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. > > 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 where exactly the site > is, that's just what I found from the svn repo), but should I put in > documentation for newcomers when I'm kinda a newcomer myself? Potentially. That is the sort of thing to discuss on the project's dev@ list before you start. "I'd like to expand the documentation for community newcomers. I was thinking something along the lines of <insert ideas here>. What do you think? I found https://... Is this the correct source for the website to update?" Mark > > Ray > > On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 8:17 PM Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> 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 if this sounded like an over-dramatic fictional >>> piece.) >>> >>> [Actual Question Starts Here] >>> >>> I have just found an Apache project (I don't want to call anyone out), >>> and I just really want to contribute to it. The idea seems really >>> good! But there're a bunch of outstanding issues on Jira that's >>> preventing newcomers from contributing. I really want to deal with >>> these, but I'm not a committer, and I in no way want to "bypass" >>> whatever committership requirements the project may have. But seeing >>> the list of 20-or-so issues that I'm powerless to resolve... It's just >>> this sense of frustration and powerlessness. >>> >>> What can I do to help? I love the goals of the project, but it's hard >>> to get started without crucial information or even working development >>> instruction. Apologies for the genericness, it's just I don't want to >>> seem rude towards that project. >> >> Is it an option to provide patches / pull requests for the documentation >> and/or website to address some of these gaps? >> >> Mark >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
