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Posted to dev@steve.apache.org by Ray Ma <de...@rayma.me> on 2019/09/15 01:57:38 UTC
Introduction & Offer of Assistance
Hi Apache STeVe,
I'm Ray, new to the STeVe community.
I've been browsing the ASF Projects Directory lately (mainly to find
something to do, I guess), and found STeVe. The project looks like it
could definitely use a hand
(No offense intended at all, you guys are providing great software for
free :-)). So naturally, I want to help out.
Currently, there are issues on Jira that are preventing further
development and new developer engagement. Quite a few of them have
patches attached, like STEVE-30, have quite serious issues that would
discourage new developers from committing themselves to the Project.
If we could get those changes reviewed & merged, maybe the project
could attract new developers. I assume we'd want this to happen, since
this is a TLP that's plans to have a release next year (Info from the
STeVe board report at whimsy.a.o) and not just a service for ASF uses
only.
If we could review the patches already available and merge/modify
them, we could also then get on to issues without such patches and get
rid of some of the years-old issues on Jira.
I don't consider myself "senior" enough to review STeVe patches, since
I just showed up today. Many people in the OSS scene say that anyone
can review, but in reality, many don't due to fear of denial.
I really didn't want to sound like an entitled arrogant idiot, but I
feel like I did anyhow. Sincere apologies if I sounded that way. I
just love the initiatives of this project and feel like I should help.
Regards,
Ray Ma
Re: Introduction & Offer of Assistance
Posted by Ray Ma <de...@rayma.me>.
Hey Jim,
Sorry for not waiting for the reply. I already went ahead and attached
my patches to the respective Jira tickets (STEVE-5 and STEVE-47). I
should really be more patient next time round :|
Thanks,
Ray
On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 1:31 AM Jim Jagielski <ji...@jagunet.com> wrote:
>
> Jira please :)
>
> > On Sep 16, 2019, at 4:44 PM, Ray Ma <de...@rayma.me> wrote:
> >
> > Also, just for the sake of consistency, should patches to the website
> > be submitted via the Mail Diff (or Quick Mail) feature of the CMS, or
> > submitted to an issue via Jira?
> >
> > Ray
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 8:38 AM Ray Ma <de...@rayma.me> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Jim,
> >>
> >> I'd like to contribute to STEVE-5 for a start, then help validate some
> >> of the patches attached to other issues.
> >>
> >> In regards to STEVE-5, here's a brief idea of what we could include (A
> >> mix from a few other apache projects, pretty generic):
> >> Subscribe to the mailing lists,
> >> Forms of contribution (documentation, code, question-answering etc)
> >> Check the issue tracker for things to work on,
> >> A mention of meritocracy,
> >> (Potentially) links to committer resources provided by the ASF
> >> (Potentially) links to the use of the infra CMS for contributing to
> >> documentation, as I saw that STeVe's using it
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Ray
> >>
> >> On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 3:44 AM Jim Jagielski <ji...@jagunet.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi there Ray!
> >>>
> >>> Welcome to the STeVe community. Yes, it would be great to grow the external community and I agree that some of the Jira issues may be detrimental to that.
> >>>
> >>> What Issues are ones that you'd like to work on?
> >>>
> >>>> On Sep 14, 2019, at 9:57 PM, Ray Ma <de...@rayma.me> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Apache STeVe,
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm Ray, new to the STeVe community.
> >>>>
> >>>> I've been browsing the ASF Projects Directory lately (mainly to find
> >>>> something to do, I guess), and found STeVe. The project looks like it
> >>>> could definitely use a hand
> >>>> (No offense intended at all, you guys are providing great software for
> >>>> free :-)). So naturally, I want to help out.
> >>>>
> >>>> Currently, there are issues on Jira that are preventing further
> >>>> development and new developer engagement. Quite a few of them have
> >>>> patches attached, like STEVE-30, have quite serious issues that would
> >>>> discourage new developers from committing themselves to the Project.
> >>>> If we could get those changes reviewed & merged, maybe the project
> >>>> could attract new developers. I assume we'd want this to happen, since
> >>>> this is a TLP that's plans to have a release next year (Info from the
> >>>> STeVe board report at whimsy.a.o) and not just a service for ASF uses
> >>>> only.
> >>>>
> >>>> If we could review the patches already available and merge/modify
> >>>> them, we could also then get on to issues without such patches and get
> >>>> rid of some of the years-old issues on Jira.
> >>>>
> >>>> I don't consider myself "senior" enough to review STeVe patches, since
> >>>> I just showed up today. Many people in the OSS scene say that anyone
> >>>> can review, but in reality, many don't due to fear of denial.
> >>>>
> >>>> I really didn't want to sound like an entitled arrogant idiot, but I
> >>>> feel like I did anyhow. Sincere apologies if I sounded that way. I
> >>>> just love the initiatives of this project and feel like I should help.
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> Ray Ma
> >>>
>
Re: Introduction & Offer of Assistance
Posted by Jim Jagielski <ji...@jaguNET.com>.
Jira please :)
> On Sep 16, 2019, at 4:44 PM, Ray Ma <de...@rayma.me> wrote:
>
> Also, just for the sake of consistency, should patches to the website
> be submitted via the Mail Diff (or Quick Mail) feature of the CMS, or
> submitted to an issue via Jira?
>
> Ray
>
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 8:38 AM Ray Ma <de...@rayma.me> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jim,
>>
>> I'd like to contribute to STEVE-5 for a start, then help validate some
>> of the patches attached to other issues.
>>
>> In regards to STEVE-5, here's a brief idea of what we could include (A
>> mix from a few other apache projects, pretty generic):
>> Subscribe to the mailing lists,
>> Forms of contribution (documentation, code, question-answering etc)
>> Check the issue tracker for things to work on,
>> A mention of meritocracy,
>> (Potentially) links to committer resources provided by the ASF
>> (Potentially) links to the use of the infra CMS for contributing to
>> documentation, as I saw that STeVe's using it
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ray
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 3:44 AM Jim Jagielski <ji...@jagunet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi there Ray!
>>>
>>> Welcome to the STeVe community. Yes, it would be great to grow the external community and I agree that some of the Jira issues may be detrimental to that.
>>>
>>> What Issues are ones that you'd like to work on?
>>>
>>>> On Sep 14, 2019, at 9:57 PM, Ray Ma <de...@rayma.me> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Apache STeVe,
>>>>
>>>> I'm Ray, new to the STeVe community.
>>>>
>>>> I've been browsing the ASF Projects Directory lately (mainly to find
>>>> something to do, I guess), and found STeVe. The project looks like it
>>>> could definitely use a hand
>>>> (No offense intended at all, you guys are providing great software for
>>>> free :-)). So naturally, I want to help out.
>>>>
>>>> Currently, there are issues on Jira that are preventing further
>>>> development and new developer engagement. Quite a few of them have
>>>> patches attached, like STEVE-30, have quite serious issues that would
>>>> discourage new developers from committing themselves to the Project.
>>>> If we could get those changes reviewed & merged, maybe the project
>>>> could attract new developers. I assume we'd want this to happen, since
>>>> this is a TLP that's plans to have a release next year (Info from the
>>>> STeVe board report at whimsy.a.o) and not just a service for ASF uses
>>>> only.
>>>>
>>>> If we could review the patches already available and merge/modify
>>>> them, we could also then get on to issues without such patches and get
>>>> rid of some of the years-old issues on Jira.
>>>>
>>>> I don't consider myself "senior" enough to review STeVe patches, since
>>>> I just showed up today. Many people in the OSS scene say that anyone
>>>> can review, but in reality, many don't due to fear of denial.
>>>>
>>>> I really didn't want to sound like an entitled arrogant idiot, but I
>>>> feel like I did anyhow. Sincere apologies if I sounded that way. I
>>>> just love the initiatives of this project and feel like I should help.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Ray Ma
>>>
Re: Introduction & Offer of Assistance
Posted by Ray Ma <de...@rayma.me>.
Also, just for the sake of consistency, should patches to the website
be submitted via the Mail Diff (or Quick Mail) feature of the CMS, or
submitted to an issue via Jira?
Ray
On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 8:38 AM Ray Ma <de...@rayma.me> wrote:
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> I'd like to contribute to STEVE-5 for a start, then help validate some
> of the patches attached to other issues.
>
> In regards to STEVE-5, here's a brief idea of what we could include (A
> mix from a few other apache projects, pretty generic):
> Subscribe to the mailing lists,
> Forms of contribution (documentation, code, question-answering etc)
> Check the issue tracker for things to work on,
> A mention of meritocracy,
> (Potentially) links to committer resources provided by the ASF
> (Potentially) links to the use of the infra CMS for contributing to
> documentation, as I saw that STeVe's using it
>
> Regards,
> Ray
>
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 3:44 AM Jim Jagielski <ji...@jagunet.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi there Ray!
> >
> > Welcome to the STeVe community. Yes, it would be great to grow the external community and I agree that some of the Jira issues may be detrimental to that.
> >
> > What Issues are ones that you'd like to work on?
> >
> > > On Sep 14, 2019, at 9:57 PM, Ray Ma <de...@rayma.me> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Apache STeVe,
> > >
> > > I'm Ray, new to the STeVe community.
> > >
> > > I've been browsing the ASF Projects Directory lately (mainly to find
> > > something to do, I guess), and found STeVe. The project looks like it
> > > could definitely use a hand
> > > (No offense intended at all, you guys are providing great software for
> > > free :-)). So naturally, I want to help out.
> > >
> > > Currently, there are issues on Jira that are preventing further
> > > development and new developer engagement. Quite a few of them have
> > > patches attached, like STEVE-30, have quite serious issues that would
> > > discourage new developers from committing themselves to the Project.
> > > If we could get those changes reviewed & merged, maybe the project
> > > could attract new developers. I assume we'd want this to happen, since
> > > this is a TLP that's plans to have a release next year (Info from the
> > > STeVe board report at whimsy.a.o) and not just a service for ASF uses
> > > only.
> > >
> > > If we could review the patches already available and merge/modify
> > > them, we could also then get on to issues without such patches and get
> > > rid of some of the years-old issues on Jira.
> > >
> > > I don't consider myself "senior" enough to review STeVe patches, since
> > > I just showed up today. Many people in the OSS scene say that anyone
> > > can review, but in reality, many don't due to fear of denial.
> > >
> > > I really didn't want to sound like an entitled arrogant idiot, but I
> > > feel like I did anyhow. Sincere apologies if I sounded that way. I
> > > just love the initiatives of this project and feel like I should help.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Ray Ma
> >
Re: Introduction & Offer of Assistance
Posted by Ray Ma <de...@rayma.me>.
Hi Jim,
I'd like to contribute to STEVE-5 for a start, then help validate some
of the patches attached to other issues.
In regards to STEVE-5, here's a brief idea of what we could include (A
mix from a few other apache projects, pretty generic):
Subscribe to the mailing lists,
Forms of contribution (documentation, code, question-answering etc)
Check the issue tracker for things to work on,
A mention of meritocracy,
(Potentially) links to committer resources provided by the ASF
(Potentially) links to the use of the infra CMS for contributing to
documentation, as I saw that STeVe's using it
Regards,
Ray
On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 3:44 AM Jim Jagielski <ji...@jagunet.com> wrote:
>
> Hi there Ray!
>
> Welcome to the STeVe community. Yes, it would be great to grow the external community and I agree that some of the Jira issues may be detrimental to that.
>
> What Issues are ones that you'd like to work on?
>
> > On Sep 14, 2019, at 9:57 PM, Ray Ma <de...@rayma.me> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Apache STeVe,
> >
> > I'm Ray, new to the STeVe community.
> >
> > I've been browsing the ASF Projects Directory lately (mainly to find
> > something to do, I guess), and found STeVe. The project looks like it
> > could definitely use a hand
> > (No offense intended at all, you guys are providing great software for
> > free :-)). So naturally, I want to help out.
> >
> > Currently, there are issues on Jira that are preventing further
> > development and new developer engagement. Quite a few of them have
> > patches attached, like STEVE-30, have quite serious issues that would
> > discourage new developers from committing themselves to the Project.
> > If we could get those changes reviewed & merged, maybe the project
> > could attract new developers. I assume we'd want this to happen, since
> > this is a TLP that's plans to have a release next year (Info from the
> > STeVe board report at whimsy.a.o) and not just a service for ASF uses
> > only.
> >
> > If we could review the patches already available and merge/modify
> > them, we could also then get on to issues without such patches and get
> > rid of some of the years-old issues on Jira.
> >
> > I don't consider myself "senior" enough to review STeVe patches, since
> > I just showed up today. Many people in the OSS scene say that anyone
> > can review, but in reality, many don't due to fear of denial.
> >
> > I really didn't want to sound like an entitled arrogant idiot, but I
> > feel like I did anyhow. Sincere apologies if I sounded that way. I
> > just love the initiatives of this project and feel like I should help.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ray Ma
>
Re: Introduction & Offer of Assistance
Posted by Jim Jagielski <ji...@jaguNET.com>.
Hi there Ray!
Welcome to the STeVe community. Yes, it would be great to grow the external community and I agree that some of the Jira issues may be detrimental to that.
What Issues are ones that you'd like to work on?
> On Sep 14, 2019, at 9:57 PM, Ray Ma <de...@rayma.me> wrote:
>
> Hi Apache STeVe,
>
> I'm Ray, new to the STeVe community.
>
> I've been browsing the ASF Projects Directory lately (mainly to find
> something to do, I guess), and found STeVe. The project looks like it
> could definitely use a hand
> (No offense intended at all, you guys are providing great software for
> free :-)). So naturally, I want to help out.
>
> Currently, there are issues on Jira that are preventing further
> development and new developer engagement. Quite a few of them have
> patches attached, like STEVE-30, have quite serious issues that would
> discourage new developers from committing themselves to the Project.
> If we could get those changes reviewed & merged, maybe the project
> could attract new developers. I assume we'd want this to happen, since
> this is a TLP that's plans to have a release next year (Info from the
> STeVe board report at whimsy.a.o) and not just a service for ASF uses
> only.
>
> If we could review the patches already available and merge/modify
> them, we could also then get on to issues without such patches and get
> rid of some of the years-old issues on Jira.
>
> I don't consider myself "senior" enough to review STeVe patches, since
> I just showed up today. Many people in the OSS scene say that anyone
> can review, but in reality, many don't due to fear of denial.
>
> I really didn't want to sound like an entitled arrogant idiot, but I
> feel like I did anyhow. Sincere apologies if I sounded that way. I
> just love the initiatives of this project and feel like I should help.
>
> Regards,
> Ray Ma