+1, thanks Patricia > -----Original Message----- > From: Patricia Shanahan [mailto:p...@acm.org] > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 10:51 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Attracting new developers > > OpenOffice really needs more developers, especially build experts but > also programmers in general. > > We do have a web page, http://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html, > but it it not very obvious and tends to emphasize non-programming > contributions. Those are very valuable, but we have far too few > developers. > > I only found out about the need for developers by reading > bo...@apache.org, a mailing list that is available to a few hundred > people. Meanwhile, it's a quiet day if there are less than 100,000 > downloads. > > The download page, https://www.openoffice.org/download/, could have a > "Developers Needed" block similar to the "Help Spread the Word" block, > linking to http://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html. > > If this does get us some more developers, I am volunteering to shepherd > and organize them. I don't think just telling them to pick something to > work on is an effective way of getting them started - we seem to lose a > lot of people at that point. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
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