Thanks for the reminder, Marcus. I just added a "newdev" label to this:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-13438.

On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 4:55 AM Jan Høydahl <jan....@cominvent.com> wrote:

> I have tagged some of the issues I have filed but not had bandwidth to
> tackle immediately as ’newdev’, but could probably have done it far more
> often.
> If all of us browse through the issues we have created and tag those we
> think are simple and important, then there would suddenly be a bunch!
> Great reminder, Marcus! Having a clear focus on new devs is important!
>
> Jan
>
> 6. aug. 2020 kl. 06:12 skrev Anshum Gupta <ans...@anshumgupta.net>:
>
> There used to be a 'newdev' label in the past that fell through the
> cracks. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/LUCENE/HowToContribute 
> mentions
> the label, but of course, not a ton of JIRAs exist with that label for new
> devs to pick up and run with.
>
> We could start using the label. I personally tagged a bunch of JIRAs once
> upon a time with that label and also remember that as something we did at
> one of the committer meetings, but then the lower hanging JIRAs were really
> created and resolved without much delay, not leaving much on the table for
> new developers.
> We can certainly get back to using the label again.
>
> -Anshum
>
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 8:04 PM Marcus Eagan <marcusea...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Community,
>>
>> In the vane of more developer friendly, I think we should create a first
>> issue label. In my experience, that label has been a great way to get
>> newcomers involved in projects new to them.
>>
>> I've seen it in a number of Apache projects that I have contributed to,
>> proprietary projects, and in CNCF projects.
>>
>> Please let me know what you think about a first issue label to make it
>> easier for people not necessarily in the community looking to join to do so
>> in the future.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --
>> Marcus Eagan
>>
>>
>
> --
> Anshum Gupta
>
>
>

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