That would be nice. I've been lurking here for months wanting to contribute but not really sure how.
On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 4:24 PM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > >
