Re: Want to start contributing.
On 20/08/2018 18:45, Rohan Chhabra wrote: Hi all, I am an absolute beginner (dummy) in the field of contributing open source. But I am interested in contributing to open source. How do i start? Solr is a java based search engine based on Lucene. I am good at Java and therefore chose this to start. I need guidance. Help required!! A related topic: we are running two free Lucene Hackdays, in London on October 9th and Montreal on October 15th (the week of the Activate conference): https://www.meetup.com/Apache-Lucene-Solr-London-User-Group/events/252740719/ https://www.meetup.com/Apache-Lucene-Solr-London-User-Group/events/253610289/ This would be a great place to meet and learn from existing Lucene committers. Best Charlie -- Charlie Hull Flax - Open Source Enterprise Search tel/fax: +44 (0)8700 118334 mobile: +44 (0)7767 825828 web: www.flax.co.uk
Re: Want to start contributing.
Hi Rohan, Welcome! To add just a bit to the good advice from Erick and Alex: If you want a smaller issue to familiarize yourself with our development workflow, the "newdev" label is a good place to start (as the wiki page referenced above points out). But I would also suggest taking a look at issues with the "documentation" label, or creating your own for any inconsistencies you find. Not all documentation issues make great starting points, but there's a few reasons I think they tend to be good first tasks: - we need our examples to be rock solid, since that's a common first starting point for those using Solr (as Alex pointed out). If anything is unclear as you read through those, getting the docs improved is really important. - improving a small piece of the docs is a great way to absorb that info as you work. - doc JIRA's tend to be limited in scope to a particular topic or page, which is great for new contributors - my gut feeling is that documentation reviews are less intimidating and are more likely to draw the eyes of a committer Good luck, and again, welcome. Jason On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 6:41 PM Alexandre Rafalovitch wrote: > > And I would recommend to start by trying all the (10?) examples that ship > with Solr and going through their config files. Even briefly. That may help > you fins the area to focus on, perhaps by something not being clear, etc. > > Regards, > Alex > P.s. And Solr on Windows could always get more love, if that is your > platform > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 5:40 PM Erick Erickson, > wrote: > > > Rohan: > > > > Here's the place everybody starts ;) > > > > https://wiki.apache.org/solr/HowToContribute > > > > There's a _lot_ to Solr/Lucene, so I'd advise picking something you're > > interested in to start rather than trying to understand _everything_. > > > > Best, > > Erick > > > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Rohan Chhabra > > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I am an absolute beginner (dummy) in the field of contributing open > > source. > > > But I am interested in contributing to open source. How do i start? Solr > > is > > > a java based search engine based on Lucene. I am good at Java and > > therefore > > > chose this to start. > > > > > > I need guidance. Help required!! > >
Re: Want to start contributing.
And I would recommend to start by trying all the (10?) examples that ship with Solr and going through their config files. Even briefly. That may help you fins the area to focus on, perhaps by something not being clear, etc. Regards, Alex P.s. And Solr on Windows could always get more love, if that is your platform On Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 5:40 PM Erick Erickson, wrote: > Rohan: > > Here's the place everybody starts ;) > > https://wiki.apache.org/solr/HowToContribute > > There's a _lot_ to Solr/Lucene, so I'd advise picking something you're > interested in to start rather than trying to understand _everything_. > > Best, > Erick > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Rohan Chhabra > wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am an absolute beginner (dummy) in the field of contributing open > source. > > But I am interested in contributing to open source. How do i start? Solr > is > > a java based search engine based on Lucene. I am good at Java and > therefore > > chose this to start. > > > > I need guidance. Help required!! >
Re: Want to start contributing.
Rohan: Here's the place everybody starts ;) https://wiki.apache.org/solr/HowToContribute There's a _lot_ to Solr/Lucene, so I'd advise picking something you're interested in to start rather than trying to understand _everything_. Best, Erick On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Rohan Chhabra wrote: > Hi all, > > I am an absolute beginner (dummy) in the field of contributing open source. > But I am interested in contributing to open source. How do i start? Solr is > a java based search engine based on Lucene. I am good at Java and therefore > chose this to start. > > I need guidance. Help required!!
