Guide to helping with Maven

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Maven</a> for yourself, in order to fix bugs.</li> <li><a href="./guide-maven-development.html#Creating_and_submitting_a_patch">Submit patches</a> to reported issues (both those you find, or that others have filed)<br />To ease your first contribution, we have a <a class="externalLink" href="https://s.apache.org/for-the-grabs_maven">list of "up for grabs" issues</a>, meaning that they should be easy to work on. If you consider picking up larger chunks of work, please reach out on the <a href="../../mailing-lists.html">dev@maven.apache.org list</a> to discuss if the idea and solution strategy are still relevant.</li> <li><a href="./guide-testing-releases.html"> Test releases</a> help test releases that are being voted on (see the <a href="../../mailing-lists.html">dev@maven.apache.org list</a> for release votes)</li> <li><a href="./guide-testing-development-plugins.html"> Test snapshot plugins</a> help test the latest development versions of plugins and report issues</li> <li>Help with the documentation by pointing out areas that are lacking or unclear, and if you can, submitting Pull Requests to correct it: use the "edit" button in the breadcrumb, just after the page title. You can also create appropriate issues <a class="externalLink" href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNGSITE">by using the issue management system</a>.</li></ul> <p>Your participation in the community is much appreciated!</p></section><section><a id="Why_Would_I_Want_to_Help.3F"></a> <h1>Why Would I Want to Help?</h1> <p>There are several reasons these are good things.</p> <ul> <li>By answering other people's questions, you can learn more for yourself</li> <li>By submitting your own fixes, they get incorporated faster</li> <li>By reporting issues, you ensure that bugs don't get missed, or forgotten</li> <li>You are giving back to a community that has given you software for free</li></ul></section><section><a id="How_do_I_Join_the_Project.3F"></a> <h1>How do I Join the Project?</h1> <p>Projects at Apache operate under a meritocracy, meaning those that the developers notice participating to a high extent will be invited to join the project as a committer.</p> <p>This is as much based on personality and ability to work with other developers and the community as it is with proven technical ability. Being unhelpful to other users, or obviously looking to become a committer for bragging rights and nothing else is frowned upon, as is asking to be made a committer without having contributed sufficiently to be invited.</p></section><section><a id="Developers_Conventions"></a> <h1>Developers Conventions</h1> <p>There are a number of conventions used in the project, which contributors and developers alike should follow for consistency's sake.</p> <ul> <li><a href="../../developers/conventions/code.html">Maven Code Style And Convention</a></li> <li><a href="../../developers/conventions/jira.html">Maven Jira Convention</a></li> <li><a href="../../developers/conventions/git.html">Maven Git Convention</a></li> <li><a href="../../developers/release/index.html">Releasing a Maven project</a></li> <li><a class="externalLink" href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/Index">Apache Maven Wiki</a></li></ul></section><section><a id="Resources_for_committers"></a> <h1>Resources for committers</h1> <ul> <li><a class="externalLink" href="http://www.apache.org/dev/"> Developer Resources</a></li> <li><a class="externalLink" href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/"> About the Apache Software Foundation</a></li> <li><a class="externalLink" href="http://www.apache.org/dev/committers.html"> Committer FAQ</a></li></ul></section> </main> </div> </div> <hr/> <footer> <div class="container-fluid"> <div class="row-fluid"> <p>© 2002–2024 <a href="https://www.apache.org/">The Apache Software Foundation</a> </p> </div> </div> </footer> </body> </html>

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