From 3a8ac36a8322397c430a9337f31059baeb45c694 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Derek Tropf Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:09:18 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Replace suggested labels with good first issue label The suggested labels for new contributors to use in contributing.rst are not used and have been replaced with the actively used first issue label. --- doc/devel/contributing.rst | 11 +++++------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/devel/contributing.rst b/doc/devel/contributing.rst index 9d5f7f15c303..e6c1163dc4ff 100644 --- a/doc/devel/contributing.rst +++ b/doc/devel/contributing.rst @@ -294,12 +294,11 @@ Issues for New Contributors --------------------------- New contributors should look for the following tags when looking for issues. -We strongly recommend that new contributors tackle -`new-contributor-friendly `_ -issues (easy, well documented issues, that do not require an understanding of -the different submodules of Matplotlib) and -`Easy-fix `_ -issues. This helps the contributor become familiar with the contribution +We strongly recommend that new contributors tackle issues labeled +`good first issue `_ +as they are easy, well documented issues, that do not require an understanding of +the different submodules of Matplotlib. +This helps the contributor become familiar with the contribution workflow, and for the core devs to become acquainted with the contributor; besides which, we frequently underestimate how easy an issue is to solve!