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