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Posted to commits@vcl.apache.org by bu...@apache.org on 2012/10/12 17:42:51 UTC
svn commit: r834915 - in /websites/staging/vcl/trunk/content: ./
comm/index.html
Author: buildbot
Date: Fri Oct 12 15:42:51 2012
New Revision: 834915
Log:
Staging update by buildbot for vcl
Modified:
websites/staging/vcl/trunk/content/ (props changed)
websites/staging/vcl/trunk/content/comm/index.html
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Modified: websites/staging/vcl/trunk/content/comm/index.html
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--- websites/staging/vcl/trunk/content/comm/index.html (original)
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<div id="content">
<h1 class="title">Community</h1>
- <p>Apache VCL is an open and inviting community striving to advance the support and use of VCL as a Private-Hybrid cloud solution for Education and commercial uses.</p>
+ <p>The Apache VCL community strives to be open and inviting. Our mission is to advance the adoption and development of Apache VCL around the world.</p>
<div class="toc">
<ul>
<li><a href="#getInvolved">Getting Involved</a></li>
@@ -87,35 +87,36 @@
</ul>
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<h1 id="getInvolved">Getting Involved</h1>
-<p>In an open-source project, there are many ways one can help. Here are some areas that are always in need in the VCL Project.</p>
+<p>One of the many benefits of Apache VCL being an open-source, community-driven project is that there are many ways to become involved and engaged.</p>
<ul>
-<li>Join the mailing lists and answer questions or share ideas</li>
-<li>Download and use VCL for yourself or your institution or company</li>
-<li>Report bugs, feature requests in the issue tracking system.</li>
-<li>Submit Patches to reported issues</li>
-<li>Help guide the development by being a voice on the list of needed features</li>
-<li>Test releases that are being voted on (monitor the dev@vcl.apache.org list for release votes</li>
-<li>Documentation, Help with writing and pointing out areas that are lacking in the documentation </li>
+<li>Join the mailing lists! This is how to get your questions answered or share ideas.</li>
+<li>Download the Apache VCL and try it out. Its free!</li>
+<li>Report bugs and request new features.</li>
+<li>Monitor the dev@vcl.apache.org mailing list and help test the Apache VCL software before it is released.</li>
+<li>Get your hands dirty! Play with the code. Submit patches. Become a committer.</li>
+<li>Contribute documentation. </li>
</ul>
<h1 id="mail-list">Mailing Lists</h1>
-<p>There are two VCL mailing list, user and dev</p>
-<p><strong>User</strong> mailing list is for general topics, help with installation, and special topics around cloud computing.</p>
+<p>The <strong>user@vcl.apache.org</strong> mailing list is for general questions, information, and topics related to Apache VCL. This is the list to use if you have a question about using, administering, or installing Apache VCL.</p>
<ul>
-<li>subscribe: <a href="mailto:dev-subscribe@vcl.apache.org">user-subscribe@vcl.apache.org</a></li>
-<li>unsubscribe: <a href="mailto:user-unsubscribe@vcl.apache.org">user-unsubscribe@vcl.apache.org</a></li>
+<li>To subscribe, send a message to: <a href="mailto:user-subscribe@vcl.apache.org">user-subscribe@vcl.apache.org</a></li>
+<li>To unsubscribe, send a message to: <a href="mailto:user-unsubscribe@vcl.apache.org">user-unsubscribe@vcl.apache.org</a></li>
+<li>Archives: <a href="http://vcl.markmail.org/search/?q=list%3Avcl-user">http://vcl.markmail.org/search/?q=list:vcl-user</a></li>
</ul>
-<p><strong>Dev</strong> mailing list is mainly for Development topics and items related to specific issues.</p>
+<p>The <strong>dev@vcl.apache.org</strong> mailing list is for topics related to the development of the Apache VCL software.</p>
<ul>
-<li>subscribe: <a href="mailto:dev-subscribe@vcl.apache.org">dev-subscribe@vcl.apache.org</a></li>
-<li>unsubscribe: <a href="mailto:dev-unsubscribe@vcl.apache.org">dev-unsubscribe@vcl.apache.org</a></li>
+<li>To subscribe, send a message to: <a href="mailto:dev-subscribe@vcl.apache.org">dev-subscribe@vcl.apache.org</a></li>
+<li>To unsubscribe, send a message to: <a href="mailto:dev-unsubscribe@vcl.apache.org">dev-unsubscribe@vcl.apache.org</a></li>
+<li>Archives: <a href="http://vcl.markmail.org/search/?q=list:vcl-dev">http://vcl.markmail.org/search/?q=list:vcl-dev</a></li>
</ul>
-<p><strong>Commits</strong> mailing list is for all notices about commits to the code and CMS repositories. </p>
+<p>The <strong>commits@vcl.apache.org</strong> mailing list allows you to stay up to date on Apache VCL development activity. By subscribing to this list, you will receive messages whenever a change is committed to the Apache VCL codebase or website.</p>
<ul>
-<li>subscribe; <a href="mailto:commits-subscribe@vcl.apache.org">commits-subscribe@vcl.apache.org</a></li>
-<li>unsubscribe: <a href="mailto:commits-unsubscribe@vcl.apache.org">commits-unsubscribe@vcl.apache.org</a></li>
+<li>To subscribe, send a message to: <a href="mailto:commits-subscribe@vcl.apache.org">commits-subscribe@vcl.apache.org</a></li>
+<li>To unsubscribe, send a message to: <a href="mailto:commits-unsubscribe@vcl.apache.org">commits-unsubscribe@vcl.apache.org</a></li>
+<li>Archives: <a href="http://vcl.markmail.org/search/?q=list:vcl-commits">http://vcl.markmail.org/search/?q=list:vcl-commits</a></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="how-do-i-join-the-project">How do I Join the Project</h1>
-<p>Projects at Apache operate under a meritocracy, meaning those that the developers notice participating to a high extent will be invited to join the project as a committer.</p>
+<p>Projects at Apache operate under a <a href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#meritocracy">meritocracy</a>, meaning those that the developers notice participating to a high extent will be invited to join the project as a committer.</p>
<p>This is as much based on personality and ability to work with other developers and the community as it is with proven technical ability. Being unhelpful to other users, or obviously looking to become a committer for bragging rights and nothing else is frowned upon, as is asking to be made a committer without having contributed sufficiently to be invited.</p>
<p>Apache VCL has some basic <a href="committer-guidelines">guidelines</a> on the steps to become eligible for consideration to become a Apache VCL committer.</p>
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