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Re: issue manager

From: Greg Stein <gstein_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:20:07 +0100

I don't think they *need* to understand coding deeply. I think even a
beginner programmer could do much of this.

Consider these two one-line summaries:

1. "improve help output of 'svn status'"
2. "revamp the editor interface to invert RA layer's server communication"

Which do you think is bite-sized, and which is Really Hard? :-)

Sure, there will be some issues where a non-coder, or somebody not
intimately familiar with the Subversion source code, will not know how
to classify something. But that's okay. Any work on the issue tracker
is a *positive* help.

Cheers,
-g

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 08:38, Edmund Wong <edmund_at_belfordhk.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was reading the 'job description' and noticed a slight,
> for lack of a better word, 'weirdness' to it.  I quote:
>
>    "One thing such a person could do would be to go
>     through the list of outstanding issues, figure
>     out which ones are likely to be bite-sized tasks,
>     and mark them as such, so that other volunteers
>     have an easier time choosing things to work on."
>
> Doesn't this imply the issue manager must also understand
> coding in order to determine which issue would be
> considered 'bite-sized' and which aren't?
>
> Any clarifications appreciated.
>
> Edmund
>
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