[dot] Junior Jobs: A Cool Way to Start Hacking KDE

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URL: http://dot.kde.org/1094109399/

From: Carlos Leonhard Woelz <carloswoelz at imap-mail.com>
Dept: follow-up-dot-story
Date: Thursday02/Sep/2004, @09:16

Junior Jobs: A Cool Way to Start Hacking KDE
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   Today on the kde-quality  list
[https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-quality], Christian Loose of
Cervisia [http://www.kde.org/apps/cervisia/] fame celebrated  the
initial success of the Junior Jobs, which helped him get
[http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74751] three
[http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77894] patches
[http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80177]. Junior  Jobs were suggested
by  Adriaan de Groot back in May [http://dot.kde.org/1084433566/]. They
serve as a "you are welcome to hack here" sign, and mark bugs or wishes
that are suitable for someone who is starting to hack KDE.

     As Christian puts it: "I started to mark some bugs as JJ some
months  ago. Now I already received three high-quality patches from two 
different people (Thanks Sergio and Dermot!) for those reports.  That's
much more than I expected."
     So, developers, remember to mark those easy bugs with a 'JJ'
[http://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=JJ%3A&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED].
Some coaching for the new developers who accept the challenge would
represent a nice incentive as well.

     Or, if you always wanted to develop KDE and never knew where to
start, check the open Junior Jobs
[http://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=JJ%3A&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED]
out. I am sure you will find something fun to do!