To make my self more clear. Qpid is an open source project and there **should NOT** be any barriers for entry. Ideas/code should be based on merit and not on how long you have been at Qpid. So I agree with Carl that the starter items are *not* a requirement, but they do provide a gentle introduction to the project. We have had newcomers who took on really large areas, for example the windows port and have been quite successful.
As for Etienne, the reason I suggested to have a stab at some starter JIRA's in parallel to the clustering discussion was due to the fact that the clustering discussion will likely take time and realistically the finner details can only be hatched out once the core broker design/code has stabilized. IMO that is going to take a few more months. Until that time Etienne could you the opportunity to get familiar with the project and build karma and credibility. But it's only a suggestion. Any newcomer to the project (including Etienne) should be encouraged to find a place where they are comfortable to start with. Otherwise we will find people turning away from Qpid bcos we have too much process/bureaucracy. Regards, Rajith On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Carl Trieloff <[email protected]> wrote: > Rajith Attapattu wrote: >> >> Welcome Etienne to the Qpid project. >> It would be great if you could start sharing your ideas/experience with >> us. >> >> However I think Marnie's suggestion is good and could be done in >> parallel to the clustering discussion. >> If Etienne can have a stab at a few starter JIRA's it will have the >> following benefits. >> >> a) Allow an opportunity to get familiar with the codebase. >> b) Start building towards your karma (and by the time Etienne gets >> around to helping clustering with code he may already be a committer.) >> c) Allow an opportunity to get familiar with the Apache way if u >> haven't worked on an Apache project before. >> d) Provides a way to build credibility among community members. >> >> > > Personally I don't see starter items as a requirement, just a practical > suggestion if you want a gentle > intro to the code base, where to start is based on the comfort and > experience of the person starting in my > view. > > It all comes out in patch review anyway. go for it, I like experienced > ambitious people! My only suggestion > is to provide feedback to the list as you go, as not everyone follows the > JIRA updates in detail. This allows > for comment etc & someone to pick you up as a patch/ review buddy. > > One last comment, you may want to seek Alan out -- he did the C++ brokers > clustering. > > Welcome, and have at it. > regards > Carl. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Apache Qpid - AMQP Messaging Implementation > Project: http://qpid.apache.org > Use/Interact: mailto:[email protected] > > -- Regards, Rajith Attapattu Red Hat http://rajith.2rlabs.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Apache Qpid - AMQP Messaging Implementation Project: http://qpid.apache.org Use/Interact: mailto:[email protected]
