Hi, everyone! I tried today to make my first contribution to Solr. I was targeting this issue https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-15842 concerning collection backup. I read all the contribution guides I found, but still don't get a clear picture of the process.
I first made a detailed investigation of the problem and also wrote an article explaining how the process is organized from the perspective of code (you can check it here: https://tyoma.hashnode.dev/code-anatomy-solr-collection-backup). I've added a description of the root of the problem in the JIRA issue. Then I used the GitHub way for contributing: create fork of the project, create feature branch, test it locally, then create pull request. I can see that my PR is now linked in the issue so it seems to work. I'm not sure what the next steps are. Should I duplicate on dev mailing list some info about the issue or further updates? I know there is an issue concerning contribution https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-15682 but it seems that it is still on the way (maybe I can help with this after I get enough understanding of it by myself) Also couple of questions concerning the project build: 1. I'm using Eclipse IDE. Before importing the project, I applied gradle's eclipse task to arrange project structure. It seems that generated eclipse project properties have applied settings for Unused import to Error. This leads to the situation that after importing a clean project it will contain errors in Eclipse due to some classes having unused imports. Maybe we should clean those classes or set loose an error type to Warning? 2. Tests. I tried to follow the contribution recommendations concerning checks and tests before/after doing changes. But each time I run full tests it takes about 2-4 hours to finish (yeah, I know my old good pal is not that strong). But the most disappointing thing for me was that tests almost always fail for me and... with different sets of errors. I'm still trying to find the reesons, but if there is good practice on how to improve that part I will greatly appreciate it. Best regards, Artem Abeleshev
