We are looking for volunteers to do the following tasks. If you are interested in working on any of these items, please send a note to the ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org list and we can give you hints on how to accomplish the task.
Easy
- Write up a tutorial (or link to a good existing one) that explains how new project volunteers should create and submit patches and how committers should review and apply them. Add a link to this tutorial from the Developer FAQs page. Skills needed: SVN, technical writing. Skills gained: Apache CMS.
- Document the procedures used by the PPMC to elect new committers and PPMC members, including form letters, userid generation, tracking, etc. Link it from the PPMC FAQs page on the website. Consider the steps that the PPMC needs to do, as well as the new committer, so this can be a reference for both. Skills needed: writing. Skills gained: Apache CMS. Note: this task is suitable for existing PPMC members only.
Medium
- Improve the look of the our website, especially the default landing page. Skills needed: graphic design, web design, good taste. Skills gained: Markdown syntax, Apache CMS
- Develop a trademark approval process for the PPMC for external entities that want to use our trademarks. Write up the process, review with Apache Branding, and get consensus on the ooo-dev list. Add the process definition to the Community FAQ's on the website. Things to consider include criteria for approval and record keeping. A good starting point might be this email. Skills gained: greater understanding of Apache branding requirements.
Challenging
- External diff and merge tools for Subversion that can process ODF documents.