Re: Question Regarding Easier Issues To Help With

[Ihor Radchenko]

"Samuel Banya" <sbanya@fastmail.com> writes:

> Hey there,
> So I took a look at the following link recently as I finally have had time 
> again over the past couple of months since I've been dealing with a lot of 
> personal family stuff, and got some time back again.

Thanks for your interest in contributing!

> Can anyone lead me in the right direction for some beginner tier issues to 
> take a look at, as well as hand holding for any workflow on how to actually 
> work on the related issue / source code accordingly:
> https://updates.orgmode.org/#help

Here is a list that might be helpful. Not all the issues are easy there.
Mostly, something I quickly judged as easy/important or unanswered.
Also, there are not only bug reports, but also patches that someone
needs to test with various edge cases.

https://orgmode.org/list/UT6T2iOXtO0dMWc5QA4ZPbG0yh-4wOprgsHAe91c_wf7DwDKdLoJilTWK50rJuz8cNxtwrlTc_CpQIGBpQixTjDPnCJfq-WQKhk4oFLed_I=@protonmail.com
https://orgmode.org/list/TY2PR0101MB3693187B93665E208637F6C8DA5E9@TY2PR0101MB3693.apcprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com
https://orgmode.org/list/CA+3amheHg_tgCMZ1mMy0hpsaW3hQOKPNFcJbOAOzZAxnJCZg2Q@mail.gmail.com
https://orgmode.org/list/87imnypcvk.fsf@iki.fi
https://orgmode.org/list/87mu3djf4u.fsf@gmail.com
https://orgmode.org/list/87woky8sam.fsf@norang.ca
https://orgmode.org/list/CAJcAo8t_SFaSckS4FovnBT5rRsivFR1z15Jemh2rgONZ_ha5KA@mail.gmail.com
https://orgmode.org/list/LotcjAv--3-1@keemail.me
https://orgmode.org/list/87sfxiw2jp.fsf@posteo.net
https://orgmode.org/list/dd0ae51d-7d56-0ff6-5eb1-3786464adfe3@arfer.net
https://orgmode.org/list/5a1cb629-8437-41f5-fd75-674c949eaf5e@gmx.at
https://orgmode.org/list/CAOn=hbeFyj7eDW6GsoBQGKOFM65Bx1Cdc_inxaiSDpV74KwumQ@mail.gmail.com
https://orgmode.org/list/87v91vle4u.fsf@gmail.com
https://orgmode.org/list/87wnl53cq4.fsf@localhost
https://orgmode.org/list/so2fh1$10kj$1@ciao.gmane.io
https://orgmode.org/list/041ca43d-2efb-db1e-76ab-7c15af088650@posteo.eu
https://orgmode.org/list/CAJr1M6d=0QTyNPWaBwbnciq2fM4mCYBRXOeR_hR-vA4Tj1kN5A@mail.gmail.com
https://orgmode.org/list/20171014123248.51568eec@Tourifreet
https://orgmode.org/list/PAXPR06MB7760DA356C7C27045BEB64F6C6449@PAXPR06MB7760.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com
https://orgmode.org/list/87a6gdaa9i.fsf@tsdye.online
https://orgmode.org/list/CAB14nk88CyiHdgKdQzxhnjyekp_BzZ_1J73p-y2FGSk_7jTymQ@mail.gmail.com
https://orgmode.org/list/CAFyQvY3mxi4DRTS+W-AX7bFELVujqH4DODEYPy3hyGRRuMEPSw@mail.gmail.com
https://orgmode.org/list/87mthrtb5u.fsf@alphaville.usersys.redhat.com

> I ask because I'm a bit of an Elisp newbie. I'm assuming the first step is to 
> try to reproduce the bug given the user's info, and then attempt to look at 
> the codebase to see what might be causing it?

Without elisp, you can
1. Try to reproduce bugs and give detailed instructions for maintainers
   to fix (it is much easier to fix bugs with detailed steps how to
   reproduce them)
2. Try submitted patches and see if they work on your customized Org.
   Then, report any issues
3. Monitor websites like stackexchange and reddit and transfer bug
   reports from there to the mailing list.

Also, I recorded a video explaining how to reproduce Org mode bugs in
https://open.tube/videos/watch/4d819114-43bf-42df-af94-f94fc53dd0d9

Best,
Ihor