How to become a commiter?

[ljnb01 <im...@gmail.com>]

I checked out Click project out of svn, how can I apply for an account to
become a committer to help fix bugs etc?

Jeff

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Re: How to become a commiter?

[Malcolm Edgar <ma...@gmail.com>]

Hi Jeff,

A good starting put would be to create yourself a JIRA account. Work
on something you find interesting and provide some patches. This is a
good way to get familiar with the project and get guidance from
committers on how to work in the project.

If you are looking for an interesting item, the builder pattern would
be a good one:

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLK-565

People see to feel that the builder pattern is better than the factory
pattern (and I agree with this). I would imagine we would have two
builder classes FormBuilder and TableBuilder in click extras.

regards Malcolm Edgar

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 7:44 AM, Bob Schellink<sa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
>
> ljnb01 wrote:
>>
>> I checked out Click project out of svn, how can I apply for an account to
>> become a committer to help fix bugs etc?
>
>
> Sounds great, thanks for the offer.
>
> The easiest way to start contributing is by submitting patches via JIRA. To
> allow others to provide input on new features/bugs, I'd suggest having a
> discussion on this list first before raising the JIRA.
>
> Patches are then reviewed and applied and credit is given to individuals in
> our Changelog[1].
>
> Contributors who provide frequent and valuable contributions to the project
> are then given committer access. Committers are given full write access to
> the repository and don't have to submit their work through patches anymore.
>
> Note that contributing doesn't necessitate writing code. It can be of
> various forms such as enhancing documentation, helping out on the user list,
> taking part in discussions and just generally contributing in a positive
> way.
>
> kind regards
>
> bob
>
> [1]: http://incubator.apache.org/click/docs/roadmap-changes.html
>

Re: How to become a commiter?

[Bob Schellink <sa...@gmail.com>]

Hi Jeff,

ljnb01 wrote:
> I checked out Click project out of svn, how can I apply for an account to
> become a committer to help fix bugs etc?


Sounds great, thanks for the offer.

The easiest way to start contributing is by submitting patches via JIRA. To allow others to provide 
input on new features/bugs, I'd suggest having a discussion on this list first before raising the JIRA.

Patches are then reviewed and applied and credit is given to individuals in our Changelog[1].

Contributors who provide frequent and valuable contributions to the project are then given committer 
access. Committers are given full write access to the repository and don't have to submit their work 
through patches anymore.

Note that contributing doesn't necessitate writing code. It can be of various forms such as 
enhancing documentation, helping out on the user list, taking part in discussions and just generally 
contributing in a positive way.

kind regards

bob

[1]: http://incubator.apache.org/click/docs/roadmap-changes.html