Do CONTRIBUTING files provide information about OSS newcomers' onboarding barriers?

Do CONTRIBUTING files provide information about OSS newcomers' onboarding barriers?

Effectively onboarding newcomers is essential for the success of open source projects. These projects often provide onboarding guidelines in their ‘CONTRIBUTING’ files (e.g., CONTRIBUTING.md on GitHub). These files explain, for example, how to find open tasks, implement solutions, and submit code fo...

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Main Authors: FRONCHETTI, Felipe, SHEPHERD, David, WIESE, Igor, TREUDE, Christoph, GEROSA, Marco, STEINMACHER, Igor
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
Subjects:
novices
onboarding
FLOSS
open source
software engineering
Software Engineering
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/8897
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/9900/viewcontent/FSE2023_Fronchetti.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
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