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Sep 4 2018

ngraham updated the task description for T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.
Sep 4 2018, 10:45 PM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017
acrouthamel added a project to T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler: Bugsquad.
Sep 4 2018, 10:41 PM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017
acrouthamel updated subscribers of T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.
Sep 4 2018, 10:40 PM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017
acrouthamel added a comment to T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.

I agree with keeping UNCONFIRMED/CONFIRMED. I was going to make an argument for keeping that as I think it makes sense. Bugs come in, someone looks at it, and reproduces it (or takes other action). So for the triagers I think it makes sense to be able to easily find bugs that have not been reproduced yet.

Sep 4 2018, 10:30 PM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017
acrouthamel updated the task description for T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.
Sep 4 2018, 10:19 PM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017
ltoscano added a comment to T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.

I would restart from the previous discussion (on kde-community@, and probably elsewhere; for sure it should be discussed on the list).

Sep 4 2018, 9:57 PM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017
ngraham added a comment to T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.

Done now. So what's next? My sense is that we probably should keep UNCONFIRMED/CONFIRMED now that our bugs are more actively triaged, since there's some value to the distinction.

Sep 4 2018, 9:49 PM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017
ngraham added a comment to T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.

Not sure if you did apply the changes already, but in case you did not, please leave open:

  • atlantik and atlantikdesigner (on the process of being reimported, one is on git already)
  • kgrapheditor is technically part of the released kgraphviewer, even if disabled by default for now iirc, but still "released"
Sep 4 2018, 9:21 PM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017
ltoscano added a comment to T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.

Not sure if you did apply the changes already, but in case you did not, please leave open:

  • atlantik and atlantikdesigner (on the process of being reimported, one is on git already)
  • kgrapheditor is technically part of the released kgraphviewer, even if disabled by default for now iirc, but still "released"
Sep 4 2018, 9:07 PM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017
ngraham added a comment to T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.

Actually many these are already closed, and the remaining ones are obviously obsolete and unmaintained (no bugs, says "unmaintained", etc). I don't think there's much of a possibility for problems here. Starting the work. It's easy enough to re-open anything that needs re-opening (but I doubt it).

Sep 4 2018, 8:59 PM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017
ngraham added a comment to T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.

Thanks so much, @acrouthamel. That list looks sane to me. Anyone else wanna spot-check it?

Sep 4 2018, 8:40 PM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017
acrouthamel added a comment to T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.

Ok, I've reviewed the prior list. I've done the following for each product:

  • Check Bugzilla for age of any remaining bugs
  • Check Git and SVN for age of commits (not created by automated systems)
  • Check KDE Wikis for information about unmaintained or obsolete status
  • Check Google/DDG for information about unmaintained or obsolete status
  • Closed any open bugs left lingering in an unmaintained, dead product.
  • Used gut instinct on any that may still be used, removing them from the list
Sep 4 2018, 8:32 PM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017
acrouthamel updated the task description for T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.
Sep 4 2018, 6:53 AM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017
acrouthamel updated the task description for T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.
Sep 4 2018, 6:30 AM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017

Aug 30 2018

filipesaraiva added a comment to T6895: Making KDE software the #1 choice for research and academia.

@filipesaraiva Are you still here in USP/Sao Carlos? I'm PhD student here...

Aug 30 2018, 10:59 PM · Goal settings 2017
acrouthamel added a comment to T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.

Ok I'll go through the lists later and get you a definitive one.

Aug 30 2018, 6:34 PM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017
colomar added a comment to T6895: Making KDE software the #1 choice for research and academia.

@helderc Yes, we still do mentorship programs!
We regularly participate as a mentoring organization in Google Summer of Code, and we have our own mentoring program called Season of KDE ( https://season.kde.org ).
Apart from that, I'm sure the Kile team qill alo be happy to help if you jump on their mailing list.

Aug 30 2018, 6:32 PM · Goal settings 2017
ngraham added a comment to T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.

I'm not sure about removing them from Advanced Search, because then people could not find old bugs from them if they are looking for them e.g. for hints towards fixing a similar bug.

Aug 30 2018, 6:31 PM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017
colomar added a comment to T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.

Beyond that, it might be a useful change to have products that are closed for new bugs also be invisible on the Advanced Search and Browse lists. This isn't something I can do, and would probably be a sysadmin request. Can you contact sysadmins about that?

Aug 30 2018, 6:25 PM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017
ngraham added a comment to T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.

I have bugzilla admin powers and can make some of these changes. However I'd prefer to take it slowly and conservatively, so we can avoid any issues.

Aug 30 2018, 4:46 PM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017
xyquadrat added a comment to T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.

This would probably have to be done by the KDE Sysadmin team, so we should probably forward this list to them. Right now I am a bit concerned that not everybody might be content with the decision to simply remove all of those from Bugzilla... But then again, all products that would be deleted are unmaintained and the big majority does not have a single bug reported against the product.

Aug 30 2018, 4:16 PM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017
acrouthamel added a comment to T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.

Do we have any traction on moving forward with removing these products? Or at least closing them out? What's the next steps?

Aug 30 2018, 4:20 AM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017

Aug 27 2018

helderc added a comment to T6895: Making KDE software the #1 choice for research and academia.
Aug 27 2018, 3:17 PM · Goal settings 2017

Aug 16 2018

knauss added a comment to T8622: sprint for privacy goal.

I would stepup for planing such a sprint.
I've a place in mind in France near Grange Neuve, but I have to find the flyer with the correct name...
I think about doing the print next spring.

Aug 16 2018, 3:20 PM · KDE Privacy Goal

Aug 7 2018

neofytosk updated the task description for T8623: Sprint for onboarding goal.
Aug 7 2018, 10:09 AM · Goal Setting
neofytosk added a comment to T8623: Sprint for onboarding goal.

Hi @dkazakov, it's great that you are interested and I'm sure your experience would be valuable.

Aug 7 2018, 10:07 AM · Goal Setting
dkazakov updated the task description for T8623: Sprint for onboarding goal.
Aug 7 2018, 8:00 AM · Goal Setting
dkazakov added a comment to T8623: Sprint for onboarding goal.

I cannot attend the Akademy this year, but I would really like to join the Autumn sprint. I work on Krita project and I could make a short talk about my experience in working with a university and trying make students involved into our project.

Aug 7 2018, 7:59 AM · Goal Setting

Aug 2 2018

neofytosk added a comment to T8623: Sprint for onboarding goal.

Thanks for responding everyone!

Aug 2 2018, 10:02 AM · Goal Setting

Aug 1 2018

obogdan updated the task description for T7116: Streamlined onboarding of new contributors.
Aug 1 2018, 5:59 AM · Goal settings 2017

Jul 26 2018

dfaure added a comment to T8623: Sprint for onboarding goal.

I have no availability for travel this automn (already fully booked until Dec 17), but I could participate in a first BoF session at Akademy.

Jul 26 2018, 7:40 AM · Goal Setting
ervin added a comment to T8623: Sprint for onboarding goal.

I'd be interested to attend indeed. Note that I probably won't be able to do the work post-sprint (and trust me there'll be plenty), but I can help devise a path forward during the sprint.

Jul 26 2018, 6:51 AM · Goal Setting

Jul 25 2018

sharvey added a comment to T9271: Attracting and Onboarding contributors from downstream distributions.

I think this has to be considered an "advanced" topic. We've first got to get the new people submitting patches and having them accepted. I've been banging away at patches and bugfixes for the past 8 months and have never even investigated how to package something for distribution. I'm working on a personal project that I'll want to distribute, but I've got plenty of coding before I get there.

Jul 25 2018, 2:26 PM · Goal settings 2017
neofytosk created T9271: Attracting and Onboarding contributors from downstream distributions.
Jul 25 2018, 12:53 PM · Goal settings 2017

Jul 9 2018

apol updated the task description for T8623: Sprint for onboarding goal.
Jul 9 2018, 10:09 PM · Goal Setting
dkardarakos updated the task description for T8623: Sprint for onboarding goal.
Jul 9 2018, 6:16 PM · Goal Setting

Jul 3 2018

neofytosk added a comment to T7116: Streamlined onboarding of new contributors.

Thanks @sandroandrade , I 'll reach out to the author and try to get some first hand insight on mozilla's procedures and experience.

Jul 3 2018, 2:40 PM · Goal settings 2017

Jun 28 2018

sandroandrade added a comment to T7116: Streamlined onboarding of new contributors.

Some insights that may be useful for our onboarding goal.

Jun 28 2018, 12:32 AM · Goal settings 2017

Jun 13 2018

aacid added a comment to T8622: sprint for privacy goal.

FWIW I may be interested in attending, i didn't add myself to the list above because I would not want to be a "voter" on the place/date but i would be interested in being notified when the place/date is chosen to see if i can join :)

Jun 13 2018, 9:51 PM · KDE Privacy Goal
aacid added a comment to T8621: sprint for usability and productivity goal.

FWIW I may be interested in attending, i didn't add myself to the list above because I would not want to be a "voter" on the place/date but i would be interested in being notified when the place/date is chosen to see if i can join :)

Jun 13 2018, 9:51 PM · Goal settings 2017
aacid added a comment to T8623: Sprint for onboarding goal.

FWIW I may be interested in attending, i didn't add myself to the list above because I would not want to be a "voter" on the place/date but i would be interested in being notified when the place/date is chosen to see if i can join :)

Jun 13 2018, 9:50 PM · Goal Setting

Jun 11 2018

nicolasfella updated the task description for T8623: Sprint for onboarding goal.
Jun 11 2018, 4:35 PM · Goal Setting
vijaykrishnavanshi updated the task description for T8623: Sprint for onboarding goal.
Jun 11 2018, 4:28 AM · Goal Setting
neofytosk claimed T8623: Sprint for onboarding goal.
Jun 11 2018, 12:46 AM · Goal Setting

Jun 9 2018

vijaykrishnavanshi updated the task description for T8712: Forming a welcome team to guide newcomers.
Jun 9 2018, 5:37 AM · Goal settings 2017

Jun 8 2018

neofytosk updated the task description for T8712: Forming a welcome team to guide newcomers.
Jun 8 2018, 3:24 PM · Goal settings 2017

Jun 3 2018

filipesaraiva added a comment to T6895: Making KDE software the #1 choice for research and academia.

Hello all, last year during KDE Edu sprint there was a discussion about create an "KDE Research/Science/etc" umbrella for some Edu applications more related to academia works, like Cantor, Kile, KBibTeX, RKward, and others cited in this thread. Maybe this new umbrella could be a motivation to a website or other actions related to this.

Jun 3 2018, 10:47 PM · Goal settings 2017

May 27 2018

profetikx closed T7646: Make it SUPER obvious how to register for Phabricator for newer KDE fans as Resolved.
May 27 2018, 3:38 AM · Goal settings 2017
profetikx closed T7646: Make it SUPER obvious how to register for Phabricator for newer KDE fans, a subtask of T7116: Streamlined onboarding of new contributors, as Resolved.
May 27 2018, 3:38 AM · Goal settings 2017

May 25 2018

skadinna added a comment to T8710: Documentation: maintaining an updated Get Involved page.

@nicolasfella that's a really major issue, yes. However, I think we should stick to the "Get Involved" page here in this task, so that we don't broaden its scope/discussion too much. Cleaning up the whole wiki could be a separate task, with subtasks for every main section that people can assign to themselves (because doing the whole thing at once might be too much for one person).

May 25 2018, 11:18 PM · Goal settings 2017
nicolasfella added a comment to T8710: Documentation: maintaining an updated Get Involved page.

One thing I noticed in the Wiki is a huge amount of broken links. Those should be updated (if possible) or removed. Maybe one could do some kind of webcrawler that scans our whole wiki for broken links.

May 25 2018, 10:48 PM · Goal settings 2017

May 24 2018

valorie updated the task description for T7050: Privacy Software.
May 24 2018, 1:35 AM · Goal settings 2017

May 23 2018

lavender added a subtask for T7050: Privacy Software: T8811: Implement Differential Privacy telemetry.
May 23 2018, 3:56 PM · Goal settings 2017
lavender added a subtask for T7050: Privacy Software: Restricted Maniphest Task.
May 23 2018, 3:35 PM · Goal settings 2017
lavender added a subtask for T7050: Privacy Software: T8807: Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit integration in Dolphin.
May 23 2018, 3:07 PM · Goal settings 2017
lavender updated the task description for T7050: Privacy Software.
May 23 2018, 2:58 PM · Goal settings 2017
lavender updated the task description for T7050: Privacy Software.
May 23 2018, 2:31 PM · Goal settings 2017

May 21 2018

xyquadrat added a comment to T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.

Thanks @lueck for pointing these applications out; I have now re-added them to my active list.

May 21 2018, 7:33 PM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017
lueck added a comment to T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.

knetattach

Not able to find a repository on cgit.kde.org nor a release in Ubuntu 16.04...

plasma-desktop/knetattach/

konsolekalendar

I can find the package in Ubuntu 16.04 (from a very old version), but not a repository

pim/akonadi-calendar-tools/konsolekalendar/

korgac

Not able to find a repository on cgit.kde.org nor a release in Ubuntu 16.04...

pim/korganizer/korgac/

kwikdisk

Not able to find a repository on cgit.kde.org nor a release in Ubuntu 16.04...

kdeutils/kdf

libalkimia

I can find the package in Ubuntu 16.04 (from a very old version), but not a repository

extragear/office/alkimia/

pimsettingsexporter

I found pim-data-exporter, which might be the same thing (?)

Yes pim/pim-data-exporter/

May 21 2018, 7:36 AM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017

May 20 2018

xyquadrat added a comment to T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.

Hm, is there a compelling reason to remove obsolete products from the database? If they are marked as obsolete, no new bugs can be filed against it anyway, and those should not show up in a browsable list for the user. Of course if you have admin rights they will show, but how often does an admin have to browse a product list without a filter?

I must admit that I just realized that the list of apps you can report a bug against is not the same as the ones accessible through clicking "Browse"...
But I think we should consider hiding the obsolete products not only when reporting bugs, but also in a) the advanced search & b) in the list from Browse. It'd simplify the search process for triagers a lot. Additionally, there are some products which are obsolete but you can still file bugs against them (e.g kaveau).

May 20 2018, 2:42 PM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017
lueck added a comment to T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.

I decided to do something remotely useful with my free time and sifted through all applications/libraries present on bugs.kde.org, removing most obsolete products. My guidelines to determine whether a product was deprecated were:

  1. Is the product not marked as "unmaintained"/"deprecated"/"replaced"?
  2. Is the product in the repositories of Ubuntu LTS?
  3. Is the product on cgit.kde.org?
  4. If it is on cgit.kde.org, does it have any activity in the last year?

    After applying this criteria to all 737 (!) products available, only 455 remained (so nearly 300 products are obsolete, and should be removed from bugs.kde.org). It is of course entirely possible that I have either missed a deprecated product or have accidentally deleted an active product... Feedback is always welcome!

    All products:

    Only active ones:
May 20 2018, 1:45 PM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017
ltoscano added a comment to T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.

Ok, so it seems that you only created a list and you are asking for feedback. Fine then, sorry for the misunderstanding, the wording could be misleading.

May 20 2018, 1:18 PM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017
ltoscano added a comment to T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.

Just to be sure, @xyquadrat : did you already remove the products? In the future, don't remove first and ask later, but do the opposite. It's a bit too late to ask whether you had accidentally deleted an active product.

May 20 2018, 1:14 PM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017
schweingruber added a comment to T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.

Hm, is there a compelling reason to remove obsolete products from the database? If they are marked as obsolete, no new bugs can be filed against it anyway, and those should not show up in a browsable list for the user. Of course if you have admin rights they will show, but how often does an admin have to browse a product list without a filter?

May 20 2018, 1:09 PM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017

May 19 2018

dkardarakos updated subscribers of T8686: Junior Jobs.

Following a discussion with @bshah about T8685, we opted for revamping Plasma Mobile phabricator tasks. The status of many tasks has been changed in order to avoid offering to the potential contributor a task already done.

May 19 2018, 6:54 PM · Goal settings 2017
xyquadrat added a comment to T6832: Improvements to Bugzilla - Making it easier and simpler.

I decided to do something remotely useful with my free time and sifted through all applications/libraries present on bugs.kde.org, removing most obsolete products. My guidelines to determine whether a product was deprecated were:

  1. Is the product not marked as "unmaintained"/"deprecated"/"replaced"?
  2. Is the product in the repositories of Ubuntu LTS?
  3. Is the product on cgit.kde.org?
  4. If it is on cgit.kde.org, does it have any activity in the last year?
May 19 2018, 5:17 PM · Bugsquad, Goal settings 2017
neofytosk added a comment to T8712: Forming a welcome team to guide newcomers.
In T8712#142098, @hein wrote:

It's worth noting we have this in a non-formalized way. The Getting Involved pages have always listed mentors you can contact for 1on1 questions (I've responsed to mails due to this for many years).

May 19 2018, 3:49 PM · Goal settings 2017
neofytosk updated subscribers of T8686: Junior Jobs.

I'm not a developer, so perhaps I'm missing important aspects here, but how about using a common template with the things that would interest people, so they can quickly review what's it about before going into the details?

May 19 2018, 3:22 PM · Goal settings 2017

May 17 2018

sharvey added a comment to T8686: Junior Jobs.

What constitutes a "junior job" does indeed vary immensely. The maintainers or "lead" developers need to flag bugs carefully and appropriately. I've worked on junior jobs that ranged from string and icon changes, to adding a new API call to KWin. These were all referred to as JJ's, but they're definitely on different levels.

May 17 2018, 6:53 PM · Goal settings 2017

May 16 2018

hein added a comment to T8712: Forming a welcome team to guide newcomers.

I sometimes try IRC but that does not work very well, because a developer needs to be online at the same time you are online

May 16 2018, 9:42 AM · Goal settings 2017
simgunz added a comment to T8712: Forming a welcome team to guide newcomers.

The link to the Mentoring page is literally the last word of the Getting involved page. I did read the getting involved page (maybe with not too much attention), but I did not reach the mentoring page and did not figured out I could contact a developer directly. Maybe this link can be highlight better somehow?

May 16 2018, 7:42 AM · Goal settings 2017
profetikx added a comment to T7646: Make it SUPER obvious how to register for Phabricator for newer KDE fans.

Great stuff.

May 16 2018, 12:16 AM · Goal settings 2017

May 15 2018

paulb added a comment to T8685: First commit, made easy.

even if it requires a bit of effort up front to help people get started

May 15 2018, 10:25 PM · Goal settings 2017
ngraham added a comment to T8685: First commit, made easy.

I don't think anyone's proposing an easy-but-broken method of brute-forcing the first commit. Rather, I think we're all discussing how to make it easier to get started the right way so that first commit is not only easier, but also conforms to KDE best practices.

May 15 2018, 9:09 PM · Goal settings 2017
dkardarakos added a comment to T8685: First commit, made easy.
In T8685#141924, @aacid wrote:

The translation teams have said various times in the past that translations from random people in the internet with no commitment usually just bring in more work than they help since they totally fail at syntax, style guide, etc. I wouldn't be sure this has changed at all.

I mean would you let people edit code form the internet and submit a patch directly without having them compile and try it whatsoever? Probably not, so why would it be different for translations?

May 15 2018, 2:11 PM · Goal settings 2017
hein added a comment to T8712: Forming a welcome team to guide newcomers.

It's worth noting we have this in a non-formalized way. The Getting Involved pages have always listed mentors you can contact for 1on1 questions (I've responsed to mails due to this for many years).

May 15 2018, 12:04 PM · Goal settings 2017
neofytosk added a comment to T7116: Streamlined onboarding of new contributors.

It's great to see so much valuable feedback rolling in to this thread, especially from people that are new to KDE. Many thanks for that!

May 15 2018, 8:43 AM · Goal settings 2017
neofytosk updated the task description for T8712: Forming a welcome team to guide newcomers.
May 15 2018, 8:35 AM · Goal settings 2017
neofytosk added a subtask for T7116: Streamlined onboarding of new contributors: T8713: Finding a mentor for each newcomer.
May 15 2018, 8:35 AM · Goal settings 2017
neofytosk added a parent task for T8713: Finding a mentor for each newcomer: T7116: Streamlined onboarding of new contributors.
May 15 2018, 8:35 AM · Goal settings 2017
neofytosk triaged T8713: Finding a mentor for each newcomer as Normal priority.
May 15 2018, 8:35 AM · Goal settings 2017
neofytosk triaged T8712: Forming a welcome team to guide newcomers as Normal priority.
May 15 2018, 8:34 AM · Goal settings 2017
neofytosk added a subtask for T7116: Streamlined onboarding of new contributors: T8712: Forming a welcome team to guide newcomers.
May 15 2018, 8:33 AM · Goal settings 2017
neofytosk added a parent task for T8712: Forming a welcome team to guide newcomers: T7116: Streamlined onboarding of new contributors.
May 15 2018, 8:33 AM · Goal settings 2017
neofytosk created T8712: Forming a welcome team to guide newcomers.
May 15 2018, 8:33 AM · Goal settings 2017
neofytosk added a parent task for T8711: Gathering feedback from newcomers on the current onboarding experience: T7116: Streamlined onboarding of new contributors.
May 15 2018, 8:16 AM · Goal settings 2017
neofytosk added a subtask for T7116: Streamlined onboarding of new contributors: T8711: Gathering feedback from newcomers on the current onboarding experience.
May 15 2018, 8:16 AM · Goal settings 2017
neofytosk triaged T8711: Gathering feedback from newcomers on the current onboarding experience as Normal priority.
May 15 2018, 8:16 AM · Goal settings 2017
neofytosk added a subtask for T7116: Streamlined onboarding of new contributors: T8710: Documentation: maintaining an updated Get Involved page.
May 15 2018, 8:03 AM · Goal settings 2017
neofytosk added a parent task for T8710: Documentation: maintaining an updated Get Involved page: T7116: Streamlined onboarding of new contributors.
May 15 2018, 8:03 AM · Goal settings 2017
neofytosk triaged T8710: Documentation: maintaining an updated Get Involved page as Normal priority.
May 15 2018, 8:03 AM · Goal settings 2017

May 14 2018

sharvey added a comment to T8685: First commit, made easy.

As a relative newcomer (January), this is a very real and very powerful
thing. We should do whatever we can to encourage it. When my first
commit got landed (a simple plasmoid fix), it was a great feeling. Now
you'll probably never get rid of me.

May 14 2018, 8:15 PM · Goal settings 2017
nicolasfella added a comment to T8686: Junior Jobs.

I totally agree that the jobs need a better description. This task is all about discussing what should be in there

May 14 2018, 7:08 PM · Goal settings 2017
guntbertreiter added a comment to T8686: Junior Jobs.

May I suggest that you don't add more jobs to this list just now but instead focus on making the existing ones really junior friendly.

May 14 2018, 7:05 PM · Goal settings 2017
aacid added a comment to T7116: Streamlined onboarding of new contributors.

BTW, Akademy is nearing, registration is open. Could we send a mail to all (!) contributors who have a KDE commit account? I think this does make a lot of sense to trigger everyone (especially new contributors) to come to this event.

May 14 2018, 6:31 PM · Goal settings 2017
aacid added a comment to T8685: First commit, made easy.

The translation teams have said various times in the past that translations from random people in the internet with no commitment usually just bring in more work than they help since they totally fail at syntax, style guide, etc. I wouldn't be sure this has changed at all.

May 14 2018, 6:29 PM · Goal settings 2017
dkardarakos added a comment to T8685: First commit, made easy.

TBH, my suggestion is primarily focused on the facilitation of a really fast and simple first contribution. Like the case when we learn a new programming language, almost always we try to run a "hello world" example, without having any real knowledge of the language or having read (almost) any page of the language reference. After the successful execution of the “hello world” , we feel a little bit more comfortable to continue studying. It's the "hello world" psychological effect accompanied with the feeling of membership and commitment to the KDE family that the solution tries to reproduce .

May 14 2018, 2:59 PM · Goal settings 2017

May 13 2018

lydia added a comment to T8623: Sprint for onboarding goal.

We should definitely do something during Akademy but I don't think it should and can replace the sprint.

May 13 2018, 12:47 PM · Goal Setting

May 12 2018

richardbowen added a comment to T8685: First commit, made easy.

If we want to create a website (even it it's something like myfirstpatch.kde.org), we should put a link on the user's desktop at installation. That's relatively inoffensive, easily removed, and requires less coding than a desktop widget.

May 12 2018, 11:18 PM · Goal settings 2017
sharvey added a comment to T8685: First commit, made easy.

If we want to create a website (even it it's something like myfirstpatch.kde.org), we should put a link on the user's desktop at installation. That's relatively inoffensive, easily removed, and requires less coding than a desktop widget.

May 12 2018, 10:56 PM · Goal settings 2017