On Friday, July 5, 2002, at 01:20 AM, 徐 玮 wrote:

> hi guys,   I am a student majoring in computer science, I am interested 
> in this project, hoping to get invoived in it, and contributing my skills.

the best place to start is by reading the information already on the site.
  see

http://jakarta.apache.org/site/getinvolved.html

and pages linked to it. it explains how we manage our projects and some of 
the apache philosophy.

IMHO we're a little less directed than some other places. it's more about 
people scratching their personal itches than some great uber-plan for 
world domination.

i personally think that documentation patches (both user documentation and 
java docs)are a great way to understand a project. once you've found a 
project you find interesting - try to improve the documentation. not only 
will you learn about how the project works but you'll also earn the thanks 
of the developers.

the other great way to learn a project is to hang out on the users list 
and try to provides answers to user questions. you'll be amazed how much 
you can learn yourself by answering questions - especially if you need to 
find out the answer!

once you understand a project then take a look at the to do list and see 
if there's anything that interests you. if there is, post to the list 
volunteering to provide patches. if there's nothing that you find 
interesting on the to do list - then propose something new that you do 
find interesting! or go and find another project doing more interesting 
stuff!

BTW you'll need to subscribe the commons-dev list if you want to 
contribute code. it's a good idea to subscribe for a little while so that 
you get a feel for the netiquette before you post.

- robert


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