On 2/25/2016 4:34 PM, Benoit Vanalderweireldt wrote: > I have just joined this mailing list, I would love to contribute to Apache > SOLR (I am a certified Java developer OCA and OCP) > > Can someone guide me and assign me a first task on Jira (my username is : > b.vanalderweireldt) ?
Thanks for stepping up and offering to help out! Jan has given you some good starting points. I had mostly written this message before that reply came through, so here's some more info: You'll want to join the dev list. Most of the communication for a specific issue will happen in Jira, but the dev list offers a place for larger and miscellaneous discussions. Warning: Because all Jira activity is sent to the dev list, it is a high-traffic list. Having the ability to use filters on your email to direct messages to different folders is a life-saver. Your initial message would have been more at home on the dev list, but we're not terribly formal about enforcing that kind of separation. Initial discussion for many issues is welcome on this list, and often preferred before going to Jira. Normally issues are assigned to the committer that agrees to take on the change and commit it. Take a look at the many open issues on Solr. You'll probably want to start with an issue that's recently filed, not one that was filed years ago. After you become more comfortable with the codebase and the process, you'll be in a better position to tackle older issues. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR/?selectedTab=com.atlassian.jira.jira-projects-plugin:issues-panel A highly filtered and likely more relevant list: https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20SOLR%20AND%20labels%20in%20%28beginners%2C%20newdev%29%20AND%20status%20not%20in%20%28resolved%2C%20closed%29 Thanks, Shawn
