Is "noob" really "pejorative"? If you must change it, I prefer "beginner".
I do like having a distinction separate from the severity of the ticket; the criticality is orthogonal to how complex or involved it's solution might be. On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Jonathan Hsieh <j...@cloudera.com> wrote: > +1 for beginner (+0.5 for all the others). > > Jon. > > > On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Mikhail Antonov <olorinb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > "Could a non-native English speaker comment on if either makes more sense > > (or if something else would be better still)?" > > > > "beginner" or "for_beginners" would be good IMO. > > > > -Mikhail > > > > > > 2014-08-05 8:43 GMT-07:00 Sean Busbey <bus...@cloudera.com>: > > > > > The labels "introductory" or "intro" seem the most straightforward to > me. > > > > > > Could a non-native English speaker comment on if either makes more > sense > > > (or if something else would be better still)? > > > > > > -Sean > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Andrew Purtell <apurt...@apache.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Yes we can change that. I volunteer to change it. What should the new > > > label > > > > be? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 7:18 AM, Jonathan Hsieh <j...@cloudera.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > We've just used 'noob', and in other cases marked the issue as > > > 'trivial'. > > > > > > > > > > If we really wanted to remove any perceived stigma away we'd called > > > them > > > > > 'starter' or 'intro' issue to remove negative connotation. If > others > > > > agree > > > > > we can chage this. > > > > > > > > > > Jon. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 6:43 AM, Sean Busbey <bus...@cloudera.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I'd like to add to the "Getting Involved" section on jira[1] to > > add a > > > > > > pointer to issues that are a good for ramping up on HBase > > > development. > > > > > > > > > > > > Preferably, these would be tickets that > > > > > > > > > > > > * Have been vetted as desired and non-controversial > > > > > > * Are low priority so they need not be done under time pressure > > > > > > * Offer a view of some (small-ish) part of the code base > > > > > > * Require minimal information about HBase outside of the section > to > > > be > > > > > > fixed > > > > > > > > > > > > Before I add file a ticket and put up a patch, what label do we > use > > > to > > > > > mark > > > > > > these tickets? Looking at jira, I can see some evidence of both > > > > > "newbie"[2] > > > > > > and "noob"[3]. > > > > > > > > > > > > I am used to seeing "newbie" on other projects, so I had started > > with > > > > > that > > > > > > label. However, it looks like "noob" is used more regularly on > > HBase. > > > > > > > > > > > > I worry that "noob" might be viewed as pejorative and discourage > > some > > > > > > potential contributors. > > > > > > > > > > > > [1]: http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#jira > > > > > > [2]: http://s.apache.org/exr > > > > > > [3]: http://s.apache.org/XS6 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Sean > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > // Jonathan Hsieh (shay) > > > > > // HBase Tech Lead, Software Engineer, Cloudera > > > > > // j...@cloudera.com // @jmhsieh > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > > > - Andy > > > > > > > > Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet > > Hein > > > > (via Tom White) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Sean > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Thanks, > > Michael Antonov > > > > > > -- > // Jonathan Hsieh (shay) > // HBase Tech Lead, Software Engineer, Cloudera > // j...@cloudera.com // @jmhsieh >
