Look into adding something like this github action for automatically assigning issues.
When we add this, we'll also want to add the following to the contributing documentation:
Once you have selected an issue, then assign it to yourself by placing the word take as a comment. This will initiate a github action to assign it to you. It may take a few seconds or require you to refresh the page. Your goal is to finish the process from self assigning the issue to submitting the initial Pull Request (PR) in less than 2 weeks. This keeps your work from diverging too much from the main branch.
That being said, life happens, we appreciate you however you decide to help. If something comes up, and you need to unassign an issue (place the word remove as a comment) or post that you are still working on it, then that is okay.
Look into adding something like this github action for automatically assigning issues.
When we add this, we'll also want to add the following to the contributing documentation: