I'm a new volunteer and want to get involved

[Bhavay Anand <bh...@gmail.com>]

Hi! Apache community, My name is Bhavay Anand. I'm a computer science
undergrad living in Delhi, India. I had always wanted to be a part of an
open source organization but never get to know how to start doing
meaningful contributions to project. I'm familiar to open source platforms
like Github and software like git, mercurial. I'm interested in writing
code for core OpenOffice software, hunting bugs, writing tests.

Re: I'm a new volunteer and want to get involved

["Keith N. McKenna" <ke...@comcast.net>]

Forwarding to Bhavay who is not subscribed.

On 10/8/2018 5:09 PM, Peter Kovacs wrote:
> Welcome Bhavay Anand,
>
> I see you have requested Wiki access. Awesome. We are happy for
> everyone who volunteers. I hope I can read from you in future. :)
>
> OpenOffice is a bit hard to get into. If you bring some determination
> towards the project, we will have fun together.
>
> We do recommend to try to build OpenOffice from source as a first
> start for everyone who wants to code. You will need it and our build
> process is still 20 years old.
>
> We are working on modernization of course, but it is hard work, and
> progress is slow.
>
> We have guides that help you a bit
>
> https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO
>
> and
>
> https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO/Step_by_step
>
>
>
> An overview what is currently going on you find here.
>
> https://trello.com/b/KxedeWKD/openoffice-program-status-board
>
> (In the Market place section I try to sort and collect some issues
> that got my attention. Maybe a starting point. For coders)
>
>
> Don't hesitate to ask questions or to give live signs from time to
> time. Helps to see what is going on and is more fun if we can talk a
> little bit to right?
>
> I hope this helps you to get a start. On Development mailing list our
> main topics discussions are running. I recommend in subscribing there,
> and if possible to talk there. If you feel to impressed then write to
> the recruitment list. We help you out the best we can.
>
> All the best
>
> Peter
>
> On 10/8/18 8:57 PM, Bhavay Anand wrote:
>> Hi! Apache community, My name is Bhavay Anand. I'm a computer science
>> undergrad living in Delhi, India. I had always wanted to be a part of an
>> open source organization but never get to know how to start doing
>> meaningful contributions to project. I'm familiar to open source
>> platforms
>> like Github and software like git, mercurial. I'm interested in writing
>> code for core OpenOffice software, hunting bugs, writing tests.
>>

Re: I'm a new volunteer and want to get involved

[Peter Kovacs <Pe...@Apache.org>]

Welcome Bhavay Anand,

I see you have requested Wiki access. Awesome. We are happy for everyone 
who volunteers. I hope I can read from you in future. :)

OpenOffice is a bit hard to get into. If you bring some determination 
towards the project, we will have fun together.

We do recommend to try to build OpenOffice from source as a first start 
for everyone who wants to code. You will need it and our build process 
is still 20 years old.

We are working on modernization of course, but it is hard work, and 
progress is slow.

We have guides that help you a bit

https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO

and

https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO/Step_by_step


An overview what is currently going on you find here.

https://trello.com/b/KxedeWKD/openoffice-program-status-board

(In the Market place section I try to sort and collect some issues that 
got my attention. Maybe a starting point. For coders)


Don't hesitate to ask questions or to give live signs from time to time. 
Helps to see what is going on and is more fun if we can talk a little 
bit to right?

I hope this helps you to get a start. On Development mailing list our 
main topics discussions are running. I recommend in subscribing there, 
and if possible to talk there. If you feel to impressed then write to 
the recruitment list. We help you out the best we can.

All the best

Peter

On 10/8/18 8:57 PM, Bhavay Anand wrote:
> Hi! Apache community, My name is Bhavay Anand. I'm a computer science
> undergrad living in Delhi, India. I had always wanted to be a part of an
> open source organization but never get to know how to start doing
> meaningful contributions to project. I'm familiar to open source platforms
> like Github and software like git, mercurial. I'm interested in writing
> code for core OpenOffice software, hunting bugs, writing tests.
>