Re: AW: interested in contributing

[Adam Smith]

That would be nice. I've been lurking here for months wanting to contribute
but not really sure how.

On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 4:24 PM sebb  wrote:

> Or a page on the wiki/website.
>
> And make sure that is easy to find, so people can help themselves, at
> least initially.
>
> On 21 December 2016 at 16:53, Gary Gregory  wrote:
> > It feels like we need a message template in a repo to make replying to
> > these queries quick, easy, and complete.
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > On Dec 20, 2016 12:29 PM, "Jan Matèrne (jhm)"  wrote:
> >
> >> Starting points are also
> >> - open issues (see JIRA:
> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/BrowseProjects.jspa#10260)
> >> - something you missed for yourself
> >> - something another misses (see userlist)
> >>
> >> Jan
> >>
> >> > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
> >> > Von: Stefan Bodewig [mailto:bode...@apache.org]
> >> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 20. Dezember 2016 15:22
> >> > An: dev@commons.apache.org
> >> > Betreff: Re: interested in contributing
> >> >
> >> > Welcome Shan
> >> >
> >> > On 2016-12-20, Padmashantha Rajapakshe wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > I have 10+ years of Java experience, so would like to contribute for
> >> > > common project at the beginner level.
> >> >
> >> > This sounds great.
> >> >
> >> > > really appreciate if guide me with initial setup.
> >> >
> >> > Commons isn't a whole but rather a group of components with different
> >> > subsets of people working on it. Sometimes the subsets overlap, but
> >> > quite a few people are only contributing to one or a few components.
> >> >
> >> > So the first thing to figure out for you is what interests you the
> >> > most. What part of Commons would you enjoy contributing to the most?
> >> >
> >> > The homepage  lists the "proper"
> >> > components, those that are considered mature and maintained enough to
> >> > be able to cut releases. You'll see there are a lot of different
> >> > things.
> >> >
> >> > Some components are still inside the sandbox
> >> >  which means they are either
> >> > not yet ready for prime time or lacking developers who want to work on
> >> > them. As you are finding your way around, you should probably prefer a
> >> > component that has an active community so you don't need to work
> alone.
> >> >
> >> > Once you've selected a component that sounds interesting, we can go
> >> > from there.
> >> >
> >> > Cheers
> >> >
> >> > Stefan
> >> >
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Re: AW: interested in contributing

[sebb]

Or a page on the wiki/website.

And make sure that is easy to find, so people can help themselves, at
least initially.

On 21 December 2016 at 16:53, Gary Gregory  wrote:
> It feels like we need a message template in a repo to make replying to
> these queries quick, easy, and complete.
>
> Gary
>
> On Dec 20, 2016 12:29 PM, "Jan Matèrne (jhm)"  wrote:
>
>> Starting points are also
>> - open issues (see JIRA:
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/BrowseProjects.jspa#10260)
>> - something you missed for yourself
>> - something another misses (see userlist)
>>
>> Jan
>>
>> > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
>> > Von: Stefan Bodewig [mailto:bode...@apache.org]
>> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 20. Dezember 2016 15:22
>> > An: dev@commons.apache.org
>> > Betreff: Re: interested in contributing
>> >
>> > Welcome Shan
>> >
>> > On 2016-12-20, Padmashantha Rajapakshe wrote:
>> >
>> > > I have 10+ years of Java experience, so would like to contribute for
>> > > common project at the beginner level.
>> >
>> > This sounds great.
>> >
>> > > really appreciate if guide me with initial setup.
>> >
>> > Commons isn't a whole but rather a group of components with different
>> > subsets of people working on it. Sometimes the subsets overlap, but
>> > quite a few people are only contributing to one or a few components.
>> >
>> > So the first thing to figure out for you is what interests you the
>> > most. What part of Commons would you enjoy contributing to the most?
>> >
>> > The homepage  lists the "proper"
>> > components, those that are considered mature and maintained enough to
>> > be able to cut releases. You'll see there are a lot of different
>> > things.
>> >
>> > Some components are still inside the sandbox
>> >  which means they are either
>> > not yet ready for prime time or lacking developers who want to work on
>> > them. As you are finding your way around, you should probably prefer a
>> > component that has an active community so you don't need to work alone.
>> >
>> > Once you've selected a component that sounds interesting, we can go
>> > from there.
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> >
>> > Stefan
>> >
>> > -
>> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org
>> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
>>
>>
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Re: AW: interested in contributing

[Gary Gregory]

It feels like we need a message template in a repo to make replying to
these queries quick, easy, and complete.

Gary

On Dec 20, 2016 12:29 PM, "Jan Matèrne (jhm)"  wrote:

> Starting points are also
> - open issues (see JIRA:
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/BrowseProjects.jspa#10260)
> - something you missed for yourself
> - something another misses (see userlist)
>
> Jan
>
> > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
> > Von: Stefan Bodewig [mailto:bode...@apache.org]
> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 20. Dezember 2016 15:22
> > An: dev@commons.apache.org
> > Betreff: Re: interested in contributing
> >
> > Welcome Shan
> >
> > On 2016-12-20, Padmashantha Rajapakshe wrote:
> >
> > > I have 10+ years of Java experience, so would like to contribute for
> > > common project at the beginner level.
> >
> > This sounds great.
> >
> > > really appreciate if guide me with initial setup.
> >
> > Commons isn't a whole but rather a group of components with different
> > subsets of people working on it. Sometimes the subsets overlap, but
> > quite a few people are only contributing to one or a few components.
> >
> > So the first thing to figure out for you is what interests you the
> > most. What part of Commons would you enjoy contributing to the most?
> >
> > The homepage  lists the "proper"
> > components, those that are considered mature and maintained enough to
> > be able to cut releases. You'll see there are a lot of different
> > things.
> >
> > Some components are still inside the sandbox
> >  which means they are either
> > not yet ready for prime time or lacking developers who want to work on
> > them. As you are finding your way around, you should probably prefer a
> > component that has an active community so you don't need to work alone.
> >
> > Once you've selected a component that sounds interesting, we can go
> > from there.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Stefan
> >
> > -
> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org
> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
>
>
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AW: interested in contributing

[jhm]

Starting points are also
- open issues (see JIRA:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/BrowseProjects.jspa#10260)
- something you missed for yourself
- something another misses (see userlist)

Jan

> -Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
> Von: Stefan Bodewig [mailto:bode...@apache.org]
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 20. Dezember 2016 15:22
> An: dev@commons.apache.org
> Betreff: Re: interested in contributing
> 
> Welcome Shan
> 
> On 2016-12-20, Padmashantha Rajapakshe wrote:
> 
> > I have 10+ years of Java experience, so would like to contribute for
> > common project at the beginner level.
> 
> This sounds great.
> 
> > really appreciate if guide me with initial setup.
> 
> Commons isn't a whole but rather a group of components with different
> subsets of people working on it. Sometimes the subsets overlap, but
> quite a few people are only contributing to one or a few components.
> 
> So the first thing to figure out for you is what interests you the
> most. What part of Commons would you enjoy contributing to the most?
> 
> The homepage  lists the "proper"
> components, those that are considered mature and maintained enough to
> be able to cut releases. You'll see there are a lot of different
> things.
> 
> Some components are still inside the sandbox
>  which means they are either
> not yet ready for prime time or lacking developers who want to work on
> them. As you are finding your way around, you should probably prefer a
> component that has an active community so you don't need to work alone.
> 
> Once you've selected a component that sounds interesting, we can go
> from there.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Stefan
> 
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