content/community.md

Title: Community

# Users

If you are a new user and you would like to start using Apache OpenWebBeans,
you can have a look at the [Documentation](documentation.html) and
[subscribe](mailto:user-subscribe@openwebbeans.apache.org)
our [mailing list for user](mailto:user@openwebbeans.apache.org).

Furthermore, you can check our [mail-archives](#mailing-lists).

Before you file a ticket in our [Issue Tracker](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OWB), please ask on the mailing list
if it's a known issue in case of a bug or if there is an ongoing discussion in case of a feature.

You are very welcome to follow our twitter account [@Apache OpenWebBeansTeam](https://twitter.com/OwbTeam)
and spread the word of Apache OpenWebBeans with Tweets, Blog-Entries,...

# CDI-4.0 (JakartaEE 10)

The work on a implementing the [Jakarta CDI-4.0](https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/ee4j.cdi/releases/4.0)
specification is finished. 
We are now doing minor enhancements and bug fixing in our main branch.

# Getting Involved

Everybody is welcome to get involved with our community. You can find general information at
[https://apache.org/foundation/getinvolved.html](https://apache.org/foundation/getinvolved.html)
and [http://apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html](http://apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html).
The following sections provides some details about the different levels of getting involved.

## Contributors

Before you get a committer you have to contribute to our effort. E.g. you can help users, participate in
discussions on the dev list, submit patches,... . Therefore, it's essential to file a/n
[(I)CLA](https://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.txt) or [CLA](https://www.apache.org/licenses/cla-corporate.txt)
and send it to secretary at apache dot org (or fax it) as early as possible.

If you would like to submit a patch through Jira, just attach your patch to a created JIRA issue.

## Committers

Before you read this section, please ensure that you have read the contributor section.
All of you are welcome to join our development effort. [Subscribe](mailto:dev-subscribe@openwebbeans.apache.org)
our [mailing list for developers](mailto:dev@openwebbeans.apache.org) and start contributing and help users.

Optionally [subscribe](mailto:commits-subscribe@openwebbeans.apache.org) our [mailing list for commits](mailto:commits@openwebbeans.apache.org).

Furthermore, you can check our [mail-archives](community.html#mailing-lists).

Further details are available at [https://www.apache.org/dev/](https://www.apache.org/dev/).

If you are running an Apache OpenWebBeans release then please make sure to read our [Release Checklist](release-checklist.html)


# Mailing lists

<table class="table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>List (Address)</th>
<th>Subscribe</th>
<th>Unsubscribe</th>
<th>Archive</th>
<th>Mirrors</th>
<th></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><a href="mailto:user@openwebbeans.apache.org">User List</a></td>
<td><a href="mailto:user-subscribe@openwebbeans.apache.org">Subscribe</a></td>
<td><a href="mailto:user-unsubscribe@openwebbeans.apache.org">Unsubscribe</a></td>
<td><a href="https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/openwebbeans-user/">Archive</a></td>
<td><a href="https://markmail.org/search/?q=list%3Aorg.apache.openwebbeans.user+order%3Adate-backward">MarkMail</a></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="mailto:dev@openwebbeans.apache.org">Developer List</a></td>
<td><a href="mailto:dev-subscribe@openwebbeans.apache.org">Subscribe</a></td>
<td><a href="mailto:dev-unsubscribe@openwebbeans.apache.org">Unsubscribe</a></td>
<td><a href="https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/openwebbeans-dev/">Archive</a></td>
<td><a href="https://markmail.org/search/?q=list%3Aorg.apache.openwebbeans.dev+order%3Adate-backward">MarkMail</a></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="mailto:commits@openwebbeans.apache.org">Committer List</a></td>
<td><a href="mailto:commits-subscribe@openwebbeans.apache.org">Subscribe</a></td>
<td><a href="mailto:commits-unsubscribe@openwebbeans.apache.org">Unsubscribe</a></td>
<td><a href="https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/openwebbeans-commits/">Archive</a></td>
<td><a href="https://markmail.org/search/?q=list%3Aorg.apache.openwebbeans.commit+order%3Adate-backward">MarkMail</a></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

# Issue Tracking

Bug reports and feature requests are handled via JIRA at

[OpenWebBeans JIRA](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OWB).

# Spread the word

You are very welcome e.g. to write blog entries, tweet (#OwbTeam) about the project
or just follow our twitter account ([@OwbTeam](https://twitter.com/OwbTeam)), ...

```
//with the irssi command-line client:
$ irssi

> /connect irc.freenode.net
> /join #openwebbeans
```

# Original Project Proposal

This is the original project proposal for the incubation of the Apache OpenWebBeans Project sent to the Apache Incubator by Gurkan Erdogdu. Although old (September 2009), it is still worth reading as the original vision of the project. It's a piece of history.

[OpenWebBeans Original Project Proposal](https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/OpenWebBeansProposal).