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[msc at freeswitch.org]

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

[jmesquita at freeswitc...]

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@freeswitch.org (msc@freeswitch.org)> wrote:

[diego.viola at gmail.com]

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@freeswitch.org (jmesquita@freeswitch.org)>

[mgende at gendesign.com]

I'm good for coming up with some documentation (which I'm doing anyway for my guys at the office). Not that whats on the wiki isn't good and I'll likely steal; its all there if you read it.

I'll submit this when I reach some measure of completeness. If its deemed good, great. If not, well, I probably need to know that anyway.

Mike G.

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Diego Viola <diego.viola@gmail.com (diego.viola@gmail.com)> wrote:

[demuel at thephinix.org]

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

[mgende at gendesign.com]

Hey Demuel, et al,

I agree that without coordination, there will be duplication of effort, etc.

How does one "find the line to get in" to help with, in my case, documentation? I don't want to, with the best of intentions, simply create confusion.

I'm new, so if I've simply not yet RTFM that answers my question above, some kind person might nudge me in the right direction.

Back to registering with my SIP provider...

Regards,

Mike G.
 
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 2:38 AM, <demuel@thephinix.org (demuel@thephinix.org)> wrote:

[brian at freeswitch.org]

The friday meetings are where we all collaborate on these group efforts and discuss project direction, goals and areas where people can help out more.

Did we ever find someone to officially take over the Debian packages?


/b





On Sep 15, 2009, at 9:56 AM, Michael Gende wrote:

[mgende at gendesign.com]

Answered my own question. Will email Diego off-list.

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Michael Gende <mgende@gendesign.com (mgende@gendesign.com)> wrote:

[msc at freeswitch.org]

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@thephinix.org (demuel@thephinix.org)> wrote:

[anthony.minessale at g...]

ok so the first job we should fill is someone to manage what the other volunteers do. like community czar
We can make that person or persons a manager on jira and create projects for the various duties.
Everyone can get an account if they don't already have one and take advantage of some of the workflow features in jira.




On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Brian West <brian@freeswitch.org (brian@freeswitch.org)> wrote:

[dujinfang at gmail.com]

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:

[msc at freeswitch.org]

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Seven Du <dujinfang@gmail.com (dujinfang@gmail.com)> wrote:

[msc at freeswitch.org]

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 1:53 AM, Tristan Mahé <t.mahe@telemaque.fr (t.mahe@telemaque.fr)> wrote:

[dftoro at yahoo.com]

Hi, count on me for testing and answering questions on Windows and spanish support. Diego http://lacarretade.blogspot.com/--- On Wed, 9/16/09, Michael Collins <msc@freeswitch.org> wrote: From: Michael Collins <msc@freeswitch.org>Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS: Assisting With FreeSWITCH SubprojectsTo: freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.orgDate: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 9:56 AM On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 1:53 AM, Tristan Mahé <t.mahe@telemaque.fr (t.mahe@telemaque.fr)> wrote: Hi,Count on me for answering questions on IRC when I'm in, and for subprojects I'm in too as you know Merci!Okay, what's your IRC nick and when are you generally on line? Also, I'm pretty sure that you're fluent in French which is good because we need more multilingual people out there. Last question: what are your areas of expertise? I'd like to keep a list of people and what they're good at so we know whom to ask first when questions come up.Thanks again!-MC-----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________FreeSWITCH-users mailing listFreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org (FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org)http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-usersUNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-usershttp://www.freeswitch.org

[shaheryarkh at googlem...]

I am also available for FS configuration on various Linux distributions and Wiki / documentation.

Thank you.


On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Diego Toro <dftoro@yahoo.com (dftoro@yahoo.com)> wrote: