Re: Want to start contributing.

2018-08-23 Thread Charlie Hull
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

Re: Want to start contributing.

2018-08-22 Thread Jason Gerlowski
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

Re: Want to start contributing.

2018-08-20 Thread Alexandre Rafalovitch
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,

Re: Want to start contributing.

2018-08-20 Thread Erick Erickson
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

Want to start contributing.

2018-08-20 Thread Rohan Chhabra
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!!