How to contribute to the Adopt OpenJDK and OpenJDK ?

Tue Nov 17 09:38:00 UTC 2015

Mani, John,

Fantastic work! Thank you so much for porting this across.  I did get 404's
following the first two links though?

https://adoptopenjdk.gitbooks.io/adoptopenjdk-getting-started-kit/content/how-to-navigate/how-to-navigate-and-make-progress.html
https://adoptopenjdk.gitbooks.io/adoptopenjdk-getting-started-kit/content/adopt-openjdk-getting-started/adopt_openjdk_-_getting_started.html

Cheers,
Martijn

On 17 November 2015 at 01:02, John Patrick <nhoj.patrick at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all and Mani,
>
> I've just done created pull request based on feedback and experience at
> hack the tower at the weekend.
>
> For those interested in the vagrant vm details, along with what I
> changed/fixed and why please check out the pull request;
> https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/adopt-openjdk-kiss-vagrant/pull/3
>
> Still looking at created the common IDE projects so importing into the
> users native IDE is simpler.
>
> Cheers,
> John
>
>
> On 17 November 2015 at 00:34, Mani Sarkar <sadhak001 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all, Martijn,
>>
>> The gitbook has now been transfered to the adoptopenjdk organisation, the
>> new location is
>>
>> https://www.gitbook.com/book/adoptopenjdk/adoptopenjdk-getting-started-kit/details
>> ,
>> the providers of gitbook have made forwarding arrangements, any old links
>> will get redirected to the new location.
>>
>> Also with that I have also moved the adopt-openjdk-kiss-vagrant to the
>> adoptopenjdk organisation (see
>> https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/adopt-openjdk-kiss-vagrant).
>>
>> Please give it a whirl and get back to us if you have spotted any issues.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mani
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Martijn Verburg <
>> martijnverburg at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Mohan,
>> >
>> > That is good advice yes - the IRC channel for the JSRs (different
>> > programme) hasn't really worked.  The IRC channel for the official
>> openjdk
>> > is actually quite active.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Martijn
>> >
>> > On 4 November 2015 at 11:35, Mohan Radhakrishnan <
>> > radhakrishnan.mohan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > If you're interested in a particular area but don't have any specific
>> > >> ideas about what to do then feel free to post a query to the
>> appropriate
>> > >> Group or Projectdevelopment list <http://mail.openjdk.java.net/> to
>> ask
>> > >> for suggestions that match your skills and knowledge. A list of all
>> the
>> > >> Groups <http://openjdk.java.net/bylaws#group> and Projects
>> > >> <http://openjdk.java.net/bylaws#project> may be found at the
>> left-hand
>> > >> side of this page; you are more than welcome to subscribe
>> > >> <http://mail.openjdk.java.net/> to any of their mailing lists. A
>> > >> complete list of all of the Groups, Projects, people and their roles
>> > may be
>> > >> found in the census <http://openjdk.java.net/census>.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > This is the best advice in http://openjdk.java.net/contribute/.
>> > > One could regularly participate in the IRC discussion of JSR;s. I
>> tried
>> > > that. But even then generally the close-knit group may meet at
>> > conferences
>> > > that all cannot pay to attend.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > > Mohan
>> > >
>> > > On 3 November 2015 at 20:49, Martijn Verburg <
>> martijnverburg at gmail.com>
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> 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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>> > >>>>> >
>> > >>>>> > --
>> > >>>>> > Cheers, Martijn (Sent from Gmail Mobile)
>> > >>>>> >
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>
>> > >
>> >
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