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Pierre Smits closed DIR-311.
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Closing the issue as it is resolved.
> Improvement to How to Contribute page
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> Key: DIR-311
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIR-311
> Project: Directory
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Pierre Smits
> Assignee: Emmanuel Lecharny
>
> For some time now I have been pondering about how the 'How to contribute'
> page (see here: http://directory.apache.org/contribute.html) can be improved
> to make it more appealing to attract more contributors.
> So I have come up with the following (excluding some of the appropriate
> visual formatting for now):
> *Join the Apache Directory Community*
> First of all, a big *thank you* from us for evaluating and/or using our
> products. We truly appreciate it. Our products exist, and continue to improve
> thanks to you. But you can help us and yourself more!
> As we are a community of volunteers working with the guidelines and policies
> of the Apache Software Foundation (the Apache Way) in mind, we welcome any
> kind of input you can provide to get better products. These contributions,
> whether you think of reporting bugs, supplying code enhancements,
> improvements to our documentation, answering questions in our mailing lists
> or anywhere else are valuable to us. Because these will help us in helping
> you.
> You can also consider *donating* in other ways to the Apache Software
> Foundation. Look for more information on that subject at this page [url to
> donate page: http://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html].
> So, you consider *contributing* to our project. But how do you go about
> achieving this?
> Well, it is as easy as pie. The first thing you’ll need to do is *subscribe*
> to one of our mailing lists (see the overview below) and you’re set to go to
> deliver your first contribution: a posting there, about how great our
> products are, what you found missing, or even the bug you got confronted
> with. You might even consider a more interactive approach and join the team
> on our IRC channel.
> After you have had your first contribution over and done with, it stays
> *easy*. You can immediately:
> * reply to questions, and/or share your viewpoint on how issues could get
> resolved
> * add to our FAQ or WIKI
> * share your code and documentation patches through our issue management
> solution (JIRA)
> * evaluate bugs and proposed improvements provided by others within our team
> - help with outlining and evaluating the future direction of our project and
> the development iterations of our products.
> To make it more explicit, we are looking for:
> * Source code (bugs and improvements) contributions
> * Documentation assistance
> * Product and feature suggestions
> * Detailed and/or constructive feedback
> * Articles (case studies, white papers, etc) and presentations (speeches)
> about how our products helped you.
> But the list is not limited to the above! If you feel we missed something
> there, please *let us know*.
> The overview of our mailing lists
> * The Directory Developers List Subscribe Unsubscribe Post
> mail—archives.apache.org
> * The Directory Users List Subscribe Unsubscribe Post
> mail-archives.apache.org
> * The Directory Commits List Subscribe Unsubscribe —
> mail-archives.apache.org
> * The LDAP API List Subscribe Unsubscribe Post
> mail-archives.apache.org
> - The Fortress List Subscribe Unsubscribe Post
> mail-archives.apache.org
> Our IRC channels on free node.net are:
> * #apache-directory
> * #apache-directory-dev
> - #apache-fortress
> Again, we thank you and look forward to seeing your first contribution.
> The Apache Directory Community
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