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Posted to commits@directory.apache.org by pi...@apache.org on 2014/11/13 12:40:12 UTC
svn commit: r1639312 - /directory/site/trunk/content/contribute.mdtext
Author: pierresmits
Date: Thu Nov 13 11:40:12 2014
New Revision: 1639312
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1639312
Log:
JIRA issue DIR-311: rewording of the 'contribute' page to make it more appealing and inviting to participate. Reformatting and cleanup. Attempt #3.
Modified:
directory/site/trunk/content/contribute.mdtext
Modified: directory/site/trunk/content/contribute.mdtext
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/directory/site/trunk/content/contribute.mdtext?rev=1639312&r1=1639311&r2=1639312&view=diff
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--- directory/site/trunk/content/contribute.mdtext (original)
+++ directory/site/trunk/content/contribute.mdtext Thu Nov 13 11:40:12 2014
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ You can also consider **donating** in ot
So, you consider **contributing** to our project. But how do you go about achieving this?
-Well, it is as easy as pie. The first thing you need to do is to subscribe to one of our mailing lists (see the overview below, or look here: check out the [mailing lists](mailing-lists-and-irc.html)) and you are set to go to deliver your first contribution: a posting there, about how great our product are, what you found missing, or even the bug you're confronted with.
-You might even consider a more interactive approach and join the team on our irc channels.
+Well, it is as easy as pie. The first thing you need to do is to subscribe to one of our mailing lists (see the overview below, or look here: [mailing lists](mailing-lists-and-irc.html)) and you are set to go to deliver your first contribution: a posting there, about how great our product are, what you found missing, or even the bug you're confronted with.
+You might even consider a more interactive approach and join the team on our **IRC** channels.
After you have had your first contribution over and done with, it stays **easy**. You can:
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ After you have had your first contributi
* evaluate bugs and proposed improvements provided by others in our team,
* help with outlining and evaluating the future direction of our project and the development iterations of our products.
-To make it a bit more explicit, we are looking for:
+To make it a bit more explicit, **we are looking for**:
* Source code (bugs and improvements) contributions
* Documentation assistance
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ To make it a bit more explicit, we are l
But the list is not limited to the above! If you feel we missed something there, please **let us know**.
-The overview of our mailing lists
+**Our mailing lists**
| Name | Subscribe | Post | Archive |
|---|:-:|:-:|:-:|
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ The overview of our mailing lists
| The Directory Commits List | [Subscribe](mailto:commits-subscribe@directory.apache.org) | — | [mail-archives.apache.org](http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/directory-commits) |
| The LDAP API List | [Subscribe](mailto:api-subscribe@directory.apache.org) | [Post](mailto:api@directory.apache.org) | [mail-archives.apache.org](http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/directory-api) |
-Our IRC channels on the freenode.net are, where we have also informal discussions:
+Our IRC channels on freenode.net, where we have also informal discussions:
* Users IRC channel: [#apache-directory @ irc://irc.freenode.net](irc://irc.freenode.net/apache-directory)
* Developers IRC channel: [#apache-directory-dev @ irc://irc.freenode.net](irc://irc.freenode.net/apache-directory-dev)