Re: First Patch Program

Thank you, Peter.  As you note, we wound up with more people
volunteering to submit their first patch than people volunteering as
mentors to help them.  If it's the case that more people *want* to
submit patches than presently know how, then I guess that speaks to
the need for this program.

Anyway, to make sure that everyone could participate yet still get the
one-on-one attention they need, I decided to hold two sessions of the
First Patch program.  The initial session just started this week, and
the other will begin in October after the first one ends.

I continue getting e-mails from people who want to join the program
submit their first patch, so I'd encourage anyone who is familiar with
the patch process to contact me about volunteering as a mentor.  It's
not a major commitment, I expect it will just be an hour here and
there for a few weeks.  Here are some more details about the program:

   http://wiki.netbeans.org/First_Patch

I hope that people who submit their first patch will see that it's not
too hard to improve their favorite IDE/platform, continue making
changes in the future and even help someone else submit their first
patch.  If that works out, NetBeans will lead in innovation because
its users will also be its developers.

Thanks again for your encouragement and thanks to all the volunteers
who are spending their time to make NetBeans better.

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Belbin, Peter <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's great to see that the First Patch program has exceeded availability of mentors.
>
> It will be very interesting to see the feedback, what changes that drives into the existing documentation, and longer term, whether those people that provide patches continue to provide patches long term.
>
> Congratulations to Tom and the mentors.
>
> I hope it works well from all perspectives.
>
> It appears to be a very good step in the right direction.
>
> Regards,
> Peter Belbin.
>



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