On 6/11/11 2:20 PM, Les Hazlewood wrote: > 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.
Thanks, Les! I have also been lurking for a while and thinking about stuff to work on. One thing I would add for Maria and anyone else getting involved @apache is that working on test cases, javadoc and other documentation is always a great way to get started contributing. Phil > HTH! > > Best, >
