It feels like we need a message template in a repo to make replying to these queries quick, easy, and complete.
Gary On Dec 20, 2016 12:29 PM, "Jan Matèrne (jhm)" <apa...@materne.de> wrote: > Starting points are also > - open issues (see JIRA: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/BrowseProjects.jspa#10260) > - something you missed for yourself > - something another misses (see userlist) > > Jan > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Stefan Bodewig [mailto:bode...@apache.org] > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 20. Dezember 2016 15:22 > > An: dev@commons.apache.org > > Betreff: Re: interested in contributing > > > > Welcome Shan > > > > On 2016-12-20, Padmashantha Rajapakshe wrote: > > > > > I have 10+ years of Java experience, so would like to contribute for > > > common project at the beginner level. > > > > This sounds great. > > > > > really appreciate if guide me with initial setup. > > > > Commons isn't a whole but rather a group of components with different > > subsets of people working on it. Sometimes the subsets overlap, but > > quite a few people are only contributing to one or a few components. > > > > So the first thing to figure out for you is what interests you the > > most. What part of Commons would you enjoy contributing to the most? > > > > The homepage <http://commons.apache.org/> lists the "proper" > > components, those that are considered mature and maintained enough to > > be able to cut releases. You'll see there are a lot of different > > things. > > > > Some components are still inside the sandbox > > <http://commons.apache.org/sandbox.html> which means they are either > > not yet ready for prime time or lacking developers who want to work on > > them. As you are finding your way around, you should probably prefer a > > component that has an active community so you don't need to work alone. > > > > Once you've selected a component that sounds interesting, we can go > > from there. > > > > Cheers > > > > Stefan > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >
