This is really cool! Thanks for sharing Chris! On Wed, Sep 25, 2019, 1:36 PM Christopher <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Are you ready for #Hacktoberfest 2019? Support Open Source in October > and earn a limited edition T-shirt! @DigitalOcean @ThePracticalDev > https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/ " > > The above line is the canned promo tweet from the Hacktoberfest > website, but it summarizes the event better than I could. > Hacktoberfest is a pretty cool annual event that tries to encourage > open source contributions with giveaways (t-shirt, stickers). It also > helps connect potential contributors with repos that are accepting > contributions by using GitHub labels on issues. In our communities at > Apache, committers can take advantage of this event to try to attract > new contributors by labeling issues on GitHub with the "help wanted" > or "Hacktoberfest" label (typically, low-bar, "newbie" type are best). > > If anybody is interested, I'd encourage you to participate and spread > the word, and those of us who are committers to make use of the labels > on GitHub issues. > > If you are a current user of open source, but haven't contributed... > consider making your first contribution to fix that annoying bug or > documentation gap that's been bothering you! This is a great > opportunity to break the ice with an open source community and get a > t-shirt in the process! > > Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with the Hacktoberfest event or its > sponsors. I've merely participated in past years and find it a good > opportunity to encourage open source and to grow our Apache > communities. >
