Folks, We've made some good efforts growing the committer pool recently and it would be super cool to start getting more people involved in day to day reviews and commits. You can find a guide of how to do this here:
http://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/development/how_to_commit.html Honestly, this was intimidating and the git incantations in the above required me to look up a few things and ask for help. But I asked, folks answered, and I moved forward. Basically, don't stay on the side lines because it seems hard or you don't understand the process. It *is* hard and the process is sophisticated. We learn by doing and it gets easier each time so jump in and ask if you need help. The following is a small list of recent "Patch Available" issues that would be good practice if you are new (or if you are not and have not done a commit in a while): https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-12706 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-12014 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-12457 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-12582 (Huge thanks to Stefania who has been all over Jira lately!). The following has already been reviewed and just needs to be committed: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-12632 Per that last issue, if you don't have commit access, feel free to review a "Patch Available" issue adhering to the following: http://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/development/how_to_review.html Apply a comment saying you reviewed it and toggle it from "Patch Available" to "Ready to Commit" via the "Workflow" drop down. Thanks! -Nate
