Prakaskh (and Prashant), each project has a mailing list archive <http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/>. You can browse old messages or check whether any new messages have arrived since you joined the list.
-- Lefty On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Yash Sharma <yash...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Prashant Tyagi, > Adding you to this mail list since you have similar questions. > > Do not hesitate to ask other questions, someone will always be around to > answer. And pardon us for late answers; everyone dedicates personal hours > for community and sometimes we miss couple of threads. > > Good luck. > > - Via mobile. Excuse brevity. > On 13 Sep 2015 4:31 pm, "Yash Sharma" <yash...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Prakash, > > 1. As a starting point your java knowledge should be good enough since > > most of the projects have newbie/trivial tasks which you can pick up. > > However the sooner you start understanding the project the easier it > would > > be for you to pick up critical and interesting tasks. Most projects also > > entertain contributions as docs which should be a good starting point as > > well. > > > > 2. Users and Dev list should again be good to start with. If you have not > > got any mails that just means there is no conversation going on and > people > > are enjoying the weekend. > > > > Having said that, enjoy working on project of your choice and drop a note > > in case you stumble upon any issues. > > > > Happy Coding! > > > > - Via mobile. Excuse brevity. > > On 13 Sep 2015 10:39 am, "B Prakash" <bpr...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Thanks again Lefty for the info. I followed the links and got lot more > >> information. I am interested in few projects but wanted to know two > more > >> things; > >> 1. Can I contribute to a project if I just know the programming > language > >> well (Say Java), and not know much about the project (Say Cassandra)? > >> 2. I see that there are 4 mailing lists 'Users, Developers, Committers, > >> client library'. I subscribed to Developers list, I got a confirmation > >> that my id has been subscribed, but haven't received any mail. Is this > the > >> mailing list I need to watch if I want to start contributing? > >> Thanks and regards > >> Prakaskh. > >> ________________________________________ > >> From: B Prakash <bpr...@hotmail.com> > >> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2015 2:42 AM > >> To: dev@community.apache.org > >> Subject: Re: Unable to find bug tracker list > >> > >> Hi Lefty, this helps, thank you :-) > >> > >> ________________________________________ > >> From: Lefty Leverenz <leftylever...@gmail.com> > >> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2015 2:40 AM > >> To: dev@community.apache.org > >> Subject: Re: Unable to find bug tracker list > >> > >> Prakash, you can find the bug tracker for each project by following > links > >> in the projects directory (https://projects.apache.org/projects.html). > >> > >> For example, if you were interested in the Hive project you could scroll > >> down the list of projects to find Apache Hive and follow this link: > >> Apache > >> Hive <https://projects.apache.org/project.html?hive>. The project page > >> has > >> a Development section that includes "Bug-tracking" which gives this link > >> to > >> the Hive JIRA: > >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE. The Summary page has a > menu > >> on > >> the left, and Issues > >> < > >> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE?selectedTab=com.atlassian.jira.jira-projects-plugin:issues-panel > >> > > >> is > >> the first item in the menu. > >> > >> Other projects use Bugzilla instead of JIRA. For example, see the > Apache > >> Ant page <https://projects.apache.org/project.html?ant>. > >> > >> You can also reach bug trackers from the individual project home pages, > >> which are easy to find with any search engine, but they may use > different > >> names (Hive says "Issue Tracking" and Ant says "Bug Database") and the > >> links will be in different places on the home page, so I recommend using > >> the project list as described above. > >> > >> Thank you for your interest in contributing. > >> > >> -- Lefty Leverenz > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 1:58 AM, B Prakash <bpr...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > Hello, > >> > > >> > > >> > I am interested in contributing to ASF. Though I have been > >> thinking > >> > about it for a while I got the time only now. I have been going > through > >> > the site looking for bugs list as stated in the ASF 'Where do I start' > >> page > >> > ie 101.html but I couldnt find it please help. Following is the > >> section in > >> > the page that points to bugs list. > >> > > >> > > >> > "If you are trying to satisfy a specific technical problem then you > >> > already know what you want to work on, but if you are looking for > >> something > >> > useful to do in order to participate in an ASF project then the > projects > >> > issue/bug tracker is your friend (this will be linked from the > projects > >> > home page or from its entry on the projects page linked above). > >> > > >> > In the projects issue tracker you will find details of bugs and > feature > >> > requests the project would like to work with, this should give you > some > >> > inspiration about how you might be able to help the project community. > >> If > >> > you are looking for a beginner level issue try searching JIRA for > issues > >> > with the label "GSoC" or "mentor", these are issues the community feel > >> are > >> > manageable for someone new to the ASF and their project. The community > >> has > >> > also indicated that they are willing to help someone work on those > >> issues > >> > through our mentoring program< > >> > > >> > https://community.apache.org/newbiefaq.html#NewbieFAQ-AbouttheApacheMentoringProgramme > >> > >. > >> > > >> > " > >> > > >> > > >> > Regards, > >> > > >> > Prakash > >> > > > > > >
