Or a page on the wiki/website. And make sure that is easy to find, so people can help themselves, at least initially.
On 21 December 2016 at 16:53, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
