Issue tracking

What is it?

An issue tracking system is a software that manages and maintains a list of issues.

Issues are bugs to fix, or features to add. They have a modifiable status associated with them.

Its functions

Issue-tracking systems fulfill different functions, in particular:

Entering dysfunctions, errors and requests
Distributing and assigning issues to persons in charge
Assigning priority to each issue based on the overall importance of that issue
Monitoring time spent and quality of work
Collecting questions and answers for FAQs
Maintaining an history of each change

GitHub Issues

Create an issue

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Default associated labels

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Practical

Work in pair, either as collaborator on one repository or using pull request mechanism to improve a ‘bad’ README that you need to add into your repository first.

First, list all the issues related to the README you can find creating as many issues as you think necessary,
then, prioritise these issues,
assign the person in your team capable of solving some (spread the workload equally between you) and
finally try to solve the most import ones assigned to you.