[Commons Wiki] Update of "GettingInvolved" by DennisLundberg

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  == Introduction ==
  
- Jakarta Commons is a little unusual in the open source world because of
+ Apache Commons is a little unusual in the open source world because of
  its focus on libraries rather than an actual product. So people here
  generally get involved because their project uses a commons library and
  they find a bug, they are frustrated by a lack of documentation, or they
  need a new feature. Libraries are tricky things to work on because
  of a very large emphasis on backwards compatibility, stability and
- minimising size; lots of discussion and testing often goes on before
+ minimizing size; lots of discussion and testing often goes on before
  patches are accepted.
  
  == Contributing to a commons project you use ==
@@ -23, +23 @@

  
  Patches for bugs, when provided together with a unit test that demonstrates
  the problem, are also very welcome. Patches that don't have unit tests are
- much slower to be processed as jakarta takes unit testing very seriously,
+ much slower to be processed as commons takes unit testing very seriously,
  and any code change submitted without a unit test generally means one of
  the maintainers needs to write the unit test - which is never a lot of fun.
  
@@ -54, +54 @@

  feedback (or better still, to commit your patches!). Fixes for bugs that
  are bothering *you* are most likely to be accepted; documentation
  updates and enhanced unit tests are also usually pretty welcome. Patches
- for arbitrary bugs you found listed in bugzilla are likely to be looked
+ for arbitrary bugs you found listed in JIRA are likely to be looked
  at a little more sceptically as there's no evidence you actually have
  experience in that area. Offers to implement new features "because it
  looks like this might be useful" are treated even more cautiously -
@@ -62, +62 @@

  new feature is just to complete compliance with the spec.
  
  Eventually, if that project uses a commons library and you find a bug or
- need a new feature you might find yourself contributing to jakarta
+ need a new feature you might find yourself contributing to commons...
- commons...
  
  As mentioned above, helping out on the user list is also a great way to 
  provide assistance. This may well mean delving into the code or writing
@@ -72, +71 @@

  
  == Dealing with dormant or dead commons components ==
  
- Sometimes people find that having posted an email or created a bugzilla
+ Sometimes people find that having posted an email or created a JIRA
  entry about a particular commons project there is just no reply.
  
  This may just mean that the development community for that component
@@ -91, +90 @@

  
  If you are an experienced open-source developer with a track record in
  other open-source groups then please post your details to the commons
- user or dev list; an exception might be made in your case. 
+ user or dev mailing list; an exception might be made in your case. 
  
  Otherwise you might just have to use an alternative project, or create a "fork" of the
  current commons project on sourceforge or similar. Where a commons component
  is dead/dormant, having a user create a fork is considered quite acceptable;
  in fact if the fork's community flourishes and the developers show good
  open-source spirit and ability then there is a very good chance that the
- project would be welcome to merge back into jakarta commons if the developers
+ project would be welcome to merge back into commons if the developers
  should choose to do so in the future.
  
  

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