HI Kanchana, I guess this is not the time for an extreme newbie, but yes if he/she has a basic understanding on Axis2 and the code, giving few guidance to those should be doable. Our target is a bit hard to achieve one so we better not get much extreme newbies this time. :-(
Thanks, Ruwan On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Kanchana Welagedara <kancha...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Ruwan > > Thanks and just now saw the mail on the dev list.I'm planning to promote > the event with in our organization,SL, india and US. > Will let you know our participation and let them link in.How about joining > newbies in this ?will that slow down you? > > Thanks and Best regards > Kanchana > On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Ruwan Linton <ruwan.lin...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> BTW: We are planning on a hackathon starting from tomorrow for 3 days, if >> you would like to contribute and any others, we are more than welcome. >> >> Thanks, >> Ruwan >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Kanchana Welagedara >> <kancha...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Hi Azeez, >>> >>> >>> I'm sorry for delaying in reply. I had to wait for many people to get >>> back from vacation. As you can see volunteer based commitment (while having >>> other work commitments) doesn't seem to be a productive since it has not >>> been made much contribution to the community since we started. Also internal >>> infrastructure didn’t really bless with this team for their voluntary work. >>> >>> >>> >>> I have discussed this with my superiors to bring some formality in their >>> volunteer work by giving some free time slots to work and proper >>> infrastructure to operate in more efficient way in Apache project >>> contributions. Also some of the KT sessions such as Techtalks conducted >>> in quick start in Axis java2 as well were conducted. >>> >>> >>> >>> I have communicated with a Test engineering folks to allocate some >>> interested QA resources (who are intersted )to work with us.But they will be >>> newbies. Organizational stuff takes time. >>> >>> >>> New plans are to move forward to contribute in a more productive manner. >>> I saw many changes/enhancements implemented including fast track on fixing >>> bugs on Axis java2 .If you specifically think of any areas for us to work on >>> please share with us. >>> >>> >>> Shivendra and Prateek , How it is going on from your end? Will you be >>> synchronizing with us to move forward? >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Kanchana >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Afkham Azeez <afk...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Kanchana, >>>> How's the work in this area progressing? Any new plans or developments? >>>> >>>> Azeez >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Kanchana Welagedara < >>>> kancha...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Shivendra >>>>> >>>>> Appreciatively couple core devs(Senaka ,Amila) from axis java 2 joined >>>>> with our code fest we conducted last Friday.Following are the lists of >>>>> contributions we will be working on.Let's conduct a hackathon (sync up and >>>>> write code together on a scheduled time) once all the newbies gets their >>>>> hands dirty with axis 2.If you are comfortable to start with following >>>>> contribution area. Please go ahead and start. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Start as a User for newbies >>>>> Fixing existing bugs and send patches to the list >>>>> >>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?pager/start=50 >>>>> Performance testing >>>>> Interoperability testing >>>>> Fine bugs fixes >>>>> Use Code Quality tools and Testing >>>>> Documentation >>>>> >>>>> /BR >>>>> Kanchana >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 7:35 PM, shivendra tripathi < >>>>> shivendr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Kanchana, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am a moderate AXIS2 user located in India. I would like to >>>>>> contribute for the project. I am not sure which area and how can I >>>>>> contribute. Could you provide me some heads up? >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Kanchana Welagedara < >>>>>> kancha...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi folks; >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We are a team who got bunch of contributors (One -Tech Lead-(10 hours >>>>>>> per week for 6 months) ,One-SE(5 hours per week for 6 months,One SSE(8 >>>>>>> hours >>>>>>> per week for 6 months ) conducting a codeFest on Axis2 Java on Friday >>>>>>> from >>>>>>> 15:30 -18:30 Hrs in Sri Lanka >>>>>>> Time.Finally for the entire working hours would be 600 for 6 >>>>>>> months.This a start up of a growing a team. >>>>>>> These volunteers are heavy axis java 2 users. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I would really appreciate if we can find couple of Volunteers core >>>>>>> developers who could be on IM (ICQ, yahoo, skype) linking with us on >>>>>>> this >>>>>>> CodeFest and guide us on key areas to contribute so that we can utilize >>>>>>> our >>>>>>> time effectively. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks and Best Regards >>>>>>> Kanchana >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *Afkham Azeez* >>>> Senior Software Architect & Senior Manager; WSO2, Inc.; http://wso2.com >>>> , >>>> * >>>> * >>>> *Member; Apache Software Foundation; >>>> **http://www.apache.org/*<http://www.apache.org/> >>>> * >>>> email: **az...@wso2.com* <az...@wso2.com>* cell: +94 77 3320919 >>>> blog: **http://blog.afkham.org* <http://blog.afkham.org/>* >>>> twitter: >>>> **http://twitter.com/afkham_azeez*<http://twitter.com/afkham_azeez> >>>> * >>>> linked-in: **http://lk.linkedin.com/in/afkhamazeez* >>>> * >>>> * >>>> *Lean . Enterprise . Middleware* >>>> * >>>> * >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Ruwan Linton >> Software Architect & Product Manager >> WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.org >> >> Lean . Enterprise . Middleware >> >> phone: +1 408 754 7388 ext 51789 >> email: ru...@wso2.com; cell: +94 77 341 3097 >> blog: http://blog.ruwan.org >> linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ruwanlinton >> google: http://www.google.com/profiles/ruwan.linton >> tweet: http://twitter.com/ruwanlinton >> > > -- Ruwan Linton Software Architect & Product Manager WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.org Lean . Enterprise . Middleware phone: +1 408 754 7388 ext 51789 email: ru...@wso2.com; cell: +94 77 341 3097 blog: http://blog.ruwan.org linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ruwanlinton google: http://www.google.com/profiles/ruwan.linton tweet: http://twitter.com/ruwanlinton
