On Sun, Jul 28, 2019 at 1:25 PM Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Jul 2019 19:09:35 -0700 > Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: > > See the thread 'The trouble with "Easy" issues' in > > core-mentors...@python.org. > > Essentially those "easy" issues aren't so easy, > > and we're starting over. > > But how do we know that the same mistake won't be done again? :-) > In part because the focus of the wording is different -- "easy" is very subjective, while "newcomer friendly" makes it clear to all core devs that this is about issues that are friendly for newcomers. Also it makes it clearer that the issue specifically should *not* be fixed by core devs looking for easy tasks. And in part because we will have specific guidelines (to be nailed down more precisely in the dev guide) about how to ensure that an issue is newcomer friendly. I don't have the thread handy but it's something about having a clear (to newcomers, not just to core devs) description, without too much jargon, and some (but not too many) hints for a solution. The issue should also be reproducible easily, and there shouldn't be too much discussion on the issue (a newcomer looking for somewhere to help usually doesn't have the background to follow a discussion of 10 or more messages between core devs debating whether something is a bug or a feature). If someone wants to submit a PR to the devguide with tentative wording that would be appreciated. I don't think we'll need too much bikeshedding on such a PR, and we can iterate easily (there's no fear of breaking anything with a PR to the devguide). -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) *Pronouns: he/him/his **(why is my pronoun here?)* <http://feministing.com/2015/02/03/how-using-they-as-a-singular-pronoun-can-change-the-world/>
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