http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/OFBiz-Community-Days-November-2020-tp4761855p4762026.html
At least I cannot successfully open an account on Slack. When I selected "Access with Google" as offered on the screen, I was asked if I would allow to provide access to my data to Slack and after I answered yes, I was presented with a drop-down list with all my email addresses to choose from.
> Michael Brohl <
[hidden email]> hat am 27.11.2020 08:24 geschrieben:
>
>
> Good morning Georg,
>
> there are several people on the #ofbiz Slack channel with mail addresses
> other than @apache.org so this should work.
>
> What makes you think that Slack will read all your email contacts then?
> I am pretty sure that this can be switched off for data protection reasons.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michael Brohl
>
> ecomify GmbH - www.ecomify.de
>
>
> Am 27.11.20 um 08:07 schrieb Georg Potthast:
> > Devanshu,
> >
> > I tried to get an account with Slack to join the room as you
> > mentioned. However, I can only create an account with an email address
> > that ends with @apache.org. When I try to get an account with Google
> > instead, it apparently reads all my email addresses from my PC. But
> > following that I cannot use one of these because I have no @apache.org
> > email address.
> >
> > Georg
> >
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- From: Devanshu Vyas
> > Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2020 2:18 PM
> > To:
[hidden email]
> > Subject: OFBiz Community Days - November 2020
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > We are back with OFBiz Community Days, hope you are excited too! :-)
> > The community days are organized once per quarter so a total of four(4)
> > events throughout the year.
> >
> > We are having a sequence of 5 days that form the Community Days. This
> > extends the time frame and gives people more flexibility to contribute.
> > So, this month our Community Days will be from *27th November – 1st
> > December 2020*.
> >
> > If you are new to the concept of Community Days then please take a
> > look at
> > the following wiki pages:
> >
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/OFBiz+Community+Days> >
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/OFBiz+Community+Days+Dates
> >
> >
> > This is such an event where anyone can participate (and we would like to
> > encourage as many people as possible to do so)
> >
> > If there is an OFBiz task or particular area that you would like to
> > work on
> > then please see if you can set aside some time over the next few days
> > to do
> > it. (Even an hour will help!)
> >
> > Remember that you do not have to work on it alone, our Community Days are
> > also a chance to collaborate with others in the community.
> >
> > Our Community Days are not only coding related, but we would also like to
> > do some tidy up of our wiki and our project documentation.
> >
> > *Testing, Review and Committing Patches*
> > Testing and applying patches is always an important area. Many
> > contributors
> > from the community have provided patches for bugs and improvements but
> > before committing them we need to test to them.
> >
> > Patches can become out of date very quickly meaning that if they are not
> > tested early enough then they can miss out on being included. We have a
> > large number of patches available so this could be a good opportunity for
> > test, review and commit.
> >
> > *Documentation*
> > We know that our current documentation could be a whole lot better so any
> > contribution that helps us improve it is welcome.
> >
> > *Jira Sprint*
> > I will create a Jira sprint "OFBiz Community Day (November 2020)" so
> > please
> > add any Jira tasks when you are working on it.
> > This Jira Sprint helps us track and report on the work done during the
> > Community Days so please try to make sure your work is included.
> > To set the sprint on an existing issue, simply click on the "Edit" option
> > on the issue and select the sprint field.
> >
> > We should add the Sprint in all the cases:
> > 1.) If we create a ticket we should add it.
> > 2.) If we start working on an existing ticket (adding patch or closing it
> > after a commit) we should add sprint if it is missing.
> >
> > Basically adding Sprint will make sure the contribution will be
> > counted in
> > OFBiz community days event, which is from 27th November – 1st December.
> > At the end of November's OFBiz Community day i.e. after 1st December,
> > this
> > will help us in reporting.
> >
> > *OFBiz Slack Channel*
> > If you haven't already taken a look, our OFBiz Slack channel is available
> > all the time but can be especially useful when collaborating during our
> > Community Days event. Please join our room using the link below:
> >
https://s.apache.org/ofbiz-slack-channel> >
> > To chat with users and developers of Apache OFBiz. Please create a Slack
> > account using this invite link <
https://s.apache.org/slack-invite> and
> > join
> > the *#ofbiz channel*. <
https://s.apache.org/ofbiz-slack-channel>
> > Please do
> > *not* ask OFBiz questions/discussion in the #general channel.
> >
> > Let's all collaborate to improve OFBiz, have fun and enjoy working
> > together.
> >
> > Thanks & Regards,
> > Devanshu Vyas.