Grant, Welcome to NiFi, and thanks for being willing to contribute!
Wes is right, you can go ahead and submit a pull request (or patch) with your proposed changes. You don't need to wait for the JIRA to be reviewed. Thanks, James On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 8:26 PM, Wes Lawrence <wesleyll...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Grant. > > I'm also new to this, but I recommend writing the solution and providing a > GitHub PR and/or patch. > > I've only fixed some minor bugs I've found, and only today added a very > minor feature, but I've found that approaching with a solution is the best > approach. > > After all, if you were in charge of something, what do you prefer; I person > approaching you and saying "This needs fixing", or "This needs fixing, and > he's a potential fix". > > Worst case, if the fix isn't what the commiters/PMC has is mind, providing > some solution gets the ball rolling on the problem. > > --Wes > > On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 11:10 PM, Grant Langlois < > grant.r.langl...@gmail.com > > wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > First and foremost, my apologies if this message breaks protocol, this is > > my first time hitting a dev mailing list. > > > > I'm interested in contributing to this project and have a specific > feature > > in mind to tackle first. I read through the developer's guide which > > recommended first submitting a Jira (which I did here > > <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-4175>.) > > > > My question is what happens next? Should I wait for someone to comment on > > it as to whether or not it's a feasible addition? I'm more than willing > to > > write the code, assuming it's an acceptable addition. > > > > Thanks for your patience in helping out a newbie. > > > > Grant > > >
