Continuing the trend started when we moved our source repository, today we're rolling out issue tracking on code.creativecommons.org. Our goals are two fold:
- Increase transparency regarding what we are doing and plan to do. If you find a bug or suggest an idea, we'd like to make sure it's tracked in a publicly accessible location where everyone can follow along.
- Tangentially, we'd like to make it easier for people to contribute to the work we're doing. We [semi-]frequently hear people say they'd like to help, but don't know where to start. We've had Developer Challenges forever but they're not easy to find and poorly maintained. I'm personally hoping that keeping the ideas in the same system we [developers] use every day will keep them in the forefront of our minds.
With respect to the first, we're initially tracking bugs here for three projects: the license engine, Herder (a translation tool we'll be rolling out real soon now), and CC Learn's Universal Education Search project. Feel free to create bugs, wishes, features for any CC project; we'll create the Project identifiers as we go.
With respect to challenges, I've created a community keyword we'll assign to projects that it's unlikely we'll tackle, but which might be appropriate for someone in the community who wants to contribute. Luis' idea from earlier this week is the first. I hope we have a giant pile of ideas (and a corresponding giant pile of completed ideas) by next year's Summer of Code.