On 11/04/2016 06:43 PM, Jeff Beck wrote: > I run the local Cassandra User Group and I would love to help get the > community more involved. I would propose holding a night to add patches to > Cassandra some will be simple things like making sure some asserts have > proper messages with them etc, but some may be slightly larger. The goal > being to just get people used to the process, to help make this a success > it would be great if we could have support on getting the patches we submit > at least looked at briefly in 1 month. That timeframe allows us to talk > about it at the next meetup and show people their contributions even small > ones are valued.
This is a great idea and I have a suggestion that would benefit the project as a whole, as well as help new people get used to the development process: Document the process. Recently, the project included documentation in the source tree under `doc/`, which is directly presented at https://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/ The red bar at the top has a link to contributions, there are docs about getting started with development, reviewing patches, and testing. If those docs need updating for better readability, missing steps, hints for new contributors, etc. I think this could be one of the most valuable contributions a user group could make, as well as provide some initial experience in the development process itself. > Before we did this night I would probably dig through some tickets and get > an example list going and any feedback notes on making the process easier > would be great. Some more ideas: The user group members could get themselves set up in JIRA in order to review one another's patches, get a feel for testing patches, go through the motions of *how* to contribute improvements, and again, get documentation change patches up in JIRA, so everyone benefits from your experiences, as the group works through the process. > Generally if there is anything you need from the meetups ask I know I will > do my best to get the local group to support things. Thanks for the interest! -- Kind regards, Michael
