How to contribute to the Adopt OpenJDK and OpenJDK ?

Tue Nov 17 10:33:01 UTC 2015

Also,

I forgot where we go to in terms of hosting some of these pre built VMs
with the environments all set up.  Have you tried using GitHubs large file
service?  If not we can perhaps go back to using Bintray.

Cheers,
Martijn

On 17 November 2015 at 09:38, Martijn Verburg <martijnverburg at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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