Changes between Version 14 and Version 15 of HowToContribute

Timestamp:

2013-03-05T14:52:40Z (11 years ago)

Author:

Vojtech Horky

Comment:

Only 2 "suggestion" tickets, remove the link; more info on active tickets

HowToContribute

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 == Ideas to work on ==
 
-First of all, you need to know what to contribute or what to do. If you don't have your own idea, we provide you with the following options:
+First of all, you need to know what to contribute or what to do. If you don't have your own idea, you can pick from [http://trac.helenos.org/trac.fcgi/report/1?asc=1&sort=ticket open tickets]. These includes both enhancements and bugs. Please note that most tickets do not have their difficulty specified. The ''Priority'' field is about how much we want this ticket to be completed and there are quite a lot ''minor'' tickets that required hours of work while some ''major''s required few minutes.
 
- * pick [http://trac.helenos.org/trac.fcgi/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&col=component&keywords=~suggestion an open ticket tagged as suggestion]; these are basically self-contained requests for enhancements that can be worked independently,
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- * pick [http://trac.helenos.org/trac.fcgi/report/1?asc=1&sort=ticket any open ticket]; these include everything from above plus everything else (e.g. bugs, suggestions, enhancements on which the project progress depends)
+If you are not sure how the ticket would be difficult, don't be afraid to ask on the mailing list. But, please, always ask about a concrete ticket. If you want to ask ''what is some nice ticket to start with?'', please, specify the area you are interested in. Is it memory management? Networking stack? USB keyboards? Drivers for ARM? Be concrete, please.
 
 We encourage you to file new tickets if you think that your great idea is missing on the list, but please do discuss the issue with us on the mailing list.