[Freeswitch-users] CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS: Assisting With FreeSWITCH Subprojects

[Seven Du]

Hi MC,

Months ago we had tried the multi-language plugin on MediaWiki, I know  
you are still planning to do this but I just want how far it goes.  
Count me in when you are short of hand.

On Sep 15, 2009, at 11:25 PM, Michael Collins wrote:
> Demuel,
> Thanks for the input. Yes, we want to avoid chaos. I will work to  
> keep everyone organized. I would welcome a mass of people all trying  
> to do different things because the challenge would simply be to keep  
> them organized. Right now the challenge is in recruiting people to  
> stay with the not-so-glorious aspects of the project, namely  
> documentation, maintenance, and janitorial style subprojects.
>
> Please keep the comments and suggestions coming!
>
> Thanks,
> MC
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 12:38 AM, <demuel at thephinix.org> wrote:
> Hi Michael / FS enthusiast,
>
> In my opinion, it will be an undeniably perfect chaos if everyone  
> wants to do everything. One way
> I can suggest out of this is the following:
>
> - sets of persons that does all the stuff on the FS core. I'm not  
> sure if this one will work out but
> I think these are the only persons who has commit access to the  
> source code and will also be willing
> to accept modifications, enhancements, etc.
>
> - individuals can ask if they can be the maintainer/tester for a  
> particular module. Bug fixing,
> sending modifications and enhancements will still be subject to the  
> approval of anthm.
>
> - an array of persons that will take ownership on what FS can do and  
> provide realiable working
> examples for it. Currently, it takes amount of pain for a newbie on  
> how to configure SIP because
> the examples are too confusing and sometimes there is not certainty  
> if this will work on what
> release of FS or not.
>
> - any individual that has time and interest can start owning the  
> porting of FS to other operating
> system. Like in my case, I am working on making FS ported to FreeBSD  
> ports but I don't know if
> somebody did it or if he is currently doing it, as to what stage he  
> is in?
>
> - there should be a release engineering team. In my opinion, a  
> stable and current release will be
> much more sane.
>
> As with any other successful open source project, we won't be  
> starting to say I want to contribute
> this and start working on that. We should indicate that you take  
> ownership of this and any
> comments should be forwarded right unto you.
>
> Again, this is just my opinion. You can take some of it or leave it  
> using "sudo rm -rf blah/*" .
>
> There and back again,
> Demuel I. Bendano
> a.k.a engrxyz
>
>
> > Hi Michael,
> >
> > You can count with me for anything else, like documentation,
> > coding/scripting, or any other FreeSWITCH related stuff.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Diego
> >
> > 2009/9/14 João Mesquita <jmesquita at freeswitch.org>
> >
> >> You can assign two things to me.
> >>
> >> 1. libesl code documentation (partially done and Doxygened - needs
> >> cleaning)
> >> 2. Bug marshal. I am setting up the proper lab environment here  
> to be able
> >> to test most stuff.
> >>
> >> Count me in for any questions I can answer and I am _always_ on IRC
> >>
> >> jmesquita
> >>
> >> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Michael Collins <msc at freeswitch.org 
> >wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello FreeSWITCHers!
> >>>
> >>> We are looking for people who are in a position to help out with  
> various
> >>> subprojects that will help FreeSWITCH to keep growing. We need  
> people to
> >>> help out in these basic areas:
> >>>
> >>> Bug marshals (people who watch JIRA and test bug reports,  
> patches, etc.)
> >>> Documentation maintainers (people who update the wiki when new  
> stuff comes
> >>> out, also those familiar with mediawiki administration)
> >>> Documentation authors (people who write new docs, how-to's,  
> tutorials,
> >>> examples, etc.)
> >>> Package maintainers (people who manage Debian debs, RPMs, etc.)
> >>>
> >>> Additionally, we are always looking for more folks to assist with
> >>> answering questions on IRC and the mailing list. It is  
> definitely nice to
> >>> have people who've gone through the pains of switching to  
> FreeSWITCH (or
> >>> learning it from scratch) who can assist the steady stream of  
> new users.
> >>>
> >>> If you want to help and aren't sure where to go from here then  
> please at
> >>> least do the following:
> >>> #1 - Join #freeswitch on irc.freenode.net and hang out as much as
> >>> possible
> >>> #2 - Check the recent changes link on wiki.freeswitch.org each day
> >>> #3 - Join the Friday public conference call and listen in
> >>> These three things, in addition to the mailing list, will keep  
> you well in
> >>> tune with the FreeSWITCH community and what's happening.
> >>>
> >>> Next, make a note of the parts of FS that you use frequently,  
> know a lot
> >>> about, or are particularly passionate about. Those are the items  
> we'd love
> >>> to have you help us with. For example: if you use mod_xml_curl  
> frequently
> >>> and have been through the set up process then you're a prime  
> candidate to
> >>> help answer questions, refine the mod_xml_curl wiki  
> documentation, write up
> >>> a tutorial, contribute a working example of a web server &  
> database schema,
> >>> etc. If you are good with a scripting language then we could  
> definitely use
> >>> help with rounding out the docs for your favorite language. We  
> could also
> >>> use code samples, so ask for a contrib folder if you have things  
> you would
> >>> like to share. Or how about this: you read something on the  
> wiki, it doesn't
> >>> quite work when you try, so you tinker until you figure it out.  
> Now you're
> >>> in a position to update the wiki for everyone else's benefit, too.
> >>>
> >>> As you can see, you don't have to be a FreeSWITCH expert before  
> you can
> >>> help the project. What we really need are people who care about  
> the project
> >>> and want to see it flourish. If you are such a person then  
> please contact me
> >>> off list. Tell me what you're good at or where you would like to  
> help.
> >>>
> >>> Many thanks for all of your support!
> >>> -Michael
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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