Re: PR Reviews -- volunteers needed

[César Hernández Mendoza]

Thank you for the email.

Awesome community progress!: Today I see 23 Open PR (two of them were
opened yesterday) so effectively in less than 24 hours 5 PR were reviewed
:)!

Looking forward to continue contributing.

El mar., 28 may. 2019 a las 9:58, Michael Redlich ()
escribió:

> Hi David:
>
> Thanks for this email.  As you know, I haven't been able to finish up the
> example application to which I committed a few months ago.  But this is
> something I can do to get back into contributing!  And I will completed the
> OpenTracing example sometime soon!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Mike.
>
> On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 2:18 AM David Blevins 
> wrote:
>
> > If you're looking for ways to contribute, a very very ... very major way
> > is to help review PRs.
> >
> > We currently have 27 open PRs:
> >
> >  - https://github.com/apache/tomee/pulls
> >
> > You do not need special permission, authority or to be someone of "high
> > regard" or any such nonsense to help review PRs.  Your very first
> > contribution to the project could be to give another first contributor a
> > bit of positive or constructive feedback in their PR.
> >
> > In an ideal world, this is exactly what happens.
> >
> > Think of how excited you get when you file your PR.  You may go back and
> > click reload on the page all day and for the next two days till
> eventually
> > you stop checking and just wait to be notified.
> >
> > You have the power to give other people that magical feeling of getting
> > quick feedback over their hard work.
> >
> > Let's imagine two kinds of contributor and ask ourselves which is the
> more
> > valuable person:
> >
> >  - Jane has reviewed 10 PRs
> >  - Joe has submitted 10 PRs
> >
> > Jane is hands down more valuable and I would vote her into the project as
> > committer far before Joe.  I would do that even if Jane did not have one
> > commit of her own.
> >
> > Of course there are philosophical reasons such as Jane is showing she is
> > concerned for others, wants to help new people and is overall focused on
> > building the community around the project.  She is putting others above
> > herself.
> >
> > But there is also math at play.  For every Joe you need a Jane or PRs
> > don't get in.  In practice, Janes are in very short supply.  In our
> current
> > state, there are 27 Joes and very few Janes.
> >
> > If you want to have a major impact in just an hour or two a week, your
> > todo list is not JIRA, it's right here:
> >
> >  - https://github.com/apache/tomee/pulls
> >
> >
> > --
> > David Blevins
> > http://twitter.com/dblevins
> > http://www.tomitribe.com
> >
> >
>
> --
> *Code*, *Write*, *Cycle*, *Run*, *Drink*,
> *Sleep ... Repeat*
>
> *InfoQ  Java Queue Editor*
> https://about.me/mpredli 
> https://twitter.com/mpredli
> https://redlich.net/
> https://javasig.org/
> *Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler*
>


-- 
Atentamente:
César Hernández.

Re: PR Reviews -- volunteers needed

[Michael Redlich]

Hi David:

Thanks for this email.  As you know, I haven't been able to finish up the
example application to which I committed a few months ago.  But this is
something I can do to get back into contributing!  And I will completed the
OpenTracing example sometime soon!

Best regards,

Mike.

On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 2:18 AM David Blevins 
wrote:

> If you're looking for ways to contribute, a very very ... very major way
> is to help review PRs.
>
> We currently have 27 open PRs:
>
>  - https://github.com/apache/tomee/pulls
>
> You do not need special permission, authority or to be someone of "high
> regard" or any such nonsense to help review PRs.  Your very first
> contribution to the project could be to give another first contributor a
> bit of positive or constructive feedback in their PR.
>
> In an ideal world, this is exactly what happens.
>
> Think of how excited you get when you file your PR.  You may go back and
> click reload on the page all day and for the next two days till eventually
> you stop checking and just wait to be notified.
>
> You have the power to give other people that magical feeling of getting
> quick feedback over their hard work.
>
> Let's imagine two kinds of contributor and ask ourselves which is the more
> valuable person:
>
>  - Jane has reviewed 10 PRs
>  - Joe has submitted 10 PRs
>
> Jane is hands down more valuable and I would vote her into the project as
> committer far before Joe.  I would do that even if Jane did not have one
> commit of her own.
>
> Of course there are philosophical reasons such as Jane is showing she is
> concerned for others, wants to help new people and is overall focused on
> building the community around the project.  She is putting others above
> herself.
>
> But there is also math at play.  For every Joe you need a Jane or PRs
> don't get in.  In practice, Janes are in very short supply.  In our current
> state, there are 27 Joes and very few Janes.
>
> If you want to have a major impact in just an hour or two a week, your
> todo list is not JIRA, it's right here:
>
>  - https://github.com/apache/tomee/pulls
>
>
> --
> David Blevins
> http://twitter.com/dblevins
> http://www.tomitribe.com
>
>

-- 
*Code*, *Write*, *Cycle*, *Run*, *Drink*,
*Sleep ... Repeat*

*InfoQ  Java Queue Editor*
https://about.me/mpredli 
https://twitter.com/mpredli
https://redlich.net/
https://javasig.org/
*Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler*

Re: PR Reviews -- volunteers needed

[Richard Monson-Haefel]

Here is an excellent article on how to filter for reviews that are required
but not yet done.

https://github.blog/2017-01-23-filter-pull-request-reviews-and-review-requests/

Here is another article on doing a review
https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-pull-request-reviews



On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 1:18 AM David Blevins 
wrote:

> If you're looking for ways to contribute, a very very ... very major way
> is to help review PRs.
>
> We currently have 27 open PRs:
>
>  - https://github.com/apache/tomee/pulls
>
> You do not need special permission, authority or to be someone of "high
> regard" or any such nonsense to help review PRs.  Your very first
> contribution to the project could be to give another first contributor a
> bit of positive or constructive feedback in their PR.
>
> In an ideal world, this is exactly what happens.
>
> Think of how excited you get when you file your PR.  You may go back and
> click reload on the page all day and for the next two days till eventually
> you stop checking and just wait to be notified.
>
> You have the power to give other people that magical feeling of getting
> quick feedback over their hard work.
>
> Let's imagine two kinds of contributor and ask ourselves which is the more
> valuable person:
>
>  - Jane has reviewed 10 PRs
>  - Joe has submitted 10 PRs
>
> Jane is hands down more valuable and I would vote her into the project as
> committer far before Joe.  I would do that even if Jane did not have one
> commit of her own.
>
> Of course there are philosophical reasons such as Jane is showing she is
> concerned for others, wants to help new people and is overall focused on
> building the community around the project.  She is putting others above
> herself.
>
> But there is also math at play.  For every Joe you need a Jane or PRs
> don't get in.  In practice, Janes are in very short supply.  In our current
> state, there are 27 Joes and very few Janes.
>
> If you want to have a major impact in just an hour or two a week, your
> todo list is not JIRA, it's right here:
>
>  - https://github.com/apache/tomee/pulls
>
>
> --
> David Blevins
> http://twitter.com/dblevins
> http://www.tomitribe.com
>
>

-- 
Richard Monson-Haefel
https://twitter.com/rmonson
https://www.linkedin.com/in/monsonhaefel/

Re: PR Reviews -- volunteers needed

[Richard Monson-Haefel]

This is something I'm going to jump on as soon as I can. It's a great way
for me to be more productive and to contribute more since I haven't had
time to for coding.

Thanks, David!

On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 1:18 AM David Blevins 
wrote:

> If you're looking for ways to contribute, a very very ... very major way
> is to help review PRs.
>
> We currently have 27 open PRs:
>
>  - https://github.com/apache/tomee/pulls
>
> You do not need special permission, authority or to be someone of "high
> regard" or any such nonsense to help review PRs.  Your very first
> contribution to the project could be to give another first contributor a
> bit of positive or constructive feedback in their PR.
>
> In an ideal world, this is exactly what happens.
>
> Think of how excited you get when you file your PR.  You may go back and
> click reload on the page all day and for the next two days till eventually
> you stop checking and just wait to be notified.
>
> You have the power to give other people that magical feeling of getting
> quick feedback over their hard work.
>
> Let's imagine two kinds of contributor and ask ourselves which is the more
> valuable person:
>
>  - Jane has reviewed 10 PRs
>  - Joe has submitted 10 PRs
>
> Jane is hands down more valuable and I would vote her into the project as
> committer far before Joe.  I would do that even if Jane did not have one
> commit of her own.
>
> Of course there are philosophical reasons such as Jane is showing she is
> concerned for others, wants to help new people and is overall focused on
> building the community around the project.  She is putting others above
> herself.
>
> But there is also math at play.  For every Joe you need a Jane or PRs
> don't get in.  In practice, Janes are in very short supply.  In our current
> state, there are 27 Joes and very few Janes.
>
> If you want to have a major impact in just an hour or two a week, your
> todo list is not JIRA, it's right here:
>
>  - https://github.com/apache/tomee/pulls
>
>
> --
> David Blevins
> http://twitter.com/dblevins
> http://www.tomitribe.com
>
>

-- 
Richard Monson-Haefel
https://twitter.com/rmonson
https://www.linkedin.com/in/monsonhaefel/

Re: PR Reviews -- volunteers needed

[Carl Mosca]

Thank you.

On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 3:33 PM Jean-Louis Monteiro <
jlmonte...@tomitribe.com> wrote:

> Reviewed and merged. Thanks
> --
> Jean-Louis Monteiro
> http://twitter.com/jlouismonteiro
> http://www.tomitribe.com
>
>
> On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 9:19 PM Carl Mosca  wrote:
>
> > https://github.com/tomitribe/docker-tomee/pull/33
> >
> > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 9:39 AM Jean-Louis Monteiro <
> > jlmonte...@tomitribe.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Can you point us to the PRs you are mentioning?
> > > --
> > > Jean-Louis Monteiro
> > > http://twitter.com/jlouismonteiro
> > > http://www.tomitribe.com
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 2:08 PM Carl Mosca 
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On that note, are there folks who review the Docker Tomee project
> pull
> > > > requests or has this effort been moved/merged somewhere?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 2:18 AM David Blevins <
> david.blev...@gmail.com
> > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > If you're looking for ways to contribute, a very very ... very
> major
> > > way
> > > > > is to help review PRs.
> > > > >
> > > > > We currently have 27 open PRs:
> > > > >
> > > > >  - https://github.com/apache/tomee/pulls
> > > > >
> > > > > You do not need special permission, authority or to be someone of
> > "high
> > > > > regard" or any such nonsense to help review PRs.  Your very first
> > > > > contribution to the project could be to give another first
> > contributor
> > > a
> > > > > bit of positive or constructive feedback in their PR.
> > > > >
> > > > > In an ideal world, this is exactly what happens.
> > > > >
> > > > > Think of how excited you get when you file your PR.  You may go
> back
> > > and
> > > > > click reload on the page all day and for the next two days till
> > > > eventually
> > > > > you stop checking and just wait to be notified.
> > > > >
> > > > > You have the power to give other people that magical feeling of
> > getting
> > > > > quick feedback over their hard work.
> > > > >
> > > > > Let's imagine two kinds of contributor and ask ourselves which is
> the
> > > > more
> > > > > valuable person:
> > > > >
> > > > >  - Jane has reviewed 10 PRs
> > > > >  - Joe has submitted 10 PRs
> > > > >
> > > > > Jane is hands down more valuable and I would vote her into the
> > project
> > > as
> > > > > committer far before Joe.  I would do that even if Jane did not
> have
> > > one
> > > > > commit of her own.
> > > > >
> > > > > Of course there are philosophical reasons such as Jane is showing
> she
> > > is
> > > > > concerned for others, wants to help new people and is overall
> focused
> > > on
> > > > > building the community around the project.  She is putting others
> > above
> > > > > herself.
> > > > >
> > > > > But there is also math at play.  For every Joe you need a Jane or
> PRs
> > > > > don't get in.  In practice, Janes are in very short supply.  In our
> > > > current
> > > > > state, there are 27 Joes and very few Janes.
> > > > >
> > > > > If you want to have a major impact in just an hour or two a week,
> > your
> > > > > todo list is not JIRA, it's right here:
> > > > >
> > > > >  - https://github.com/apache/tomee/pulls
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > David Blevins
> > > > > http://twitter.com/dblevins
> > > > > http://www.tomitribe.com
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Carl J. Mosca
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Carl J. Mosca
> >
>


-- 
Carl J. Mosca

Re: PR Reviews -- volunteers needed

[Jean-Louis Monteiro]

Reviewed and merged. Thanks
--
Jean-Louis Monteiro
http://twitter.com/jlouismonteiro
http://www.tomitribe.com


On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 9:19 PM Carl Mosca  wrote:

> https://github.com/tomitribe/docker-tomee/pull/33
>
> On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 9:39 AM Jean-Louis Monteiro <
> jlmonte...@tomitribe.com> wrote:
>
> > Can you point us to the PRs you are mentioning?
> > --
> > Jean-Louis Monteiro
> > http://twitter.com/jlouismonteiro
> > http://www.tomitribe.com
> >
> >
> > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 2:08 PM Carl Mosca  wrote:
> >
> > > On that note, are there folks who review the Docker Tomee project pull
> > > requests or has this effort been moved/merged somewhere?
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 2:18 AM David Blevins  >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > If you're looking for ways to contribute, a very very ... very major
> > way
> > > > is to help review PRs.
> > > >
> > > > We currently have 27 open PRs:
> > > >
> > > >  - https://github.com/apache/tomee/pulls
> > > >
> > > > You do not need special permission, authority or to be someone of
> "high
> > > > regard" or any such nonsense to help review PRs.  Your very first
> > > > contribution to the project could be to give another first
> contributor
> > a
> > > > bit of positive or constructive feedback in their PR.
> > > >
> > > > In an ideal world, this is exactly what happens.
> > > >
> > > > Think of how excited you get when you file your PR.  You may go back
> > and
> > > > click reload on the page all day and for the next two days till
> > > eventually
> > > > you stop checking and just wait to be notified.
> > > >
> > > > You have the power to give other people that magical feeling of
> getting
> > > > quick feedback over their hard work.
> > > >
> > > > Let's imagine two kinds of contributor and ask ourselves which is the
> > > more
> > > > valuable person:
> > > >
> > > >  - Jane has reviewed 10 PRs
> > > >  - Joe has submitted 10 PRs
> > > >
> > > > Jane is hands down more valuable and I would vote her into the
> project
> > as
> > > > committer far before Joe.  I would do that even if Jane did not have
> > one
> > > > commit of her own.
> > > >
> > > > Of course there are philosophical reasons such as Jane is showing she
> > is
> > > > concerned for others, wants to help new people and is overall focused
> > on
> > > > building the community around the project.  She is putting others
> above
> > > > herself.
> > > >
> > > > But there is also math at play.  For every Joe you need a Jane or PRs
> > > > don't get in.  In practice, Janes are in very short supply.  In our
> > > current
> > > > state, there are 27 Joes and very few Janes.
> > > >
> > > > If you want to have a major impact in just an hour or two a week,
> your
> > > > todo list is not JIRA, it's right here:
> > > >
> > > >  - https://github.com/apache/tomee/pulls
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > David Blevins
> > > > http://twitter.com/dblevins
> > > > http://www.tomitribe.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Carl J. Mosca
> > >
> >
>
>
> --
> Carl J. Mosca
>

Re: PR Reviews -- volunteers needed

[Carl Mosca]

https://github.com/tomitribe/docker-tomee/pull/33

On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 9:39 AM Jean-Louis Monteiro <
jlmonte...@tomitribe.com> wrote:

> Can you point us to the PRs you are mentioning?
> --
> Jean-Louis Monteiro
> http://twitter.com/jlouismonteiro
> http://www.tomitribe.com
>
>
> On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 2:08 PM Carl Mosca  wrote:
>
> > On that note, are there folks who review the Docker Tomee project pull
> > requests or has this effort been moved/merged somewhere?
> >
> >
> > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 2:18 AM David Blevins 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > If you're looking for ways to contribute, a very very ... very major
> way
> > > is to help review PRs.
> > >
> > > We currently have 27 open PRs:
> > >
> > >  - https://github.com/apache/tomee/pulls
> > >
> > > You do not need special permission, authority or to be someone of "high
> > > regard" or any such nonsense to help review PRs.  Your very first
> > > contribution to the project could be to give another first contributor
> a
> > > bit of positive or constructive feedback in their PR.
> > >
> > > In an ideal world, this is exactly what happens.
> > >
> > > Think of how excited you get when you file your PR.  You may go back
> and
> > > click reload on the page all day and for the next two days till
> > eventually
> > > you stop checking and just wait to be notified.
> > >
> > > You have the power to give other people that magical feeling of getting
> > > quick feedback over their hard work.
> > >
> > > Let's imagine two kinds of contributor and ask ourselves which is the
> > more
> > > valuable person:
> > >
> > >  - Jane has reviewed 10 PRs
> > >  - Joe has submitted 10 PRs
> > >
> > > Jane is hands down more valuable and I would vote her into the project
> as
> > > committer far before Joe.  I would do that even if Jane did not have
> one
> > > commit of her own.
> > >
> > > Of course there are philosophical reasons such as Jane is showing she
> is
> > > concerned for others, wants to help new people and is overall focused
> on
> > > building the community around the project.  She is putting others above
> > > herself.
> > >
> > > But there is also math at play.  For every Joe you need a Jane or PRs
> > > don't get in.  In practice, Janes are in very short supply.  In our
> > current
> > > state, there are 27 Joes and very few Janes.
> > >
> > > If you want to have a major impact in just an hour or two a week, your
> > > todo list is not JIRA, it's right here:
> > >
> > >  - https://github.com/apache/tomee/pulls
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > David Blevins
> > > http://twitter.com/dblevins
> > > http://www.tomitribe.com
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Carl J. Mosca
> >
>


-- 
Carl J. Mosca

Re: PR Reviews -- volunteers needed

[Jean-Louis Monteiro]

Can you point us to the PRs you are mentioning?
--
Jean-Louis Monteiro
http://twitter.com/jlouismonteiro
http://www.tomitribe.com


On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 2:08 PM Carl Mosca  wrote:

> On that note, are there folks who review the Docker Tomee project pull
> requests or has this effort been moved/merged somewhere?
>
>
> On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 2:18 AM David Blevins 
> wrote:
>
> > If you're looking for ways to contribute, a very very ... very major way
> > is to help review PRs.
> >
> > We currently have 27 open PRs:
> >
> >  - https://github.com/apache/tomee/pulls
> >
> > You do not need special permission, authority or to be someone of "high
> > regard" or any such nonsense to help review PRs.  Your very first
> > contribution to the project could be to give another first contributor a
> > bit of positive or constructive feedback in their PR.
> >
> > In an ideal world, this is exactly what happens.
> >
> > Think of how excited you get when you file your PR.  You may go back and
> > click reload on the page all day and for the next two days till
> eventually
> > you stop checking and just wait to be notified.
> >
> > You have the power to give other people that magical feeling of getting
> > quick feedback over their hard work.
> >
> > Let's imagine two kinds of contributor and ask ourselves which is the
> more
> > valuable person:
> >
> >  - Jane has reviewed 10 PRs
> >  - Joe has submitted 10 PRs
> >
> > Jane is hands down more valuable and I would vote her into the project as
> > committer far before Joe.  I would do that even if Jane did not have one
> > commit of her own.
> >
> > Of course there are philosophical reasons such as Jane is showing she is
> > concerned for others, wants to help new people and is overall focused on
> > building the community around the project.  She is putting others above
> > herself.
> >
> > But there is also math at play.  For every Joe you need a Jane or PRs
> > don't get in.  In practice, Janes are in very short supply.  In our
> current
> > state, there are 27 Joes and very few Janes.
> >
> > If you want to have a major impact in just an hour or two a week, your
> > todo list is not JIRA, it's right here:
> >
> >  - https://github.com/apache/tomee/pulls
> >
> >
> > --
> > David Blevins
> > http://twitter.com/dblevins
> > http://www.tomitribe.com
> >
> >
>
> --
> Carl J. Mosca
>

Re: PR Reviews -- volunteers needed

[Daniel Dias Dos Santos]

very good it .
--
Daniel Dias dos Santos
Java Developer
SouJava & JCP Member
GitHub: https://github.com/Daniel-Dos
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/danieldiasjava
Twitter: http://twitter.com/danieldiasjava

Em seg, 27 de mai de 2019 às 09:08, Carl Mosca  escreveu:
>
> On that note, are there folks who review the Docker Tomee project pull
> requests or has this effort been moved/merged somewhere?
>
>
> On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 2:18 AM David Blevins 
> wrote:
>
> > If you're looking for ways to contribute, a very very ... very major way
> > is to help review PRs.
> >
> > We currently have 27 open PRs:
> >
> >  - https://github.com/apache/tomee/pulls
> >
> > You do not need special permission, authority or to be someone of "high
> > regard" or any such nonsense to help review PRs.  Your very first
> > contribution to the project could be to give another first contributor a
> > bit of positive or constructive feedback in their PR.
> >
> > In an ideal world, this is exactly what happens.
> >
> > Think of how excited you get when you file your PR.  You may go back and
> > click reload on the page all day and for the next two days till eventually
> > you stop checking and just wait to be notified.
> >
> > You have the power to give other people that magical feeling of getting
> > quick feedback over their hard work.
> >
> > Let's imagine two kinds of contributor and ask ourselves which is the more
> > valuable person:
> >
> >  - Jane has reviewed 10 PRs
> >  - Joe has submitted 10 PRs
> >
> > Jane is hands down more valuable and I would vote her into the project as
> > committer far before Joe.  I would do that even if Jane did not have one
> > commit of her own.
> >
> > Of course there are philosophical reasons such as Jane is showing she is
> > concerned for others, wants to help new people and is overall focused on
> > building the community around the project.  She is putting others above
> > herself.
> >
> > But there is also math at play.  For every Joe you need a Jane or PRs
> > don't get in.  In practice, Janes are in very short supply.  In our current
> > state, there are 27 Joes and very few Janes.
> >
> > If you want to have a major impact in just an hour or two a week, your
> > todo list is not JIRA, it's right here:
> >
> >  - https://github.com/apache/tomee/pulls
> >
> >
> > --
> > David Blevins
> > http://twitter.com/dblevins
> > http://www.tomitribe.com
> >
> >
>
> --
> Carl J. Mosca

Re: PR Reviews -- volunteers needed

[Carl Mosca]

On that note, are there folks who review the Docker Tomee project pull
requests or has this effort been moved/merged somewhere?


On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 2:18 AM David Blevins 
wrote:

> If you're looking for ways to contribute, a very very ... very major way
> is to help review PRs.
>
> We currently have 27 open PRs:
>
>  - https://github.com/apache/tomee/pulls
>
> You do not need special permission, authority or to be someone of "high
> regard" or any such nonsense to help review PRs.  Your very first
> contribution to the project could be to give another first contributor a
> bit of positive or constructive feedback in their PR.
>
> In an ideal world, this is exactly what happens.
>
> Think of how excited you get when you file your PR.  You may go back and
> click reload on the page all day and for the next two days till eventually
> you stop checking and just wait to be notified.
>
> You have the power to give other people that magical feeling of getting
> quick feedback over their hard work.
>
> Let's imagine two kinds of contributor and ask ourselves which is the more
> valuable person:
>
>  - Jane has reviewed 10 PRs
>  - Joe has submitted 10 PRs
>
> Jane is hands down more valuable and I would vote her into the project as
> committer far before Joe.  I would do that even if Jane did not have one
> commit of her own.
>
> Of course there are philosophical reasons such as Jane is showing she is
> concerned for others, wants to help new people and is overall focused on
> building the community around the project.  She is putting others above
> herself.
>
> But there is also math at play.  For every Joe you need a Jane or PRs
> don't get in.  In practice, Janes are in very short supply.  In our current
> state, there are 27 Joes and very few Janes.
>
> If you want to have a major impact in just an hour or two a week, your
> todo list is not JIRA, it's right here:
>
>  - https://github.com/apache/tomee/pulls
>
>
> --
> David Blevins
> http://twitter.com/dblevins
> http://www.tomitribe.com
>
>

-- 
Carl J. Mosca

PR Reviews -- volunteers needed

[David Blevins]

If you're looking for ways to contribute, a very very ... very major way is to 
help review PRs.

We currently have 27 open PRs:

 - https://github.com/apache/tomee/pulls

You do not need special permission, authority or to be someone of "high regard" 
or any such nonsense to help review PRs.  Your very first contribution to the 
project could be to give another first contributor a bit of positive or 
constructive feedback in their PR.  

In an ideal world, this is exactly what happens.

Think of how excited you get when you file your PR.  You may go back and click 
reload on the page all day and for the next two days till eventually you stop 
checking and just wait to be notified.

You have the power to give other people that magical feeling of getting quick 
feedback over their hard work.

Let's imagine two kinds of contributor and ask ourselves which is the more 
valuable person:

 - Jane has reviewed 10 PRs
 - Joe has submitted 10 PRs

Jane is hands down more valuable and I would vote her into the project as 
committer far before Joe.  I would do that even if Jane did not have one commit 
of her own.

Of course there are philosophical reasons such as Jane is showing she is 
concerned for others, wants to help new people and is overall focused on 
building the community around the project.  She is putting others above herself.

But there is also math at play.  For every Joe you need a Jane or PRs don't get 
in.  In practice, Janes are in very short supply.  In our current state, there 
are 27 Joes and very few Janes.

If you want to have a major impact in just an hour or two a week, your todo 
list is not JIRA, it's right here:

 - https://github.com/apache/tomee/pulls


-- 
David Blevins
http://twitter.com/dblevins
http://www.tomitribe.com