Hi, On Wed, 2007-08-29 at 12:49 -0700, Sunburned Surveyor wrote: > I've been using Jakarta commons for a few months now. I've been > programming in Java as "hobby" for a few years, so I'm not what you > would call a professional. However, I have a good basic knowledge of > Java. > > I would like to contribute to Jakarta Commons if possible. My main > interests are in the Math, Lang, and Collection modules. I'm currently > working on some classes that manipulate angles, directions, and > bearings that might be appropriate for the Math package. I'm also > working on a large point number format that provides an alternative to > BigDecimal for exact mathematical calculations. I hope to use this > large number format for some statistical calculations. > > I'm also working on a FILO collection as part of a data caching mechanism. > > At any rate, I know I need to get up to speed on the Jakarta Commons > coding style and other requirements for contributing. I should also > get in touch with the maintainer/maintainers for the Math module. > > I know how to work with SVN, so I shouldn't have any major problems > downloading code from Jakarta Commons. > > I look forward to working with the Jakarta Commons community, if it is > possible.
It's great that you're interesting in contributing to open source. Hopefully some of the math team will get in contact as you're interested in that. For more general info, you might like to read this: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-commons/GettingInvolved As mentioned there, offers to add features that "seem cool" without any particular project *needing* those features is generally received with caution. We don't want to bloat existing libs, ie add code that isn't actively being used. So some of the ideas listed above might need some justification before being accepted. Math might be an exception, as implementing known algorithms seems a useful thing - though I should let the Math people speak for themselves. Regards, Simon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
