Understood... I would say that it is likely harder to discuss this and provide feedback whole also keeping the name of the project secret; but I also agree that keeping the name secret is *entirely* appropriate for this email and this conversation. I would suggest letting this discussion go on for a bit here, and then reaching out directly to someone who has replied to this thread, someone whom you think you could chat with openly and honestly, 1-1, so that they could more easily and directly mentor you.
Cheers! > On Sep 16, 2019, at 3:32 AM, Ray Ma <d...@rayma.me> wrote: > > Hi ComDev, > > [Meta] > > I was going to private mail someone, since I wasn't really comfortable > talking about this question in a public list, but I want to start > trusting Apache people as an inclusive group. So... here goes nothing. > (Also, really sorry if this sounded like an over-dramatic fictional > piece.) > > [Actual Question Starts Here] > > I have just found an Apache project (I don't want to call anyone out), > and I just really want to contribute to it. The idea seems really > good! But there're a bunch of outstanding issues on Jira that's > preventing newcomers from contributing. I really want to deal with > these, but I'm not a committer, and I in no way want to "bypass" > whatever committership requirements the project may have. But seeing > the list of 20-or-so issues that I'm powerless to resolve... It's just > this sense of frustration and powerlessness. > > What can I do to help? I love the goals of the project, but it's hard > to get started without crucial information or even working development > instruction. Apologies for the genericness, it's just I don't want to > seem rude towards that project. > > Thanks, > Ray > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
