Hello All, A big thank you to all who participated in the OFBiz community day. We had another good community day, the community worked on around 5 issues, more details can be found here [1].
Please refer to this document [2] for the responses of the survey. Our next community day is planned on *21st to 25th February 2020*, and for more details please refer to this document [3], stay tuned! Keep contributing!! Thanks again Sharan Foga for building the assets and documentation related to OFBiz Community Days. Thank you Swapnil M Mane, for guiding me to share these details with you all. [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/RapidBoard.jspa?rapidView=318&projectKey=OFBIZ&view=reporting&chart=sprintRetrospective&sprint=585 [2] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/November+2019+-+Community+Day+Survey [3] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/OFBiz+Community+Days+Dates Thanks & Regards, Devanshu Vyas. On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 5:22 PM Devanshu Vyas <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > A big thank so much to everyone who participated in the OFBiz community > day. > Every contribution matters! > > We'd also like anyone who participated to complete a brief > survey. This will help us gather some feedback and information about how we > can improve future Community Days. > > *IMPORTANT NOTE*: Please only complete the survey if you actually > participated in Community Day. > > Please feel this short survey, > (There are only 9 questions so it really won't take much time) > > https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PLRB26C > > The survey will be open until *December 5th, 2019.* and I will document > the results on the Wiki and publish it on the mailing list. > > P.S. We have closed the "OFBiz Community Day (November 2019)" Jira sprint. > > Thanks & Regards, > Devanshu Vyas. > > > On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 4:27 PM Swapnil M Mane <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> Hope you are doing well. >> >> I would like to apologize to update you on such short notice on our >> November Community day. Our this community day is starting from tomorrow, >> and as you all aware it is the sequence of 5 days that form the Community >> Days. >> So, this community day is from *22nd** – 26th November.* >> >> I am sorry to update you on such short notice, my notification system >> doesn't work the way I expected it to work. :-/ >> >> If you are new to the concept of Community Days then please take a look at >> the following wiki pages >> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/OFBiz+Community+Days >> >> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/OFBiz+Community+Days+Dates >> >> Anyone can participate (and we would like to encourage as many people as >> possible to do so :-) >> >> If there is an OFBiz task or particular area that you would like to work >> on >> then please see if you can set aside some time over the next few days to >> do >> it. (Even an hour will help!) >> >> Remember that you do not have to work on it alone, our Community Days are >> also a chance to collaborate with others in the community. >> >> Our Community Days are not only coding related, we would also like to do >> some tidy up of our wiki and our project documentation. >> >> *Testing, Review and Committing Patches* >> Testing and applying patches is always an important area. Many >> contributors >> from the community have provided patches for bugs and improvements but >> before committing them we need to test to them. >> >> Patches can become out of date very quickly meaning that if they are not >> tested early enough then they can miss out on being included. We have a >> large number of patches available so this could be a good opportunity for >> test, review and commit. >> >> *Documentation* >> We know that our current documentation could be a whole lot better so any >> contribution that helps us improve it is welcome. >> >> *Jira Sprint* >> I have created a Jira sprint "OFBiz Community Day (November 2019)" so >> please add any Jira tasks when you are working on it. >> >> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/RapidBoard.jspa?rapidView=318&projectKey=OFBIZ >> (You will need Jira login to access above link). >> >> This Jira Sprint helps us track and report on the work done during the >> Community Days so please try to make sure your work is included. >> To set the sprint on an existing issue, simply click on the "Edit" option >> on the issue and select the sprint field. >> >> We should add the Sprint in all the cases, >> 1.) If we create a ticket we should add it. >> 2.) If we start working on an existing ticket (adding patch or closing it >> after a commit) we should add sprint if it is missing. >> >> Basically adding Sprint will make sure the contribution will be counted in >> OFBiz community days event, which is from 22nd – 26th November. >> At the end of November's OFBiz Community day i.e. after 26th November. >> This will help us in reporting. >> >> *OFBiz Slack Channel* >> If you haven't already taken a look, our OFBiz Slack channel is available >> all the time but can be especially useful when collaborating during our >> Community Days event. Please join our room using the link below: >> https://s.apache.org/ofbiz-slack-channel >> >> To chat with users and developers of Apache OFBiz. Please create a Slack >> account using this invite link <https://s.apache.org/slack-invite> and >> join >> the *#ofbiz channel*. <https://s.apache.org/ofbiz-slack-channel> Please >> do >> *not* ask OFBiz questions/discussion in the #general channel. >> >> Let's work together to improve OFBiz, have fun and enjoy working together. >> >> Best regards, >> Swapnil M Mane, >> ofbiz.apache.org >> >
