[Openstack-devel] welcoming new contributors (was: Moving all git repositories to git.gplhost.com)

[Prach Pongpanich]

On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 1:26 AM, Lucas Nussbaum <lucas at debian.org> wrote:
> On 22/11/13 at 01:36 +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote:
>> Many people showed up, where added to the Alioth packaging group, though
>> only Gustavo did some actual work. Which is why I added the todo. I
>> believe that part of the problem is that OpenStack is just too big, and
>> it's hard to know where to start.
>
> Sure, it's a pretty complex set of packages. But still, there should be
> a way to describe something that is doable in one evening. For example,
> you could explain somewhere that a good way to start to contribute is to
> install openstack, and try to reproduce a bug that was not reproduced
> yet.
>
> I agree that this is not a ground-breaking contribution, but people need
> a way to start, and still, it's a way to contribute something useful.
>
Hi,

I agree that, it's a pretty complex set of packages.
When I start contributing to openstack packaging, I’ll work on small packages
(python-heatclient, python-keystoneclient and python-pbr), it's
another way to contribute.

Thomas, sorry for lack of contribution.

Regards,
 Prach Pongpanich