How can I get started? Any wiki pages or other resources I can refer to? A walk-through of the code would be awesome. :)
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote: > This is excellent news Dominic! > > > On 11 March 2013 14:22, Dominic Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I would love to contribute to Fauxton. (I've learned some Erlang but > don't > > feel proficient yet) I love CouchDB and I'd like to contribute right > away. > > :) > > > > - Dominic Barnes > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 2:08 AM, Garren Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Another way that you can contribute is to help us with Fauxton. Fauxton > > is > > > all javascript, css and html so no Erlang required. > > > If you are interested in contributing let us know and we can walk you > > > through the code and get you started. > > > There is plenty of low hanging fruit to get you started. > > > > > > Garren > > > > > > On 09 Mar 2013, at 11:01 PM, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Dear community, > > > > > > > > I believe we have done a poor job of recognising merit in this > project. > > > As > > > > a PMC member, I would like to apologise to you for that. Over the > > course > > > of > > > > this year, I hope to rectify the situation. But I need your help. > > > > > > > > I would like to invite the whole community to start making committer > > > > nominations to the PMC. > > > > > > > > The sorts of things we're looking for: > > > > > > > > * Ability to work co-operatively with peers > > > > * Ability to mentor others > > > > * An understanding of community > > > > * Positive, helpful attitude > > > > * Repeated contribution to the project > > > > > > > > Committers do not have to be coders, despite the title. A committer > is > > > > someone with recognised merit within the community. That's the long > and > > > > short of it. Naturally, being a software project, most committers are > > > also > > > > coders. > > > > > > > > But you can earn your commit bit by: > > > > > > > > * Doing QA work > > > > * Helping out on JIRA, doing triage > > > > * Helping people out on the mailing lists or on IRC > > > > * Contributing to the wiki or docs > > > > * Blogging, organising meet-ups, or giving presentations > > > > * Doing community out-reach or evangelism > > > > > > > > And, of course, submitting patches is good too... But is by no means > > > > required! > > > > > > > > So, please ask yourself: > > > > > > > > * Is there someone who's helped you out before, or who is doing a lot > > of > > > > good work, who isn't currently a committer? If so, please send an > email > > > to > > > > [email protected] and tell us why you think they should be > a > > > > committer. > > > > > > > > * Are you put off because you don't know Erlang? Me too! I've not > > written > > > > a single line of Erlang for CouchDB, and I've been a committer for > > half a > > > > decade. See the next bit of this email... > > > > > > > > If you are interested in learning, we have the > > > > [email protected]. That is a dedicated resource for > people > > > > wanting to learn Erlang with > > > > CouchDB. The core devs are here to take you through the code, and get > > you > > > > started. > > > > > > > > But if you're not interested in learning Erlang, do any of the other > > > areas > > > > of contribution sound like your thing? > > > > > > > > Great! Let us know about it. Or better yet, just start doing it. > There > > is > > > > no need to check with anybody before you start doing something. Just > > > post a > > > > note to this list with an outline of what you propose to do, and then > > > start > > > > doing it. If people have a problem, they will speak up. > > > > > > > > This is how I try to operate. I get an idea about something which > would > > > be > > > > good for the project (like this email) and I just do it and hope it > > > doesn't > > > > upset anyone. There is no special status needed to do this. We can > all > > do > > > > it! The only thing a committer can do that a non-committer can't do > is > > > > check code directly into the repository. > > > > > > > > Everything else is wide open... So what are you waiting for? ;) > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > -- > > > > NS > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > NS >
