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| <p>The Apache OpenNLP project is developed by volunteers and is always looking for new contributors |
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| A contribution can be anything from a small documentation typo fix to a new component. We especially welcome contributions from first-time users.</p> |
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| <li><a href="#mailing_lists">Mailing Lists</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#slack_channel">Slack Channel</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#making_a_contribution">Making a Contribution</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#open_tasks">Open Tasks</a></li> |
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| <h2 id="mailing_lists">Mailing Lists</h2> |
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| <p>To get started, please first join the Apache OpenNLP mailing lists:</p> |
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| <th class="tableblock halign-left valign-top">Mailing List</th> |
| <th class="tableblock halign-left valign-top">Purpose</th> |
| <th class="tableblock halign-left valign-top">Subscribe</th> |
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| <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Users Mailing List</p></td> |
| <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This list is the general users mailing list and is for posting most, if not all, relevant questions. If you are trying to decide which list, opennlp-dev or opennlp-users, post here first. Someone will kindly suggest you post to opennlp-dev if it is more appropriate there.</p></td> |
| <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><a href="mailto:users-subscribe@opennlp.apache.org">Subscribe</a></p></td> |
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| <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Developers Mailing List</p></td> |
| <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This list is for development discussions, patch suggestions, and current issues posted |
| to the issue tracker for the project.</p></td> |
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| <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Commits Mailing List</p></td> |
| <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This list follows changes to the project. This list is <em>not</em> for questions. This list is used by svn to post changes to the project. If you have questions about any content here, post them to the opennlp-dev list above.</p></td> |
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| <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Issues Mailing List</p></td> |
| <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This list follows changes and posts to JIRA, the projects bug tracking system. If you have any |
| issues please post them to the JIRA pages and not to this list. This list is mainly for developers to keep track of changes and issues to be resolved; however, any changes should be posted to the JIRA pages and <em>not</em> <em>directly</em> to this mailing list.</p></td> |
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| <p>Another way of contacting OpenNLP committers and PMC members is the <em>#opennlp</em> Slack channel. |
| This is a great place to meet and get guidance on contributions.</p> |
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| <p>Further details on using the ASF Slack channels and associated expectations can be found at the related <a href="https://infra.apache.org/slack.html">ASF infra page</a>.</p> |
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| The ASF Slack requires an <em>@apache.org</em> email address to join as a full member. Users without an <em>@apache.org</em> email address have to be invited. |
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| <h2 id="making_a_contribution">Making a Contribution</h2> |
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| <p>Create a new issue in the Apache OpenNLP <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENNLP" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JIRA</a>. Please describe the problem or improvement in the body of the issue.</p> |
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| <p>Next, create a pull request in <a href="https://github.com/apache/opennlp/pulls" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GitHub</a>.</p> |
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| For larger issues, please first contact the developer mailing list and describe the problem. |
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| <p>Bigger contributions can eventually only be accepted when an |
| <a href="https://apache.org/licenses/icla.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ICLA</a>, <a href="https://www.apache.org/licenses/cla-corporate.txt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CCLA</a> |
| or <a href="https://www.apache.org/licenses/software-grant.txt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">software grant</a> is on file.</p> |
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| <p>Contributors who have a history of successful participation are invited to join |
| the project as a committer from the <a href="https://incubator.apache.org/guides/ppmc.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PPMC</a>.</p> |
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| <h2 id="open_tasks">Open Tasks</h2> |
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| <p>Please see the Apache OpenNLP <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENNLP" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JIRA</a> for a list of tasks.</p> |
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| If you would like to work on a task, please email the developers mailing list and request to do so. You will then be assigned the issue in JIRA. |
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