Re: Apache Roadshow India in 2020?

2019-09-16 Thread Siddhartha Kattoju
Hello All, I saw some discussion about deciding on a venue for the apache roadshow in India. I'm not sure if this has already been decided.. In any case I would like to advocate for Goa as a venue. Don't think it can compete in terms of being a financial hub or have a large tech company presence

Re: First-time contributor to a project, how can I help?

2019-09-16 Thread Alexandre Rafalovitch
There are many ways to contribute to the project without commit. And it is best to start from no expectation of commit bits rather than trying to earn them. When I started contributing to Solr, I did not ever expect to become a committer. So, I worked on things around it. Blogging, commenting on J

Re: First-time contributor to a project, how can I help?

2019-09-16 Thread Jim Jagielski
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 f

Re: First-time contributor to a project, how can I help?

2019-09-16 Thread Mark Thomas
On 16/09/2019 10:34, Ray Ma wrote: >> Not ideal but it can happen. One option is to check the patches are >> still valid, apply cleanly and update them if necessary. > Do you mean in my local development environment? I mean several things all rolled into one. 1. Check that the original issue is s

Re: First-time contributor to a project, how can I help?

2019-09-16 Thread Ray Ma
> Not ideal but it can happen. One option is to check the patches are > still valid, apply cleanly and update them if necessary. Do you mean in my local development environment? > Potentially. That is the sort of thing to discuss on the project's dev@ > list before you start. > "I'd like to expan

Re: First-time contributor to a project, how can I help?

2019-09-16 Thread Mark Thomas
On 16/09/2019 09:41, Ray Ma wrote: > Hi Mark, > > Some of the Jira issues already have patches attached, just not > reviewed or merged (some are a couple years old). Not ideal but it can happen. One option is to check the patches are still valid, apply cleanly and update them if necessary. > > A

Re: First-time contributor to a project, how can I help?

2019-09-16 Thread Ray Ma
Hi Mark, Some of the Jira issues already have patches attached, just not reviewed or merged (some are a couple years old). As for the documentation/site, it looks like I could potentially submit patches to the site/trunk of the project (again, the documentation doesn't exist, so I'm not sure wher

Re: First-time contributor to a project, how can I help?

2019-09-16 Thread Mark Thomas
On 16/09/2019 08:32, Ray Ma 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

First-time contributor to a project, how can I help?

2019-09-16 Thread Ray Ma
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 pie