On 4/30/07, Kalra, Ashwani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks Phil for this information. I was wondering how people without earning any money can spend so much time on contributing. But as you clarified, I think there are three types of Groups
There are many reasons one contributes to Struts 2, but as far as I know, most S2 devs belong to the third group - that is, they work on S2 because they love working on S2, and they use it at work to do projects.
1. Companies having interest in Opensource technologies who have explicitly assigned the work to its selected employees 2. Individual Mutual agreement where one is paid
I feel like I should clarify this: I'm talking about cases where a developer is being paid by a third party to contribute to Struts 2 because this third party has some interest in Struts 2, not about the ASF paying someone to do some development.
3. No money, Just contribution because of interest in the technology, skills or wants to earn some respect in the group. I will try to contribute in any way you mentioned.
Thanks. -Phil
/Ashwani -----Original Message----- From: Philip Luppens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 12:42 PM To: Struts Developers List Subject: Re: Contributing to Struts 2.xx On 4/30/07, Kalra, Ashwani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > I want to start contributing in Struts 2.xx. I have read some intitial > documentation of how to contribute. Out of curiousity, I am asking > some questions here. Please excuse if they have already being discussed. > > 1. How much time initially I would require to put in. All of you are > also employees of some companies working on some projects and also > devoting time here. How much time on an average you all guys put in. > Is it mostly in weekends ? There is no specific amount of time required for contributing. Contributing means you help us out, either by reporting problems or doing some patches (take a look at the Jira[1] for unresolved issues and tasks), by finetuning documentation, helping out on the mailinglists, or even just helping to spread the word about Struts 2. Average time ? Depends on different factors; some users contribute once, or for the duration of a project. Others have mutual interests, and are paid to work with, and improve, Struts 2. Some work during the weekends or at night. If you read the link about merit [2], then you'll understand there's no minimal required amount of work to put in - every minut you do, however, is appreciated. > > 2. Is the idea of ajaxifying the Mailreader application being > discussed for Struts 2. I want to start from here. Will it be a good > idea or someone is working on it already. I do believe work has already started on it by Martin, and you might want to check out the sandbox. > > Thanks > Ashwani Cheers, Phil [1] https://issues.apache.org/struts [2] http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#meritocracy > > This message contains information that may be privileged or confidential and is the property of the Capgemini Group. It is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy, disseminate, distribute, or use this message or any part thereof. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this message. > -- iDTV System Engineer "Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live." - John F. Woods --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message contains information that may be privileged or confidential and is the property of the Capgemini Group. It is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy, disseminate, distribute, or use this message or any part thereof. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this message. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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