Re: OFBiz Community Days - November 2020

Posted by Michael Brohl-3 on
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/OFBiz-Community-Days-November-2020-tp4761855p4762027.html

You can simply continue with your email instead of choosing Google.

Best regards,

Michael Brohl

ecomify GmbH - www.ecomify.de


Am 27.11.20 um 12:19 schrieb Georg Potthast 2:

> 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.