Re: New contributor Steffen Nießing

[Chen Liang]

Hello Steffen,
For the Java standard library, most of the discussions happen on core-libs-dev at openjdk list. The jdk list is usually for governance that applies to all of the JDK.

Since you have improvement proposals, you can start either with a mail to the core-libs-dev list or a submission to bugs.java.com - note the latter creates an issue but almost certainly attracts less attention. If you have questions, asking in a list is almost always better than submitting a particular enhancement. And I am willing to answer.

For sponsoring, if your proposal in core-libs-dev is sensible, OpenJDK authors may create a JBS issue for you (which is exactly what bugs.java.com does, except that takes longer). And whoever is willing to create an issue for you is usually willing to review and/or sponsor.

Before you start your contributions, be sure to check out the guide - https://openjdk.org/guide/ For example, you must sign the Oracle contributor agreement.

Regards, Chen Liang
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Subject: New contributor Steffen Nießing

Hello,

my name is Steffen Nießing and I'm a software developer from Germany. I've studied Computer Science at the TU Dortmund University and always loved the topics on programming languages and compilation. For 2+ years I am developing web services using Java.

I am excited to participate in maintaining and evolving the Java programming language in this community.
I've found a few small documentation improvements for the Java standard library that led me here and I hope this is a good starting point in participating at the OpenJDK project.

I am now searching for a sponsor to get started. Should I ask at the jdk-dev mailing list while discussing the changes or is sponsoring typically asked for on this mailing list?

Cheers,
Steffen Nießing
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