New contributor need time to get started, Trafodion is a very complex system software. So it will be helpful to have some JIRAs that are simple enough for beginners to work on. Documentation is also a very good starting point.
I notice the JIRA can has label as 'newbie', I just create JIRA 2133 as an example. It will be something simple enough for new contributor to get started I hope. I know some people not from current contribution groups already singed the iCLA document and want to contribute to Trafodion. So I assume once they deliver code commit or wiki update, they will be considered as 'contributor' ? Thanks, Ming -----Original Message----- From: Pierre Smits [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 3:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Working towards graduation Hi all, With 2 releases out since the start under the flag of ASF Incubation, we are on the right track building our experience regarding release management in relation to compliance to the ASF rules and guidelines. I suggest we now - while not forgetting to work on improving our code base for future releases - start working on the community aspect of the project. According to https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TRAFODION/Contributors (per 27-07-2016) we have a healthy number of contributors. Yet diversity is a bit low. The subset of contributors with the PPMC flags shows following affiliation: - Esgyn: 9 contributors - Hewlett Packard: 3 contributors We need to work on getting more diversity in that subset. Otherwise - I feel - the IPMC will have issues with our graduation. Any ideas how to achieve that diversity? Best regards, Pierre Smits ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com> OFBiz based solutions & services OFBiz Extensions Marketplace http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/
