Hi, Over the last couple of months bugs are being raised twice as fast as they being fixed and there's only a few committers who are actively fixing bugs. While everyone is free to do what they want to do on a project (including nothing) being a committer does mean you have a responsibility to the current users of the software.[1] If all of the current committer fixed only a single bug a month we would outstrip the number of bugs being raised.
There are some bugs with patches that would be simple to apply and test - for instance this one re the new installer script: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-34070 Also remember we need help from users as well - confirming that a bug exits is helpful and would get the bug noticed. Supplying patches to bugs is also one way to become a committer. If you're looking for something to fix and don't know where to start the "easytest"[2] or "easyfix"[3] bugs are a good place to find easy to solve bugs. For more info on have to how to fix bugs see [4]. Thanks, Justin 1. http://www.apache.org/dev/committers.html#committer-responsibilities 2. https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20FLEX%20AND%20labels%20%3D%20EasyTest 3. https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20FLEX%20AND%20labels%20%3D%20EasyFix 4. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/Bug+Fixing
