The easy hacks mechanism created by Michael and Caolan, with the help of the other core developers, seems to work for those willing to get their hands dirty. I think that development wise we should just make the story more popular, and help in forwarding would be developers into the easy hacks area. Once they start working at these tasks, they have their own ways to nurture the process.
Well, you can see that I've just used easy hacks as task examples for the central tool:
http://libreoffice.dapinna.com/it/contribuisci-con-il-tuo-tempo-e-o-le-tue-capacità/18-programmatore/compiti-semplici-per-sviluppatori.htmlI'd like it was clear that this new tool should be *a* tool to manage contributions, not *the* tool as far as code contribution concerns.
Developers use quite a lot IRC channels. It is a parallel world, at least I see it as a parallel world.
Speaking frankly, I have to say I've never liked this attitude in OSS projects.
It limits spreading expertise about the code by not providing good enough dev documentation that, I know, developers doesn't like to write or haven't time to write.
However, I don't want to change what they're used to, but I'd like to see an additional work layer that will provide some kind of guided introduction or tutorship for those wannabe developers that have no clue about where and how to ask for suggestions.
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