Hi, I am really happy that I was awarded to carry out this project along with Sina. And thank you very much for the great intro to Apache Forrest and GSoC in general.
Yes, I would love to help out with the testing of the RCs for the 0.8 release. Personally, I think it would be a good leaning point and help me understand Forrest better. And since the weekend is here, I am on it already! Thanks again, Oshani On 4/13/07, Ross Gardler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'd like to welcome Oshani Wasana Seneviratne and Sina Khakbaz Heshmati to Apache Forrest as part of this years Google Summer of Code (GSoC). The GSoC is unusual as a community building device in that there is an external incentive for contribution (i.e. cash they won't get unless they contribute). Nevertheless, others are here because they have some external incentive. For me, it is a small part of my day job and hence I too get paid to be here, ranted, I tend to be here quite alot out of office hours too - but that's because I've learnt what a great thing community driven software is. It is therefore the job of existing community members to try and teach the value of community development to Oshani and Sina. So, the first thing to learn about community development is there should be no private discussion regarding the project. Therefore, this is the last email I will send to either of your private addresses. You both need to subscribe to the relevant mailing lists [1] and reply to this mail once you are subscribed. Note, mails about GSoC can be sent privately to your mentor if you prefer Officially GSoC does not start until next month. However, Apache Forrest really could use your help right now. We have a release candidate being tested for release. Having you install and test it, along with the rest of the community, would be great. If you have time and inclination please let us know on the dev list and we'll point you to the right information. What to do next? The first thing you need to do is get to grips with the way we do things around here. A good place to start is [2]. Please do not be shy. We understand you are new to Forrest and our development model. We were all new to it once. Please ask questions, we will answer as fully as time allows (often pointing at docs for you to read as background). It would be *really* helpful if you could start writing a FAQ about getting started as a Forrest developer (perhaps your first question would be how - or perhaps you can find it in our docs, it is there ;-) Finally, you are here to enjoy yourselves, so have fun! Ross and Gavin GSoC Mentors for Apache Forrest [1] http://forrest.apache.org/mail-lists.html [2] http://forrest.apache.org/contrib.html
