Hello Daniel, Could you please describe a bit how JIRA issues are selected to be displayed? this [1] query return no results :((
[1] https://helpwanted.apache.org/listitems.lua?project=openmeetings On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Daniel Gruno <humbed...@apache.org> wrote: > On 02/08/2016 11:53 AM, Francesco Chicchiriccò wrote: > > Just to show my appreciation: +1, looks very cool! > > > > Any idea of when we can start filling it up with real things? > > Thanks. > > I've already started deleting the test entries, so you could start using > it already if you like. I'll remove the warnings from the front page then > :) > > With regards, > Daniel. > > > > > Regards. > > > > On 07/02/2016 17:01, Daniel Gruno wrote: > >> Hi ComDev folks! Ramblings incoming :) > >> > >> As an aside to the 'Guiding volunteers' thread, I was talking with Rich > >> (Bowen) while he was at DevConf this weekend, and we got to thinking > >> whether it was possible to make a tiny tool that would solve one > >> specific issue we often come across when someone says "I know X, Y and Z > >> - What can I do to help Apache?". > >> > >> Traditionally, we've said "subscribe to our mailing list (which one?!)" > >> or "Go look at JIRA/BugZilla", which in itself is fine, but off-putting > >> to many people as we don't actively use neither MLs or bug trackers to > >> advertise what we want done, and what tech/person skills would be > >> helpful where (we're terrible!). Furthermore, it is our > >> opinion/assessment that bug trackers are not that great from a "skills > >> -> tasks" perspective. While great for bugs and larger tasks for an > >> existing audience, they don't provide the right overview or search > >> features that one could want, and keeping some sort of uniform setup for > >> these tasks across the ASF is going to be a LOT of work. > >> > >> ...If only we had somewhere someone could just go and say "I'm great at > >> marketing and documentation, what tasks are there that I can do?" and > >> then get 10 different requests across 6 projects, some that you could > >> start on right away and some that require more intimate knowledge with > >> the project. > >> > >> ...Or the experienced C/Python programmer that wants to know which tasks > >> at Apache they could hack on as a good introduction to that project, > >> while at the same time helping the project accomplish something new. > >> > >> ...Oh, and wouldn't it be nifty if we could have a widget we could place > >> on our web site that lists what we as a project or foundation are > >> looking for right now in terms of work to be done, so when people visit > >> our page, they can see that "hey, we're looking for a web dev guru - is > >> that you?" ? > >> > >> Enter 'Help Wanted!'. It's a very small (and very much work-in-progress) > >> tool that you can use to browse the tasks that all the Apache projects > >> would like to get done, see the difficulty of it, language (whether > >> spoken/written or programming) skills needed, what it's about and > >> who/how to contact. You can also use the HW widget to plug your own > >> project's requests into your web site, or you can display all the > >> current tasks waiting in the system across the ASF. 350+ initiatives, > >> 170+ TLPs, one uniform hub for requests that can help people get started > >> with Apache. > >> > >> The code is "live" at: https://helpwanted.apache.org/ > >> A test widget is here: https://helpwanted.apache.org/wtest.html > >> (the test widget shows what it could look like on the httpd site) > >> > >> It's open for all committers to go set up new tasks (universal commit > >> bit, so to speak, just click on 'edit tasks'), and we hope it will be a > >> hub for putting people on the right path - whether that be a pointer to > >> JIRA, ML etc - to contributing to our projects. Or it'll crash and burn > >> and we'll never speak of it again :) > >> > >> Contributions, feedback, quality control etc are MOST WELCOME, and we're > >> only getting started with the proof-of-concept right now (as found in > >> svn). Hopefully we'll have something stable and polished by the end of > >> February? :) > >> > >> With regards, > >> Daniel. > >> > >> > >> PS: Yes, I know the admin area is a stylistic nightmare. That'll be > >> fixed...eventually! And the task guide needs a LOT of work. Saying > >> "contact the dev list" isn't enough, but I'll need a word smith for > >> that :) > >> > > > > > > -- WBR Maxim aka solomax
