Hi I have been thinking about this for a while. The reason is that I would like to contribute but as others have noted before, it's a little difficult to see where to start.The work of Stuart Ballard [1] made this a little bit easer. The problem that remains is that sometimes there is a big work being done within a company (IBM/Intel) which is invisible to the world and "suddenly" gets contributed. Another possibility is that a big contribution is up for voting. (There is one due now right?) For us mere mortals (not full-time employed on the Harmony project) both these cases are a problem since it's sometimes difficult to follow the list. (Or am I only speaking for myself?)
Anyway, I propose that we make a page (I can do it or help doing it) where this information should be posted. It should contain: 1) A breakdown of the classlib (exactly like [1] IMHO) and possibly the VM's into 'bullets' 2) For each of these bullets a status: - "Done" We think it is done - "Under development", somebody is looking into it. This doesn't mean that person/group "owns" the module, but it's who to ask if you want to contribute - "Being voted on" On it's way - "Available" (Much more inviting for others than "not done" :) 3) Other info perhaps? Or maybe nice colouring or whatever.... This information will probably be most useful to people that would like to contribute a small part to the project (like me). But I think that there are more out there eager to help than the few that have raised their voices on this list. What do people think? Regards, Erik Axel Nielsen VU - Amsterdam [1] http://www.kaffe.org/~stuart/japi/htmlout/h-jdk14-harmony Quoting karan malhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Yes I am interested in documenting this thing. I dont know the best > way > to do it, but I was thinking if everybody could send in the following > information: > 1. Name > 2. Module and classes working on > Then I can create a simple wiki page with the above information. > However, it would be very difficult for me to keep the page updated, > so > I guess, it would be the responsibility of each contributor to update > that wiki page if he/she starts/stops working on a new module/class. > > Here is an example of what I am talking of. We could do something > similar, though not exactly the same format. > > http://wiki.apache.org/jdo/AllTheOtherTests > > Geir Magnusson Jr wrote: > > > We actually don't assign things because we don't want to create > > feelings of territory. > > > > That said, if someone is working in an area, it's courteous to show > > some deference in order to avoid commit clashes :) > > > > However, I think your question is different - we don't have a full > > classlibrary map, and that would be nice. > > > > There is some info on the wiki already. Are you interested in > > producing one suitable for the website? > > > > geir > > > > karan malhi wrote: > > > >> How would I know what modules/classes are being worked upon > already. > >> I know JIRA is one place to look into, but it may not show a > complete > >> picture until an issue is created for a module. Is there a list > i.e. > >> spreadsheet or a wiki page where we have list of modules and > >> volunteers working on that? > >> > > > > -- > Karan Singh >
