How to contribute to the Adopt OpenJDK and OpenJDK ?

[Martijn Verburg]

Yes, it pays to discuss the change *before* you submit it, you'd be
surprised why certain things are the way they are :-)

Cheers,
Martijn

On 3 November 2015 at 12:02, Mohan Radhakrishnan <
radhakrishnan.mohan at gmail.com> wrote:

> That is interesting. They do accept such small changes then.
>
> Thanks,
> Mohan
>
> On 3 November 2015 at 15:01, Martijn Verburg <martijnverburg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I think there should also be clear guidance on how to submit your first
>> patch for a small, low-impact change (like a code clean up).  Over time we
>> want more people to gain Author+ status in the various projects, especially
>> around safer parts of OpenJDK (e.g. Not Hotspot)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Martijn
>>
>> On 3 November 2015 at 06:07, Mohan Radhakrishnan <
>> radhakrishnan.mohan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I read the contribution procedure.
>>>
>>> Are these basically the avenues ?
>>>
>>> 1. One could individually participate in JCP spec. activities without
>>> guidance depending on one's skill level.
>>> 2. Participate along with the local JUG.
>>> 3. Contribute to one of the OpenJDK projects like JITWatch etc.
>>> 4. Contribute to documentation.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mohan
>>>
>>> On 3 November 2015 at 06:09, Martijn Verburg <martijnverburg at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Once you make the move it'll get more eyes and more PRs will start to
>>> > arrive (much like Jitwatch and jcountdown I suspect).
>>> >
>>> > Is there someone in this list who is fairly new and will go through
>>> Mani's
>>> > doc?
>>> >
>>> > Cheers,
>>> > Martijn
>>> >
>>> > On Monday, 2 November 2015, Mani Sarkar <sadhak001 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > Martijn,
>>> > >
>>> > > I'm in conversation with the guys about moving it, and after Devoxx
>>> BE is
>>> > > a better move I think although I would have liked it to be earlier.
>>> > >
>>> > > On a more important note, I was wondering if the contents of the
>>> pages I
>>> > > shared were good, if not, happy to change them so that adoptors get
>>> the
>>> > > right info.
>>> > >
>>> > > Cheers,
>>> > > Mani
>>> > >
>>> > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 11:31 AM, Martijn Verburg <
>>> > martijnverburg at gmail.com
>>> > > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','martijnverburg at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > >> Hey Mani,
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Ah, I wondered where that was being hosted.  You're happy to move
>>> that
>>> > to
>>> > >> the AdoptOpenJDK repo post Devoxx correct?  I've added a link to
>>> this
>>> > Kit
>>> > >> in the wiki and have also added the OpenJDK IRC channel link to the
>>> > wiki as
>>> > >> well.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Cheers,
>>> > >> Martijn
>>> > >>
>>> > >> On 31 October 2015 at 09:34, Mani Sarkar <sadhak001 at gmail.com
>>> > >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','sadhak001 at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>> > >>
>>> > >>> Hi all,
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> I have put together this page on how to ...
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>>
>>> >
>>> https://neomatrix369.gitbooks.io/adoptopenjdk-getting-started-kit/content/en/how-to-navigate/how_to_contribute_to_adopt_openjdk_and_openjdk.html
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> As a community we should feel free to amend the contents as per
>>> what
>>> > >>> really is meant by contributions.
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> Anything incorrect or missing - feel free to report here or create
>>> a
>>> > >>> pull request (see
>>> > >>>
>>> >
>>> https://neomatrix369.gitbooks.io/adoptopenjdk-getting-started-kit/content/en/how-to-navigate/contribute.html
>>> > >>> ).
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> Thanks for reading and contributing.
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> Cheers,
>>> > >>> Mani
>>> > >>>
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>>> >
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