On 14.08.2008 23:00:39 Kenneth D Weinert wrote: > > Jeremias Maerki wrote: > > On 14.08.2008 18:16:29 Kenneth D Weinert wrote: > >> I'll also be putting together some patches (I presume you'd want > >> individual file patches) to fix some minor typos in the online > >> documentation. > > > > Yes, an SVN diff is the preferred format for changed files. > > http://apache.org/dev/contributors.html#patches > > > > New files are sometimes easier to pack into a ZIP file. The file(s) > > should then be attached to a JIRA issue. > > Thanks for the info. > > BTW, if your changes are non-trivial (i.e. have some amount of > > original work on your part in it) we need a CLA (Contributor > > License Agreement) on file with the ASF: > > http://apache.org/licenses/#clas I know paperwork is silly but > > we're all on the safer side this way. > > > I figure on doing some actual contributing at some point, so I thought > I'd go ahead and get the CLA out of the way.
Great, thanks. > One small problem: > > CLAs may be submitted by traditional postal mail, fax, or by emailing > a scan of the signed copy to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I presume that's secretary at apache.org (which is what I'll most > likely do) but I didn't see any fax number or postal address on the > site. I might just have missed it, but a link on that page to the > contact info would be a little more user friendly :) The address and fax number is on the ICLA form itself. I assume this is to reduce redundancy (in case the fax number changes as happened recently). Otherwise, your assumption about the e-mail address is correct. > > Anyway, thanks already for the time you're investing here! I don't > > have too much time available to look after PDFBox but I'll do my > > best. Please be patient if you don't always get an immediate > > answer. > > > No worries - but it's good to know. > > I have a lot of experience with PDF internals, it's what I do for my > day job. I wasn't using PDFBox for that, but I'd like to contribute. I > saw the open issues, but is there a priority list anywhere? Just pick > something that looks interesting? Yes, that's how it works. You pick what you think is fun. Obviously, working on something that needs to be done from time to time is also appreciated. At the moment, we just have our JIRA instance which serves as issue tracker, but as for short-term priorities we currently just have what was in our last board report. Could make sense to add some of them to JIRA. At any rate, the license review is a top priority. You're always welcome to add issues that you don't know how to address so one of the committers (or someone else) can pick them up. Anyway, PDFBox is just really getting started now that we have the sources in the SVN repository. We have to figure out where we want to go first. > Just curious. > > - -- > Ken Weinert > http://quarter-flash.com This is my last post for today. I'm off to bed. Nightynight. Jeremias Maerki
