[yocto] RFC: newbies and janitors

[Darren Hart]

On 03/28/2011 04:29 PM, Yury Bushmelev wrote:
> 2011/3/28 Darren Hart<dvhart at linux.intel.com>:
>> The Yocto Project is a complex thing, and people eager to get involved can
>> have a difficult time sorting out where to start. The Linux kernel community
>> put together kernelnewbies and kerneljanitors to help people get up to speed
>> and provide them with manageable tasks to get them started.
>>
>> I think we have (or should have) the "newbies" side of things covered with
>> #yocto #poky and the website and the various manuals and documentation
>> projects, but I think something like "janitors" would be valuable. This
>> could be something as simple as a tag for bugzilla bugs appropriate for
>> newcomers go after.
>>
>> I imagine this is something we could share with OE - or perhaps OE already
>> has something that serves this purpose - or could be extended to do so.
>
> We (OE) have wiki page (slightly outdated) with some janitor tasks:
> http://openembedded.org/index.php/OpenEmbeddedJanitors

Great, this is the idea. It's a pretty sparse list, and could do with 
some fleshing out.

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Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
Yocto Project - Linux Kernel