kylerconway added a new comment to an issue you are following:
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I have a different target and objective. I see easy fix as something
that works great for those who:
- manage to find and understand the page
- have the stamina to keep coming back and looking over and over until they find a bug
they like
- are confident enough to get started on their own
I don't believe every potential contributor has the attributes
from day one. I also believe that we have tasks that are bigger than an easyfix but
aren't hard. Lastly, I believe we have tasks that people would happily provide
mentoring or other support on.
Therefore, this column is designed for tasks which:
- have someone willing to provide a personal point of contact for
getting started
- may be larger than an easyfix but still "easy"
- may need specialized knowledge or skills
- has someone who wants to champion it or "shed light on it" to increase the
likelihood of it being done
- are easyfix bugs that someone wants to get greater exposure
I can't understate how accurate the above is. I've just recently been able to
contribute to Fedora for the first time (three small items: two badges and one magazine
image), but I've *wanted* to contribute for five years. I actually had 3-4 previous
attempts and couldn't get through the steps to actually do it (and it should be noted
that Fedora is actually good about advertising that they're interested in contributors
in a wide variety of areas).
Even when I could *find* the page and generally *understand* what was being asked for I
couldn't contribute because I needed to (short, incomplete list to follow:)
1. Sign up for a pagure account.
2. Sign up for a Fedora account.
3. Learn git. ( :scream: )
4. Sign a contributor agreement.
5. Generate a public key.
5. Find that special place where I put my public key on pagure.
6. :tired_face: Oops! learn Trac (that's where badges are, silly me...)
7. and on and on...
My expectation was something like this:
1. Click "Contribute"
1. Click "Design"
2. Read through a list of unassigned projects/requests (maybe with "easy" or
"newbie" or "Hello, Fedora!" sorting for identification of stuff for
new contributors).
1. Choose one
1. Design it.
1. Upload my design
1. Enter engaging conversation with other contributors where I learn to make it better.
1. Repeat until I feel I belong.
I'm not there yet. A mentor would be a serious help because the next step (even for
the confusing process) wouldn't be a mystery I'd have to solve on my own in order
to contribute. When I clicked 5 years ago I wanted to contribute, but it took me 4 years
to actually do it and I've only yet done 3 very small things.
Also, as a next step that would help: someone saying, "Hey, why don't you try to
do Issue #xxx?"
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Thank you for Fedora. Thank you for talking about these things and making it easier to
contribute! Willing to talk more about this if it's helpful.
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https://pagure.io/fedora-commops/issue/100