And 9) Disappear off the face of the net after contributing some cool stuff, until such time as a question about how to contribute comes up. :)
Hi Rob, nice to see you're still lurking! --Glen > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Jellinghaus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 10:38 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Participating in development > > > 1) Download the source. > > 2) Build it. > > 3) Find something wrong with it. > > 4) Fix it. > > 5) Send a patch with your fix to axis-dev. > > 6) Repeat steps 3 through 5 a few times. > > 7) Point out how much better it would be if you were an Axis > committer and > could just check things in without other people having to submit your > patches for you. > > 8) Get voted in as committer. > > Hey, it worked for me :-) (at least it did last summer when > I was active > in Axis development!) > > The hardest step is really #3 -- picking what you want to > work on. How > exactly do you want to make Axis better? Once you know that, > the rest is > simply about going ahead and doing the work, and sending it to the > list. You don't need anyone's permission :-) > > If you don't know what to work on, you could ask -- but "How do I > participate in Axis development?" and "What is something that > I, an Axis > newbie, could possibly help with?" are two different questions. > > Cheers! > Rob > > > At 07:38 AM 4/2/2002 +0530, Vaidya, Raghavendra (CORP, GEITC) wrote: > >Hi Guys, > >I have been asking this question for some time now but never > got an answer. > >I want to participate in the development of AXIS. > >Could you guys tell me how do I go about doing that? > >regards > >Vaidya > > > > > >"THIS E-MAIL MESSAGE ALONG WITH ANY ATTACHMENTS IS INTENDED > ONLY FOR THE > >ADDRESSEE and may contain confidential and privileged information. > >If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, > >you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copy of this > >communication is strictly Prohibited. > >If you have received this message by error, please notify us > >immediately, return the original mail to the sender and delete the > >message from your system." > >
