Thanks Norbert. This is really helpful!! On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 4:16 AM, Norbert Kalmar <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Prasanth, > > Great to hear, welcome to the community! :) > Here is how I started: I forked Apache/ZooKeeper ( > https://github.com/apache/zookeeper) to my own github repository. You can > make the changes on your own fork, for example on master. When you are > done, you can create a pull request on github, you'll find the button for > it when you are looking at your branch on the website. > > There is quite a few open issues: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/ZOOKEEPER/issues/ > You can also create new jira's. For starters, I would recommend some very > basic change, if you don't find any in the already open jira's, just create > one (fixing a test is a good start). > > Basically this is all you need to start. > When you checkout ZooKeeper, you can run "ant eclipse" which will generate > a .project file for you, you can also import it in idea. (If you haven't > already) > > Unit tests run for an extended time due to mixing unit tests with > integration tests (there is a plan to seperate them). So be vary. > > Once you create a pull request, we will review it (usually reviews come > quite quick, but you can ping us here in the mailing list). > A committer will need to commit your change. This could take more time due > to various reasons (for example we are in the middle of a new release right > now). > > Also, it is probably a good idea to also have the fix for older branches > like 3.5 and 3.4, but usually 3.5 is compatible with master, and 3.4 is not > always required. Just create the PR for master and we will have. > > I hope this helps! > > Regards, > Norbert > > > > On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 5:20 AM Prasanth Mathialagan < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Greetings!! > > > > I have been working with Zookeeper for a while and I would love to know > > more and contribute. I got good experience with distributed systems > through > > my Masters in Computer Science. I was thinking that I could improve the > > test cases or add more tests so that I can understand ZK better but I > don't > > know where to start. It would be helpful if you guys can provide a > starting > > point. I am happy to fix long standing bugs as well. > > > > Regards, > > Prasanth > > >
