Hey Jim, Sorry for not waiting for the reply. I already went ahead and attached my patches to the respective Jira tickets (STEVE-5 and STEVE-47). I should really be more patient next time round :|
Thanks, Ray On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 1:31 AM Jim Jagielski <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jira please :) > > > On Sep 16, 2019, at 4:44 PM, Ray Ma <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Also, just for the sake of consistency, should patches to the website > > be submitted via the Mail Diff (or Quick Mail) feature of the CMS, or > > submitted to an issue via Jira? > > > > Ray > > > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 8:38 AM Ray Ma <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Jim, > >> > >> I'd like to contribute to STEVE-5 for a start, then help validate some > >> of the patches attached to other issues. > >> > >> In regards to STEVE-5, here's a brief idea of what we could include (A > >> mix from a few other apache projects, pretty generic): > >> Subscribe to the mailing lists, > >> Forms of contribution (documentation, code, question-answering etc) > >> Check the issue tracker for things to work on, > >> A mention of meritocracy, > >> (Potentially) links to committer resources provided by the ASF > >> (Potentially) links to the use of the infra CMS for contributing to > >> documentation, as I saw that STeVe's using it > >> > >> Regards, > >> Ray > >> > >> On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 3:44 AM Jim Jagielski <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi there Ray! > >>> > >>> Welcome to the STeVe community. Yes, it would be great to grow the > >>> external community and I agree that some of the Jira issues may be > >>> detrimental to that. > >>> > >>> What Issues are ones that you'd like to work on? > >>> > >>>> On Sep 14, 2019, at 9:57 PM, Ray Ma <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi Apache STeVe, > >>>> > >>>> I'm Ray, new to the STeVe community. > >>>> > >>>> I've been browsing the ASF Projects Directory lately (mainly to find > >>>> something to do, I guess), and found STeVe. The project looks like it > >>>> could definitely use a hand > >>>> (No offense intended at all, you guys are providing great software for > >>>> free :-)). So naturally, I want to help out. > >>>> > >>>> Currently, there are issues on Jira that are preventing further > >>>> development and new developer engagement. Quite a few of them have > >>>> patches attached, like STEVE-30, have quite serious issues that would > >>>> discourage new developers from committing themselves to the Project. > >>>> If we could get those changes reviewed & merged, maybe the project > >>>> could attract new developers. I assume we'd want this to happen, since > >>>> this is a TLP that's plans to have a release next year (Info from the > >>>> STeVe board report at whimsy.a.o) and not just a service for ASF uses > >>>> only. > >>>> > >>>> If we could review the patches already available and merge/modify > >>>> them, we could also then get on to issues without such patches and get > >>>> rid of some of the years-old issues on Jira. > >>>> > >>>> I don't consider myself "senior" enough to review STeVe patches, since > >>>> I just showed up today. Many people in the OSS scene say that anyone > >>>> can review, but in reality, many don't due to fear of denial. > >>>> > >>>> I really didn't want to sound like an entitled arrogant idiot, but I > >>>> feel like I did anyhow. Sincere apologies if I sounded that way. I > >>>> just love the initiatives of this project and feel like I should help. > >>>> > >>>> Regards, > >>>> Ray Ma > >>> >
