[Twisted-Python] Twisted easy bugs, and other thoughts about getting people involved in Twisted

[Glyph Lefkowitz]

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Asheesh Laroia <twisted at asheesh.org> wrote:


> So that's a quick tour of some of relevant things to you guys. I have a
> few questions for you guys, if you're game:
>
> * Of these things, what are the most interesting or useful? the least?


If OpenHatch has users, the most interesting thing is simply that they will
be looking at these lists :).


>  * Are there other tickets from the Twisted Trac that would be good to pull

in?
>

For new contributors?  Not that I can think of.


> * Would you like me to ping the list if we come up with anything else I
> think you might find interesting?
>

Sure.


> * Do any of you want to re-use some of this data -- can we make that
> easier?
>

Isn't this all data that we're providing to *you*?  I don't understand why
we'd want to be pulling things back out of OpenHatch.  Perhaps I've
misunderstood.


> We're pretty interested in helping projects convert users to contributors
> (in code, testing, documentation, whatever!) across free software. I
> wonder if there is a website widget that we could make for you to put on
> twistedmatrix.com -- a big box talking about how "You TOO can contribute
> to Twisted -- there are mentors, easy bugs, and everything!"
>

Anything that would help us organize that information to appeal to potential
contributors would be helpful.


> I don't mean to barge in; let me know if I'm unwelcome, and I'll wander
> off. I find myself in a maze of Twisted developers, none of whom are
> alike. Thanks! I'll be hanging out on #twisted as myself, paulproteus.
>

Please feel free to stay in touch.  Getting more people involved in Twisted
development is always of interest.
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