Low hanging fruit

[Dougie Richardson]

Hi Nathan,

2009/5/9 Nathan Handler <nhandler at ubuntu.com>:
> On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Dougie Richardson
> <dougierichardson at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> FWIW I don't think bitesize is clearer as the phrase low hanging fruit
>> is used quite widely, bitesize implies small rather than achievable.
>> For example this bug [1] looks like a small change but it isn't.
>
> bitesize means "This bug is easy to fix and suitable for new
> contributors.". The bug you linked to really is not hard to fix. The
> issue was that we were not sure what the proper solution was, so some
> questions had to be asked. I think the tag should be used to denote
> bugs that are technically easy to fix. This does not necessarily mean
> that the fix is a quick five minute patch. It very well might require
> talking to several team members and members of other teams in order to
> get accurate information. However, I do not feel that the amount of
> work involved is necessarily the same as the difficulty level of the
> bug.

That's exactly my point, this isn't about picking out difficulty
levels of bugs but about picking out suitable bugs for new
contributers to build their confidence with.

-- 
Regards,

Dougie Richardson
http://www.lynxworks.eu/
dougierichardson at ubuntu.com