Apply as committer

[Yuri Dario <mc...@mclink.it>]

Hi all,


my name is Yuri Dario and in the past years I worked on the os2 port 
of OpenOffice.org; that work started with OOo 2.0 until version 3.2 
released last year. 

Now it is time to get back to OOo and update the code base to the most
current level, so I'd like to be invited (is this correct?) as 
committer, in order to migrate to Apache the code now living in sun 
cws os2port07 and 08 (the latter is living only here, since it has 
never been committed to the cws).

I worked on OOo source code since 2005, and my work has been always 
integrated into main trunk, except for latest cws due to lack of 
resources here and on sun's side.

I already compiled Apacke ICLA, but I see that I need an invitation 
before sending it over.

thanks!

-- 
Bye,

	Yuri Dario

/*
 * OS/2 open source software
 * http://web.os2power.com/yuri
 * http://www.netlabs.org
*/

Re: Apply as committer

[Yuri Dario <mc...@mclink.it>]

Hi Rob,

> Welcome to the project and welcome to Apache!

thanks :-))

> I'd recommend reading this page, especially the sections on
> "Meritocracy" and "Roles":

I looked at these pages first, but I thought that existing OOo 
developers with write access to sun servers were already at committer 
level. But it is not a problem to start as developer :-))


> You can send the iCLA to the Apache Secretary at any time.  You do not

sent.

> In any case, I'd recommend starting with simple patches, at a module
> level, to make it easier to review.

sure, I have plenty of them to submit once I resync with AOOo tree.

 
> Also, where are you distributing the OS/2 ports?

current OS/2 binary builds are done by a vendor, and are shipped with 
the eComStation license, so they are not available to general public. 
While full source tree is available to everyone, nobody tried to 
compile it (it is not a trivial task).




-- 
Bye,

	Yuri Dario

/*
 * OS/2 open source software
 * http://web.os2power.com/yuri
 * http://www.netlabs.org
*/

Re: Apply as committer

[Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org>]

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Yuri Dario <mc...@mclink.it> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
> my name is Yuri Dario and in the past years I worked on the os2 port
> of OpenOffice.org; that work started with OOo 2.0 until version 3.2
> released last year.
>

Hi Yuri,

Welcome to the project and welcome to Apache!

> Now it is time to get back to OOo and update the code base to the most
> current level, so I'd like to be invited (is this correct?) as
> committer, in order to migrate to Apache the code now living in sun
> cws os2port07 and 08 (the latter is living only here, since it has
> never been committed to the cws).
>

I'd recommend reading this page, especially the sections on
"Meritocracy" and "Roles":

http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html

Also, the AOOo project's page here:  http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/

> I worked on OOo source code since 2005, and my work has been always
> integrated into main trunk, except for latest cws due to lack of
> resources here and on sun's side.
>
> I already compiled Apacke ICLA, but I see that I need an invitation
> before sending it over.
>

You can send the iCLA to the Apache Secretary at any time.  You do not
need to wait for an invitation.

You are also free to download the source code and submit patches.   If
you do a good job at that, and demonstrate that you work well with
others on the project and are not breaking the build, then a member of
the Project Management Committee (PMC) can nominate you to be a
committer.  If voted in as a committer then you will have direct write
access to the SVN.

I don't want to make any promises, but a good coder who collaborates
well with others on the list, can become a committer quickly.  It
sounds like this will be easy for you.

In any case, I'd recommend starting with simple patches, at a module
level, to make it easier to review.

Also, where are you distributing the OS/2 ports?

Regards,

-Rob

> thanks!
>
> --
> Bye,
>
>        Yuri Dario
>
> /*
>  * OS/2 open source software
>  * http://web.os2power.com/yuri
>  * http://www.netlabs.org
> */
>
>
>