RE: [birt-pmc] Trivial Tickets Idea

[Michael Fox <foxm@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott,

I think I see what you are getting at
here, but I'm not sure what it will accomplish. I assume the purpose of
this is to get committed work items implemented by people outside the current
committer base.  I can only think of 2 reasons why somebody would
pick up one of these:  they want to establish credibility towards
becoming a committer, or they need that item for their own business reasons.
 In either case they would likely try to proceed independent of the
"trivial" flag.

Customer submitted bugzilla entries
with this flag set will presumably contain the necessary implementation
code.  However, it will still have to be reviewed/accepted by a committer.
 What will that person do differently based on this flag?  

I'm not against this, I think I would
just structure it a bit differently.  How about maintaining a list
 on the web site (or wiki) of "desirable but unstaffed work items"
and solicit volunteers.  These could vary in scope/complexity, maybe
rated as such.  People sign up to work on them, collaborate if multiple
people are interested, and submit their results through the normal bugzilla
process. BIRT team involvement would be minimal or none until the bugzilla
submission.  Its much more visible on the front page of the web site,
with a link to the signup wiki page.

        Mike

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Scott
 
+1 fot his idea.  
 How does this OSS project spread the word about their “trivial tickets”?
 
WEnfeng

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[mailto:birt-pmc-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Rosenbaum
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Subject: [birt-pmc] Trivial Tickets Idea
 
Guys,

I was reviewing a different OSS project and noticed that they have the
idea of Trivial Tickets, which are relatively simple tasks that they open
up to contributions from other people.  I was wondering if it makes
sense to create something similar for BIRT where some of our Bugzilla entries
are flagged in a way that allows people to realize that these are considered:
    a) valued contributions to BIRT
    b) relatively low priority
    c) relatively few dependencies
    d) open for contributions

Basically it is a way to solicit community contributions on non-critical
wish list items.  

Thoughts?

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