There are also other ways to help than coding. Documentation, Java docs, writing test cases (look at the code coverage reports and pick something not already covered). Review or comment on patches, work on the new Angular JS UI.
Try installing Solr and note any ambiguous docs and suggest better ones, the sky is the limit. There's a chronic need for better JavaDocs. In short, pick something about Solr/Lucene that bugs you and see what you can do to improve it ;) Welcome! Erick On Feb 26, 2016 14:07, "Shawn Heisey" <apa...@elyograg.org> wrote: > 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 > >
