From: Roger Pack <rogerdpack@...>
Date: 2009-08-17T22:22:01+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:24952] Re: Ruby Core Newbies or Ruby Core Janitors?

> So, long story long... �Is there a running list of documentation, cleanup,
> painstaking tickets anywhere for a newbie to jump on? �I was hoping to find
> a list similar to those contained on the Newbies and Janitor projects linked
> below... �Unfortunately, I can't seem to find anything.
>
> How would a newbie go about finding a list of problems worthy of their skill
> set?

I agree adding more tags to the tickets would be nice--perhaps user
assignable tags, anyone?
Anyway my own personal suggestions would be

Help with the windows one click installer (just kidding--that was
tongue in cheek).

go through "existing" tickets/feature requests and see if they are
still applicable.

The only "urgent" priority ticket I can think of would be this one:
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1484 though I'm not sure how
involved it would be, you may be able to use git-bisect somehow to
figure out which revision introduced the bug [anybody know a good test
case for it].

also ask on ruby talk "what would be useful contribution"--I asked
something similar previously and got back some useful insight [1] so
they might help you out too.

Welcome to ruby.  I'm glad someone else thinks it's fun to play with :)
-r
[1] http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/191246#new