Author: lewismc
Date: Thu May 30 02:28:48 2013
New Revision: 1487708
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1487708
Log:
Introduce newbie issues
Modified:
gora/site/trunk/content/contribute.md
Modified: gora/site/trunk/content/contribute.md
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/gora/site/trunk/content/contribute.md?rev=1487708&r1=1487707&r2=1487708&view=diff
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--- gora/site/trunk/content/contribute.md (original)
+++ gora/site/trunk/content/contribute.md Thu May 30 02:28:48 2013
@@ -8,24 +8,25 @@ on the [mailing lists](./mailing_lists.h
Simply put, gora needs you help to move forward. Like all open source
projects, you can help gora in several ways:
-* Bug reporting: No software is bug-free. So please report any issues that
arise while using
+* **Bug reporting**: No software is bug-free. So please report any issues that
arise while using
Gora by commenting on an existing bug, or opening a new bug report. You can
search,
and create new bug reports
[here](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GORA).
-* Feature Request: Gora should be driven further by feature requests from the
community.
+* **Feature Request**: Gora should be driven further by feature requests from
the community.
Reporting ideas for improvement on existing features and new features can
help the
developers to re-arrange priorities for the project. Use the
[issue tracker](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GORA) for reporting
feature
requests, or mention your idea at the dev@ mailing list.
-* Developing Patches: We of course welcome patches from the community.
+* **Developing Patches**: We of course welcome patches from the community.
If you find an issue you want to fix, create the issue, develop the patch
- and attach the patch to the issue.
-* Sharing Use Cases: You can share how you use gora in your projects. We
+ and attach the patch to the issue. You can see some of the **newbie** issues
+
[here](https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%2012311172%20AND%20labels%20%3D%20newbie)
+* **Sharing Use Cases**: You can share how you use gora in your projects. We
also encourage users to add thier use cases to our
[PoweredBy](./poweredby.html) page.
-* Contributing Documentation: You can also contribute to the ongoing
documentation
+* **Contributing Documentation**: You can also contribute to the ongoing
documentation
effort of the project by editing [wiki
pages](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/GORA/Index),
improving javadocs or writing blog posts. You can also answer user questions
at the [mailing lists](./mailing_lists.html).
-* Spreading the word: We encourage you to share your feedback on gora with us
and
+* **Spreading the word**: We encourage you to share your feedback on gora with
us and
with others, by tweeting, blogging, etc.
-* Participating in GSoC: As a community and project, Gora has a successful
record
+* **Participating in GSoC**: As a community and project, Gora has a successful
record
in participating in [Google Summer of
Code](https://developers.google.com/open-source/soc/).
As a community we greatly encourage students to engage in such efforts.
