[jira] [Updated] (ACCUMULO-4714) Create landing page for new developers
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ACCUMULO-4714?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] ASF GitHub Bot updated ACCUMULO-4714: - Labels: pull-request-available (was: ) > Create landing page for new developers > -- > > Key: ACCUMULO-4714 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ACCUMULO-4714 > Project: Accumulo > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: website >Reporter: Michael Miller >Assignee: Mark Owens > Labels: pull-request-available > > The website has a lot of good information for contributing to Accumulo but it > is scattered across multiple pages. There is no clear, concise page that can > be sent as a link to developers interested in committing to the project. I > feel like this is a turn off for someone who is interested in contributing to > Accumulo. > This page would be a good place but it is just a bunch of links: > https://accumulo.apache.org/contributor/ > As a recent newcomer I would tend to go here: > https://accumulo.apache.org/contributor/source > But this page is confusing. The first instructions you get (after more > links) explain how to build the website. Then when you get to the developers > guide the the very first thing is a paragraph about activating the Thrift > profile. While this information is all very useful, the first 2 scenarios > are edge cases of development and it does not ease a new developer into > writing code for Accumulo. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029)
[jira] [Updated] (ACCUMULO-4714) Create landing page for new developers
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ACCUMULO-4714?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] Michael Miller updated ACCUMULO-4714: - Component/s: website > Create landing page for new developers > -- > > Key: ACCUMULO-4714 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ACCUMULO-4714 > Project: Accumulo > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: website >Reporter: Michael Miller > > The website has a lot of good information for contributing to Accumulo but it > is scattered across multiple pages. There is no clear, concise page that can > be sent as a link to developers interested in committing to the project. I > feel like this is a turn off for someone who is interested in contributing to > Accumulo. > This page would be a good place but it is just a bunch of links: > https://accumulo.apache.org/contributor/ > As a recent newcomer I would tend to go here: > https://accumulo.apache.org/contributor/source > But this page is confusing. The first instructions you get (after more > links) explain how to build the website. Then when you get to the developers > guide the the very first thing is a paragraph about activating the Thrift > profile. While this information is all very useful, the first 2 scenarios > are edge cases of development and it does not ease a new developer into > writing code for Accumulo. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029)
