Well you should first select a project and drop a mail on the project's mailing list. This should be the first step - To find a project that you would LOVE to work on. You can always work on multiple projects as well.
The contributors of the project would be the best people to help you out with further steps. Hope it helps. Feel free to ask more questions otherwise :) On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 12:43 PM, B Prakash <bpr...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Yash, Lefty, > > Thanks very much, I have a lot of experience in Java EE and other > opensources. I have finished more than 25+ successful java EE enterprise > production implementations. > 1. I wanted to start contributing to ASF, I wouldn't mind the > project (not for now) , and hence like the 'new comer' section suggested, I > am looking at all the defects, GSOC and Mentor defects, but I haven't come > across anything relevant. Is it possible that any of you could share a > potential 'defect' as an example, I will try to look for others on the > similar lines? > 2. Should I look for bugs with status 'New', or type as bug, > implementation, new feature... Is there any specific logic to this? > Regards, > Prakash. > > ________________________________________ > From: Lefty Leverenz <leftylever...@gmail.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2015 9:02 PM > To: dev@community.apache.org > Cc: prashanttyagi221...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: Unable to find bug tracker list > > 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 > > >> Prakash. > > >> ________________________________________ > > >> 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 > > >> > > > > > > > > > >
