This chapter covers some best practices for contributing to Apache Lucene. The walkthrough provides details about the Apache Software Foundation, the Apache way, and how to write your first patch and interact with the community.
Why Contribute to Open Source Projects?
Contributing to open source projects can be intimidating. Everyone is busy. Perhaps you have a million other things to do. Why would you want to contribute to open source and not do something else instead?
This is a tricky question, and everybody has different motivations for contributing to open source. Read on for some ...
