[llvm-dev] RFC: Improving the experience of first-time contributors

[Manasij Mukherjee via llvm-dev]

Hi,
The process of finding out something to work on that will be welcome
upstream is also somewhat tricky.
I would appreciate an effort towards streamlining that.
Manasij

On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 4:10 AM, Alex Bradbury via llvm-dev <
llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> On 1 November 2016 at 13:17, Alex Bradbury <asb at asbradbury.org> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Some discussions the night before prompted me to do a short lightning
> > talk on 'improving the experience of first-time contributors' at the
> > LLVM Cauldron back in September. I intended to write it up as an RFC,
> > but have only just got round to doing so. I've tried to make this
> > email self-contained, but you may still want to look at the slides or
> > recording of the lightning talk.
> >
> > Slides: https://speakerdeck.com/asb/can-we-improve-the-experience-
> of-first-time-llvm-contributors
> > Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32fmbEI9WrM
>
> +Chandler, who has apparently been thinking along similar lines.
>
> One point I'd like to reiterate is that this proposal is not the same
> as just making it easier to select a reviewer. It also doesn't try to
> solve the review problem in general, simply to pick one area where
> slow reviews are likely to be most painful (first time contributors
> being put off) and to try to improve it through a concerted group
> effort. I like the 'first responders' name from Paul.
>
> Best,
>
> Alex
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