<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On Jan 30, 2012, at 8:58 AM, Jesse Andrews wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Bug Squash Day<br>------------------------<br><br>We are doing a number of things in preparation for the Bug Squash day<br>on Thursday.<br><br>* Triaging bugs - hopefully all bugs will have a priority by Thursday<br>* Tagging bugs with low-hanging-fruit if we feel that they are<br>relatively easy fixes - This will give the folks that are new to the<br>code base a place to get their feet wet:<br><a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bugs?field.tag=low-hanging-fruit">https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bugs?field.tag=low-hanging-fruit</a><br>* Preparing step-by-step documentation for installing a dev<br>environment, getting set up with the CLA and gerrit, assigning<br>yourself a bug and fixing it:<br>http://wiki.openstack.org/BugSquashingDay<br>* Creating OpenStack VMs for people to use at the SF Bug Squash Day<br>Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/48362422/<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div>I added a quickstart guide at <a href="http://wiki.openstack.org/DevQuickstart">http://wiki.openstack.org/DevQuickstart</a> with an introduction for new developers to OpenStack. It walks a newbie through setting up a development environment, establishing accounts on all the necessary systems, and fixing bugs. I aimed for the minimum amount of information, so if anybody wants to add to it, keep that in mind. I went ahead and added a link on the BugSquashingDay page as well.</div><div><br></div><div>Brian Waldon</div></body></html>