Hi Ross, This is really helpful for me to proceed and getting touch with community.
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Ross Gardler <rgard...@apache.org> wrote: > We can certainly try to team you up with a mentor. However, be aware our > mentors are not here to teach you to code. They, and the project community, > will help you get to grips with the project structure though. > > Your first action should be to search for issues with a label of "GSoC" or > "mentor". These issues are ones that are thought to be appropriate for > someone at the start of their career. > > Once you have found an issue you might want to tackle post them here and > we'll help you with the next step. > > Sent from my mobile device. > > On 26 Apr 2011, at 05:57, Nuwan Arambage <nuwan.aramb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > This question might be asked several time by different different people > who > > do have interest being a apache contributor.I would like to ask this > > question again. How can I get into Apache project as contributor ?. I > have > > read the guide lines available in Apache website. They suggest to follow > > the particular project that you are interested and use the software then > > pinpoint where things can be improved. > > > > When it comes to my point of view, all are true.But everyone is not at > same > > level to follow those guide lines perfectly.In my case I would like to > join > > to Java based web service project. I have tried several products. I feel > if > > you need to find issues by your own at first hand it won't be that much > easy > > since I'm not a well seasoned about the software.Other scenario is there > are > > existing defects in JIRA they said you can work on those issues. > > > > My point is product complexity matter for newcomers.I head that there are > > mentoring activities happens in Apache.Probably it might be helpful for > > me.How can I find a mentor if I like to work on existing bug ?. > > > > I'm waiting for reply from great community. > > > > Thanks > > Nuwan Arambage > -- Fail again. Fail better With Regards , Nuwan Arambage
