Thanks for pointing out that *contributions *of Reviewing code are still valid and that its not a *committer *only job!
On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 7:17 PM, Andre <[email protected]> wrote: > Dev, > > Those following the git commit log probably noticed that there has been a > lot of action by some of the developers behind some significant > improvements in 1.2.0. > > As these developers get busy I would like to remind the rest of the list > about importance of our contribution around code review and *testing* of > [proposed] changes to the NiFi code base. > > So long history short. No matter if you have committer privilege to the > NiFi git, you can still contribute to this great community. > > You can still contribute by providing extra testing of the introduced code > (I am myself running SNAPSHOT in prod-like conditions with the new > provenance WAL and it is so fast that I reckon you should be doing the > same...). > > > You can contribute by helping with the peer review process. [1] > > > So if you have some cycles available and is keen be more active in our > vibrant community, feel free to get involved! > > > > Cheers! > > > > [1] I admit that some of these PRs is daunting to the non-initiated (myself > included), but trust me when I say that some are perfectly within reach of > those that are familiar with NiFi and have also dealt with things like: > HDFS, Azure Cloud, Websockets, etc etc etc. (To be honest, sometimes the > contribution may be as simple as spell checking!!) > -- Joseph
