Hi Maria, Thanks for offering to help out! We can only be a better project when people like yourself offer to help.
In addition to what Kalle has said, I just created a new search filter in Jira for our project. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SHIRO On the top navigation bar, click the 'Issues' drop-down arrow (not the actual 'Issues' word). You should see at the bottom of that drop-down a filter named: "Most Popular Outstanding Development Issues". (here is the direct link: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=12315660) This is just my opinion, but this is probably the best indicator of what to work on next, as it orders things based on how much the community wants something. Of course, this is open source so you have the luxury of working on whatever you want if it interests you, but this filter is what I use to see what I should work on next, so I thought I'd point it out. Also, note that while an issue may be assigned to one of the team members already, that doesn't mean you can't/shouldn't work on something - if you see the issue hasn't been updated in a while, odds are high that the person to whom it is assigned probably hasn't touched it in a while and you could probably help out if you wanted. If you're interested in working on an already-assigned issue, I'd just post a comment on any of those issues to see what the current state of them are. HTH! Best, -- Les Hazlewood CTO, Katasoft | http://www.katasoft.com | 888.391.5282 twitter: http://twitter.com/lhazlewood katasoft blog: http://www.katasoft.com/blogs/lhazlewood personal blog: http://leshazlewood.com
