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Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:32:04 -0200
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Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] "difficulty" field for Bugzilla
From: Albino B Neto <bino28@apache.org>
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Hi.

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Rob Weir <robweir@apache.org> wrote:
> As you have probably noticed, I'm engaged in a variety of initiatives
> to grow the community, bring in more volunteers, etc.  One additional
> piece that I think would be useful is to add a new field to Bugzilla
> to indicate the difficulty level of the bug.  Of course, this will
> often not be known.  But in some cases, we do know, and where we do
> know we can indicate this.
>
> What this allows us to do is then have search filters that return only
> open easy bugs.  These are ideal for new developer volunteers on the
> project who are looking for items that match their lesser familiarity
> with the code.  It also allows a developer to step up to more
> challenging bugs over time.
>
> A similar approach, which they called "easy hacks", was successfully
> used by LibreOffice.
>
> If there are no objections, I'll add a new field to Bugzilla called
> "cf_difficulty_level", and which a drop down UI with the following
> choices:
>
> UNKNOWN (default)
> TRIVIAL
> EASY
> MODERATE
> HARD
> WIZARD
>
> (I'm certainly open to variations on the names)
>
> I'd then rely on other developers to help "seed" the database with
> some TRIVIAL and EASY bugs, so new volunteers will have something to
> work with as they familiarize themselves with the project.
>
> I'll wait 72 hours, etc.
>
> Regards,
>
> -Rob

+1

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Albino