Dot story for someone to write (was Re: Writeup from aKademy)

Wed Sep 1 20:55:45 CEST 2004

Datschge,

If you don't mind, I have some changes as well :) First, we must explain
a bit more what junior jobs are, and second, I believe we should tone it
down a little bit: the feedback is good so far, but it is not a full
"success": it is not widely used.

Here is my take:
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 'Junior Jobs': a new way to start hacking KDE

<lead>

Today on the <a 
href="https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-quality">kde-quality 
list</a>, Christian Loose of <a 
href="http://www.kde.org/apps/cervisia/">Cervisia</a> fame celebrated 
the initial success of the Junior Jobs, which helped him <a 
href="http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74751">getting</a> <a 
href="http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77894">three</a> <a 
href="http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80177">patches</a>. Junior 
Jobs were <a href="http://dot.kde.org/1084433566/">suggested by 
Adriaan de Groot back in May</a>. 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.<br />

<body>

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."<br>
<br>
So, developers, remember to mark those easy bugs with a <a 
href="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">'JJ'</a>.
Some coaching for the new developers who accept the challenge would
represent a nice incentive as well.<br>
Or, if you always wanted to develop KDE and never knew where to start,
check the open <a 
href="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">Junior
Jobs</a> out. I am sure you will find something fun to do!
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Cheers,

Carlos Woelz
-- 
  Carlos Leonhard Woelz
  carloswoelz at imap-mail.com