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bitesize tag for OpenBMC issues

DISCUSSION Jeremy Kerr 2 participants 3 messages Apr 14, 2016

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Hi all,

In our continuous effort to lower the barrier-to-entry for OpenBMC contribution, I've added a 'bitesize' tag to a couple of our repositories on github.

This tag is intended for issues that could feasibly done by a relative newcomer to OpenBMC. A few general criteria that I'd suggest we use:

- Are self-contains and don't require an understanding of multiple subsystems

- Doesn't require in-depth knowledge of OpenBMC internals

- Doesn't involve long-term design decisions, or external interface definitions

- Are fairly-completely described by the content of the issue

I don't think all bitesize bugs should necessarily be "easy", but just well-encapsulated and can provide a starting point for someone with technical experience in related fields.

For example, we'll be using this for kernel issues that a kernel developer, with no prior OpenBMC experience, could potentially help out with.

These issues will then appear in our project-wide query:

https://github.com/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+user%3Aopenbmc+label%3Abitesize

- which is referenced in our contributing doc:

https://github.com/openbmc/docs/blob/master/contributing.md

So: please feel free to add this label to your bugs & enhancements! If you'd like to use this on a repo that doesn't already have the label available, please let Patrick or me know, and we can add it.

Cheers,

Jeremy