The Newcomer bug tag

What's the Newcomer tag? How to use it?

The newcomer tag indicates bugs that are suitable for folks who are new to the Debian community and are looking for ways to make a contribution.

Here is the list of bugs tagged '''newcomer'''.

If you want to work on a bug tagged 'newcomer'

If you don't understand any of these instructions, feel free to e-mail debian-mentors@lists.debian.org.

If you wish to tag a bug

When tagging a bug with the newcomer tag:

To set this tag:

From: [...]
To: bugnumber@bugs.debian.org

Control: tags -1 + newcomer

Write here some comments about what you expect from the patch, some initial directions, etc.

From: [...]
To: bugnumber@bugs.debian.org
Bcc: control@bugs.debian.org

tags 123456 + newcomer
thanks

Write here some comments about what you expect from the patch, some initial directions, etc.

$ bts tags 123456 + newcomer '# comment here about expectations, directions'

The PTS shows bugs suitable for newcomers belonging to a given source package in the bugs box, on a dedicated line. You can invite potential contributors to skim through PTS pages of packages they are interested in, to find out whether there are suitable bugs for them.

Reminders

TODO list

Write a script to generate a better list of bugs.

History

On 2014-11-15, the BTS added support for the official newcomer tag, which was meant to replace the old debian-qa gift usertag. Most bugs were migrated to the new tag but a few archived bugs were not able to be migrated.