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authorFelix Singer <felixsinger@posteo.net>2022-02-20 13:49:23 +0100
committerFelix Singer <felixsinger@posteo.net>2022-03-17 22:08:24 +0000
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Documentation/contributing/projects: Add "easy projects" section
Change-Id: Ibf91a879478e03b584756dc24fe33fb013803f9d Signed-off-by: Felix Singer <felixsinger@posteo.net> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/62206 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Michael Niewöhner <foss@mniewoehner.de>
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@@ -20,6 +20,24 @@ doubt if you can bring yourself up to speed in a required time frame
with the projects. We can then try together to figure out if you're a
good match for a project, even when requirements might not all be met.
+## Easy projects
+
+This is a collection of tasks which don't require deep knowledge on
+coreboot itself. If you are a beginner and want to get familiar with the
+the project and the code base, or if you just want to get your hands
+dirty with some easy tasks, then these are for you.
+
+ * Resolve static analysis issues reported by [scan-build] and
+ [Coverity scan]. More details on the page for
+ [Coverity scan integration].
+
+ * Resolve issues reported by the [linter][Linter issues]
+
+[scan-build]: https://coreboot.org/scan-build/
+[Coverity scan]: https://scan.coverity.com/projects/coreboot
+[Coverity scan integration]: ../infrastructure/coverity.md
+[Linter issues]: https://qa.coreboot.org/job/untested-coreboot-files/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/lint.txt
+
## Provide toolchain binaries
Our crossgcc subproject provides a uniform compiler environment for
working on coreboot and related projects. Sadly, building it takes hours,