Re: OFBiz Community Days – November 2019

[Devanshu Vyas <vy...@gmail.com>]

Hello All,

A big thank you to all who participated in the OFBiz community day.
We had another good community day, the community worked on around 5 issues,
more details can be found here [1].

Please refer to this document [2] for the responses of the survey.
Our next community day is planned on *21st to 25th February 2020*, and
for more details please refer to this document [3], stay tuned!

Keep contributing!!

Thanks again Sharan Foga for building the assets and documentation
related to OFBiz Community Days.
Thank you Swapnil M Mane, for guiding me to share these details with you
all.


[1]
https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/RapidBoard.jspa?rapidView=318&projectKey=OFBIZ&view=reporting&chart=sprintRetrospective&sprint=585
[2]
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/November+2019+-+Community+Day+Survey
[3]
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/OFBiz+Community+Days+Dates

Thanks & Regards,
Devanshu Vyas.


On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 5:22 PM Devanshu Vyas <vy...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> A big thank so much to everyone who participated in the OFBiz community
> day.
> Every contribution matters!
>
> We'd also like anyone who participated to complete a brief
> survey. This will help us gather some feedback and information about how we
> can improve future Community Days.
>
> *IMPORTANT NOTE*: Please only complete the survey if you actually
> participated in Community Day.
>
> Please feel this short survey,
> (There are only 9 questions so it really won't take much time)
>
> https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PLRB26C
>
> The survey will be open until *December 5th, 2019.* and I will document
> the results on the Wiki and publish it on the mailing list.
>
> P.S. We have closed the "OFBiz Community Day (November 2019)" Jira sprint.
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Devanshu Vyas.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 4:27 PM Swapnil M Mane <sw...@apache.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Hope you are doing well.
>>
>> I would like to apologize to update you on such short notice on our
>> November Community day. Our this community day is starting from tomorrow,
>> and as you all aware it is the sequence of 5 days that form the Community
>> Days.
>> So, this community day is from *22nd** – 26th November.*
>>
>> I am sorry to update you on such short notice, my notification system
>> doesn't work the way I expected it to work. :-/
>>
>> If you are new to the concept of Community Days then please take a look at
>> the following wiki pages
>>
>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/OFBiz+Community+Days
>>
>>
>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/OFBiz+Community+Days+Dates
>>
>> Anyone can participate (and we would like to encourage as many people as
>> possible to do so :-)
>>
>> If there is an OFBiz task or particular area that you would like to work
>> on
>> then please see if you can set aside some time over the next few days to
>> do
>> it. (Even an hour will help!)
>>
>> Remember that you do not have to work on it alone, our Community Days are
>> also a chance to collaborate with others in the community.
>>
>> Our Community Days are not only coding related, we would also like to do
>> some tidy up of our wiki and our project documentation.
>>
>> *Testing, Review and Committing Patches*
>> Testing and applying patches is always an important area. Many
>> contributors
>> from the community have provided patches for bugs and improvements but
>> before committing them we need to test to them.
>>
>> Patches can become out of date very quickly meaning that if they are not
>> tested early enough then they can miss out on being included. We have a
>> large number of patches available so this could be a good opportunity for
>> test, review and commit.
>>
>> *Documentation*
>> We know that our current documentation could be a whole lot better so any
>> contribution that helps us improve it is welcome.
>>
>> *Jira Sprint*
>> I have created a Jira sprint "OFBiz Community Day (November 2019)" so
>> please add any Jira tasks when you are working on it.
>>
>>
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/RapidBoard.jspa?rapidView=318&projectKey=OFBIZ
>> (You will need Jira login to access above link).
>>
>> This Jira Sprint helps us track and report on the work done during the
>> Community Days so please try to make sure your work is included.
>> To set the sprint on an existing issue, simply click on the "Edit" option
>> on the issue and select the sprint field.
>>
>> We should add the Sprint in all the cases,
>> 1.) If we create a ticket we should add it.
>> 2.) If we start working on an existing ticket (adding patch or closing it
>> after a commit) we should add sprint if it is missing.
>>
>> Basically adding Sprint will make sure the contribution will be counted in
>> OFBiz community days event, which is from 22nd – 26th November.
>> At the end of November's OFBiz Community day i.e. after 26th November.
>> This will help us in reporting.
>>
>> *OFBiz Slack Channel*
>> If you haven't already taken a look, our OFBiz Slack channel is available
>> all the time but can be especially useful when collaborating during our
>> Community Days event. Please join our room using the link below:
>> https://s.apache.org/ofbiz-slack-channel
>>
>> To chat with users and developers of Apache OFBiz. Please create a Slack
>> account using this invite link <https://s.apache.org/slack-invite> and
>> join
>> the *#ofbiz channel*. <https://s.apache.org/ofbiz-slack-channel> Please
>> do
>> *not* ask OFBiz questions/discussion in the #general channel.
>>
>> Let's work together to improve OFBiz, have fun and enjoy working together.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Swapnil M Mane,
>> ofbiz.apache.org
>>
>

Re: OFBiz Community Days – November 2019

[Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>]

Thanks for the reminder Devanshu,

It's a pity, I always forget about Community Days dates. I'll try to do better in the future ;)

Jacques

Le 19/12/2019 à 11:25, Devanshu Vyas a écrit :
> Hello All,
>
> A big thank you to all who participated in the OFBiz community day.
> We had another good community day, the community worked on around 5 issues,
> more details can be found here [1].
>
> Please refer to this document [2] for the responses of the survey.
> Our next community day is planned on *21st to 25th February 2020*, and
> for more details please refer to this document [3], stay tuned!
>
> Keep contributing!!
>
> Thanks again Sharan Foga for building the assets and documentation
> related to OFBiz Community Days.
> Thank you Swapnil M Mane, for guiding me to share these details with you
> all.
>
>
> [1]
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/RapidBoard.jspa?rapidView=318&projectKey=OFBIZ&view=reporting&chart=sprintRetrospective&sprint=585
> [2]
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/November+2019+-+Community+Day+Survey
> [3]
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/OFBiz+Community+Days+Dates
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Devanshu Vyas.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 5:22 PM Devanshu Vyas <vy...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> A big thank so much to everyone who participated in the OFBiz community
>> day.
>> Every contribution matters!
>>
>> We'd also like anyone who participated to complete a brief
>> survey. This will help us gather some feedback and information about how we
>> can improve future Community Days.
>>
>> *IMPORTANT NOTE*: Please only complete the survey if you actually
>> participated in Community Day.
>>
>> Please feel this short survey,
>> (There are only 9 questions so it really won't take much time)
>>
>> https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PLRB26C
>>
>> The survey will be open until *December 5th, 2019.* and I will document
>> the results on the Wiki and publish it on the mailing list.
>>
>> P.S. We have closed the "OFBiz Community Day (November 2019)" Jira sprint.
>>
>> Thanks & Regards,
>> Devanshu Vyas.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 4:27 PM Swapnil M Mane <sw...@apache.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> Hope you are doing well.
>>>
>>> I would like to apologize to update you on such short notice on our
>>> November Community day. Our this community day is starting from tomorrow,
>>> and as you all aware it is the sequence of 5 days that form the Community
>>> Days.
>>> So, this community day is from *22nd** – 26th November.*
>>>
>>> I am sorry to update you on such short notice, my notification system
>>> doesn't work the way I expected it to work. :-/
>>>
>>> If you are new to the concept of Community Days then please take a look at
>>> the following wiki pages
>>>
>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/OFBiz+Community+Days
>>>
>>>
>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/OFBiz+Community+Days+Dates
>>>
>>> Anyone can participate (and we would like to encourage as many people as
>>> possible to do so :-)
>>>
>>> If there is an OFBiz task or particular area that you would like to work
>>> on
>>> then please see if you can set aside some time over the next few days to
>>> do
>>> it. (Even an hour will help!)
>>>
>>> Remember that you do not have to work on it alone, our Community Days are
>>> also a chance to collaborate with others in the community.
>>>
>>> Our Community Days are not only coding related, we would also like to do
>>> some tidy up of our wiki and our project documentation.
>>>
>>> *Testing, Review and Committing Patches*
>>> Testing and applying patches is always an important area. Many
>>> contributors
>>> from the community have provided patches for bugs and improvements but
>>> before committing them we need to test to them.
>>>
>>> Patches can become out of date very quickly meaning that if they are not
>>> tested early enough then they can miss out on being included. We have a
>>> large number of patches available so this could be a good opportunity for
>>> test, review and commit.
>>>
>>> *Documentation*
>>> We know that our current documentation could be a whole lot better so any
>>> contribution that helps us improve it is welcome.
>>>
>>> *Jira Sprint*
>>> I have created a Jira sprint "OFBiz Community Day (November 2019)" so
>>> please add any Jira tasks when you are working on it.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/RapidBoard.jspa?rapidView=318&projectKey=OFBIZ
>>> (You will need Jira login to access above link).
>>>
>>> This Jira Sprint helps us track and report on the work done during the
>>> Community Days so please try to make sure your work is included.
>>> To set the sprint on an existing issue, simply click on the "Edit" option
>>> on the issue and select the sprint field.
>>>
>>> We should add the Sprint in all the cases,
>>> 1.) If we create a ticket we should add it.
>>> 2.) If we start working on an existing ticket (adding patch or closing it
>>> after a commit) we should add sprint if it is missing.
>>>
>>> Basically adding Sprint will make sure the contribution will be counted in
>>> OFBiz community days event, which is from 22nd – 26th November.
>>> At the end of November's OFBiz Community day i.e. after 26th November.
>>> This will help us in reporting.
>>>
>>> *OFBiz Slack Channel*
>>> If you haven't already taken a look, our OFBiz Slack channel is available
>>> all the time but can be especially useful when collaborating during our
>>> Community Days event. Please join our room using the link below:
>>> https://s.apache.org/ofbiz-slack-channel
>>>
>>> To chat with users and developers of Apache OFBiz. Please create a Slack
>>> account using this invite link <https://s.apache.org/slack-invite> and
>>> join
>>> the *#ofbiz channel*. <https://s.apache.org/ofbiz-slack-channel> Please
>>> do
>>> *not* ask OFBiz questions/discussion in the #general channel.
>>>
>>> Let's work together to improve OFBiz, have fun and enjoy working together.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Swapnil M Mane,
>>> ofbiz.apache.org
>>>