Re: Facilitating contributions by newcomers
On 09/11/14 at 20:20 +0100, Christian Kastner wrote:
> The WNPP list in itself is useful, but when looking at it again
> recently, I distinctly recalled how foreign most of the packages were to
> me when I first started contributing -- not a great motivator into
> getting involved with something. And I recognized a number of RFHs that
> have received numerous replies over the time, but couldn't be followed
> up upon with because RFHs are frequently the result of a lack of time in
> the first place (openldap anyone?).
Do you have how-can-i-help installed?
The WNPP list might not be the best approach to finding interesting
packages to adopt. But looking at the intersection with packages you
have installed locally (using how-can-i-help --old) makes it a lot more
interesting.
Lucas
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