.apache.**org/mod_mbox/mahout-dev/**
> 201110.mbox/%3CD88FAECD-907C-**466A-BA31-941DF867E3E4@apache.**org%3E<http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/mahout-dev/201110.mbox/%3CD88FAECD-907C-466A-BA31-941DF867E3E4@apache.org%3E>
>
> Not sure how it worked out.
>
> Jörn
>



-- 
Jason Baldridge
Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics
The University of Texas at Austin
http://www.jasonbaldridge.com
http://twitter.com/jasonbaldridge

Re: Get Involved page

["william.colen@gmail.com" <wi...@gmail.com>]

Yes, and it will also help when it is time to submit Google Summer of Code
proposals.

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 7:06 PM, Jason Baldridge <ja...@gmail.com>wrote:

> I think this is a great idea. This will also be a useful resource for ideas
> for students doing projects in my courses.
>
> Jason
>
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 4:58 AM, Jörn Kottmann <ko...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 11/21/11 11:50 AM, Aliaksandr Autayeu wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>>   I agree, I understand your point below, but even the list from JIRA
> is
> >>>>>
> >>>> better than nothing. I don't know how to get it. Probably I can figure
> >>>> it
> >>>> out, but still if there would be a link that would be easier.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>  +1 to add such a list, the Mahout people use tags to label jiras
> which
> >>> are suitable for new contributors. We could also do that and set up a
> >>> filter
> >>> which shows these jiras only when clicking on a link.
> >>>
> >> Good idea. Which label do they use?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  Basically, I see two parts of it:
> >>>
> >>>> 1) itemized list of ideas for new stuff, a wishlist or roadmap kind of
> >>>> thing
> >>>> 2) list of JIRA issues: bugs, nuisances, feature requests and other
> >>>> 3) probably a permanent and a separate, evergreen item: documentation
> :)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>  +1 sounds good.
> >>>
> >>> Would you place it on the Get Involved page or should we make a new
> page
> >>> for that e.g. "Contributions Wanted"
> >>>
> >> I would put it into Get Involved, it seems like it will be 2 paragraphs:
> >> one with a list and one with a link. However, if 1) from above is large
> >> enough (which is up to you and other familiar with the code base to see)
> >> then it might deserve a separate page.
> >>
> >>
> > Yeah, lets put it on the Get Involved page, if it gets too long one day
> we
> > can
> > split it and move the part about contributions to a new page.
> >
> > The label is MAHOUT_INTRO_CONTRIBUTE.
> >
> > See this mail from Grant:
> > http://mail-archives.apache.**org/mod_mbox/mahout-dev/**
> > 201110.mbox/%3CD88FAECD-907C-**466A-BA31-941DF867E3E4@apache.**org%3E<
> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/mahout-dev/201110.mbox/%3CD88FAECD-907C-466A-BA31-941DF867E3E4@apache.org%3E
> >
> >
> > Not sure how it worked out.
> >
> > Jörn
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jason Baldridge
> Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics
> The University of Texas at Austin
> http://www.jasonbaldridge.com
> http://twitter.com/jasonbaldridge
>