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=Mentor a specific bug= | =Mentor a specific bug= | ||
You can offer to mentor someone who wants to take on a specific bug, by adding | You can offer to mentor someone who wants to take on a specific bug, by adding your Bugzilla username to the bug's mentor field. | ||
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:// | Setting the mentor field on a bug will make it searchable in Bugzilla, but will also make it available in the [[BugsAhoy|Bugs Ahoy]] site. | ||
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?f1=bug_mentor&o1=isnotempty&resolution=---&query_format=advanced&list_id=10686903 List of current mentored 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. | |||
** Note that we've switched from using the whiteboard for the mentor name to a proper field. | |||
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=Help a newbie on Bugzilla or IRC= | =Help a newbie on Bugzilla or IRC= | ||
There | There is a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=648948 'New to Bugzilla' tag] next to people's names in Bugzilla who have just started using the system. Take a minute to answer a new user's question, provide a helpful pointer or just say something nice about how great it is they want to help. | ||
Hang out in the [irc://irc.mozilla.org/introduction #introduction channel] and answer questions from new community members interested in development. | Hang out in the [irc://irc.mozilla.org/introduction #introduction channel] and answer questions from new community members interested in development. | ||
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* followup if they don't respond back, | * followup if they don't respond back, | ||
* get them a first bug they'd be interested in: | * get them a first bug they'd be interested in: | ||
**[https:// | **[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?f1=bug_mentor&o1=isnotempty&resolution=---&query_format=advanced mentored bugs], | ||
**[https://bugzil.la/kw:student-project&resolution=--- student-projects], | **[https://bugzil.la/kw:student-project&resolution=--- student-projects], | ||
**[https://bugzil.la/sw:%5Bgood%20first% | **[https://bugzil.la/sw:%5Bgood%20first%20bug%5D&resolution=--- good first bugs], | ||
* answering any questions they have. | * answering any questions they have. | ||
Contact ''david at mozilla dot org'' to help. | Contact ''david at mozilla dot org'' to help. | ||
* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mozilla.org/Contribute/ | * [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mozilla.org/Contribute/Point_people List of current point people] | ||
== Never miss a comment from contributor == | |||
* With {{bug|869989}} you can now use e-mail header and body footer to filter out bugmails from bugs you mentored. Read the bug for more detail, or [http://www.joshmatthews.net/blog/2013/12/you-are-receiving-this-mail-because-you-are-mentoring-this-bug/ an informative blog post]. | |||
=Other Mentor resources= | |||
* [https://gist.github.com/ygjb/4543418 Kitherder matching prototype] | |||
* [http://www.joshmatthews.net/mentorwatch/ Mentorwatch mentored bug dashboard] | |||
* [[Security/Mentorship|Security Mentorship docs]] | |||
* [http://mentorship.mozillareps.org/ Reps mentor dashboard] | |||