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Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:57:15 -0700
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Subject: Re: State of the Project
From: Doug Arthur <dougarthur@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Justin Mclean <justin@classsoftware.com> w=
rote:
> Hi Greg,
>
>> Nope, sorry. You have to be a committer to be able to commit to the
>> whiteboard. You can, however, submit patches in Jira.
>
> Understand. So what's the best way for non committers to submit unit test=
s, code samples showing issues or new ideas not all of these things belong =
in JIRA. People who are non committers want to contribute as well, and curr=
ently there's no way for anyone who is not a committer to become one.
>
> My =A0current understanding is that JIRA is basically off limits until we=
 get the Adobe JIRA bugs imported and while hopefully that's going to happe=
n this week it's not going to be complete until the end of Feb. Non committ=
ers can only comment/provide patches for bugs that have already been import=
ed right?
>
> Thanks,
> Justin

Since this project is still fresh, and the press isn't even quite
ready yet, it's not concrete on how to contribute. Contributions from
non-committers, as I understand it, will come in the form of patches
submitted to Jira, as stated previously. You can also discuss your
ideas and patches on this list and lobby for a committer to take on
your patch and actually commit it to the repository. As you become a
more avid committer in the community, and it's pretty clear you
produce quality code, then at that time it might make sense for PPMC
members to vote you in as a committer. It's an approval based on
participation and merit, someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

As for the fact that we're not quite ready for Jira to be hammered,
until Alex @ Adobe can get things going there, we should respect the
efforts he is putting in and make all contributions for now on list.
Remember, this is a substantial contribution from a very corporate
company - this stuff will take time to iron out. We all want to get
going, but we also need to be aware of the hurdles the messengers are
facing, and give them their respect and time to do what they can with
those obstacles. We are here to support them, and definitely don't
want to alienate them. Their time is pretty much on a volunteer basis
now, so let's not piss them off. :)

- Doug