Thanks Kathey for your quick reply and the warm welcome. yes i have done a
coursework in database but i am not going to do this as a coursework instead
i would like to interact with a mentor from ASF(better i can find a mentor
from Sri lanka then there will be no time issues and we can even meet in a
coffee shop rather than only in mailing lists or IRCs but i am ok with
anyone). as for time commitment, usually i committed 5-6 hours a day for
blogging and for other open source projects so i can commit 1-2 hours per
day for ASF but within exam days(that will come in mid of July) i won't be
able to commit that much . i have heard of Derby but never used so, i will
learn it before doing anything and i like if you can suggest me any other
resources to learn about Derby which will be important for
developing rather than using it.
Please first join the Derby mailing lists:
http://db.apache.org/derby/derby_mail.html
I always first suggest starting with the tutorial
http://db.apache.org/derby/quick_start.html and then download the source
and build Derby and run regression tests,
http://db.apache.org/derby/derby_comm.html. One of our students made a
great screencast for how to get set up.http://www.vimeo.com/5376690
Once you have accomplished these tasks or if you have any troubles along
the way, send an email to derby-dev and introduce yourself. Once we
understand your area of interest, we can better recruit a a mentor. We
have a student working on Derby now from Sri Lanka and hopefully you can
get together, but most of the Derby commiters are in Europe and the
US. Check out http://community.apache.org/localmentors.html for possible
local mentors for Apache general issues.
Kathey
