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You can offer to mentor someone who wants to take on a specific bug, by adding ''[mentor=your_bugzilla_id]'' to the bug's status whiteboard. | You can offer to mentor someone who wants to take on a specific bug, by adding ''[mentor=your_bugzilla_id]'' to the bug's status whiteboard. | ||
You should also add a comment in the bug telling a new contributor: | You should also add a comment in the bug telling a new contributor:<br> | ||
*how to get started with this bug, | * how to get started with this bug, | ||
*what a completed solution should look like, | * what a completed solution should look like, | ||
*pointers to relevant information, | * pointers to relevant information, | ||
*if the bug is not trivial: | * if the bug is not trivial: | ||
**how hard the bug is, | ** how hard the bug is, | ||
**what resources they may need to implement the fix. | ** what resources they may need to implement the fix. | ||
Finally, emailing a quick "thanks, ask me anything" to new contributors when they arrive will give them a warm fuzzy feeling, which we encourage. | Finally, emailing a quick "thanks, ask me anything" to new contributors when they arrive will give them a warm fuzzy feeling, which we encourage. | ||
* [https://bugzil.la/sw:mentor%3D&resolution=--- List of current mentor bugs] | * [https://bugzil.la/sw:mentor%3D&resolution=--- List of current mentor bugs] | ||
* [http://www.joshmatthews.net/blog/2011/09/making-bugs-more-attractive-for-other-people-to-fix/ Making bugs more attractive for other people to fix] - a helpful blog post. | |||
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=Help a newbie on Bugzilla or IRC= | =Help a newbie on Bugzilla or IRC= | ||