Hello, I'm so glad to be part of the Forrest community. I'll try to help test the release candidate and post the result on the list.
Regards, SinDoc On Sat, April 14, 2007 2:01 am, David Crossley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Ross Gardler 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). > > Great. Welcome. > >> 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 > > Yes, we cannot emphasise this enough. > > Among the other benefits, this enables the whole > community to share the load of supporting. Not just > leaving it to the designated mentors. > > More eyes also helps to keep people on-track, > even the mentors some times. > > Of course, the community also gets to see and > participate in the evolving solution. > >> 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]. > > Ross might already be going to follow up with > this additional stuff, but anyway ... > > It is also good to become familiar with the general > ASF documentation for developers [3]. There is stacks > of resources and explanation of processes. Don't get lost. > > Don't take it as the whole truth either. As with all docs, > including Forrest's, they can be out-of-date, incomplete, > and incorrect. Much information is available in the > various mail archives, > > The "How the ASF works" is also extremely useful [4]. > > Bear in mind that each project can do things in their > own way, while still being consistent with ASF ideals. > Each project should have guidelines for all of us developers. > Ours are here [5]. > >> 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). > > Even wonky questions are fine. They give opportunity > for others to explain obscure things, and so explanations > become available in the mail archives. So please do > search the mail lists and our docs. With such a small > community we do need to try to keep the level down > (says me, waffling on). > > -David > >> 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 > [3] http://www.apache.org/dev/ > [4] http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html > [5] http://forrest.apache.org/guidelines.html > >
