Author: curcuru
Date: Fri May 18 21:20:35 2012
New Revision: 1340257
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1340257view=rev
Log:
Rewrites, clarifications, and improvements to style, welcomingness, and more
simple links out.
Modified:
comdev/site/trunk/content/index.mdtext
Modified: comdev/site/trunk/content/index.mdtext
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/comdev/site/trunk/content/index.mdtext?rev=1340257r1=1340256r2=1340257view=diff
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-Title: Index
-
-Welcome to the Community Development project site.
-
-Our aim here is to *help
-newcomers* to The Apache Software Foundation take their first steps on
-their way to being a *part of our community*.
-
-We also aim to provide signposts into The Apache Software Foundation which is
a large and sometimes confusing place.
+Title: Apache Community Development - Welcome
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+ KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
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+ under the License.
+
+
+# Welcome! #
+
+Welcome to the Apache Community Development (ComDev) project! This website is
developed
+by volunteers to *help newcomers* to The Apache Software Foundation (ASF)
+and to our many Apache projects take their first steps towards being a *part
of our community*.
+
+Here we provide signposts to information about both
+the ASF as an organization, as well as about the over 100 different Apache
project
+communities that provide free software for the public benefit.
We do not focus on any
-specific projects here, we focus on the common structures and processes you
-will find in the majority of ASF projects. Our goal is to help you
+specific projects here, but rather on the common processes and policies
+found in most of Apache projects. Our goal is to help you
*understand how the ASF works* and give you the confidence to participate
-more directly.
+more directly in Apache projects that interest you.
+# How Can We Help You? #
a name=Index-Startingpoints/a
-## Newcomers
+## Newcomers to Apache
-If you are completely new to open source you should start in our [newcomers
section][1].
+If you are new to open source please read our [newcomers section][1] for some
+explanations of basic concepts, first steps to get started, and places to ask
for help.
-## Contributors
+## Open Source Contributors
If you know a little about open source and want to understand how the ASF
works our [contributors section][2] is for you.
-## Committers
+## Apache Committers
+
+Apache Committers will should read our [committers section][3] and see the
[Developer Information site](http://www.apache.org/dev/).
+
+## How To Ask Questions
+
+All Apache projects use publicly archived mailing lists that anyone may
subscribe
+to and/or send mail to to ask about that Apache project. Most projects have
at least a
+dev@$project.apache.org mailing list for technical discussions about the code,
and a
+user@ or users@ mailing list for questions about the product or features.
-Apache Committers will find our [committers section][3] useful.
+The ComDev project has our own mailing list where you can ask general
questions
+about Apache at
[d...@community.apache.org](http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/community-dev/).
-## Event organisers and speakers
+## Event Organisers and Speakers
-External event organisers looking for speakers or speakers looking for
materials will find our [speakers section][4] useful.
+We have a [list of speaker resources][4] for both conference organizers and
speakers.
For a list of current events, our [calendar section][5] contains an
aggregation of foundation wide calendars, along with
-the [official conferences calendar][6]
+the [official conferences calendar][6], including ApacheCon, BarCamps, and
more.
-## GSoC
+## Google Summer of Code program (GSoC)
The Community Development project also manages the [ASF's participation in the
Google Summer of Code program][7].
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