Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of ContributePage

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May 1, 2015, 4:43:50 PM (9 years ago)

Author:

davea

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 In some areas, your contributions are evaluated by '''committers''' before being used.
-If you make a lot of good contributions, you can request to become a committer yourself.
+At some point, if you make a lot of good contributions,
+you can ask to become a committer yourself,
+by posting to the relevant email list.
 
 == Programming ==
 
- Communication:: the boinc_dev email list, and the Github issue tracking system.
- To contribute:: submit patches (either via Github, or email diffs to the boinc_dev list).
- Committers:: David Anderson, Rom Walton, Bernd Machenschalk,
+Help develop and fix bugs in BOINC.
+Various technical skills (C++, PHP, CSS, SQL, WxWidgets) are required
+for different parts of BOINC; details are [DevProjects here].
+
+ Communication:: the [http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev boinc_dev] email list
+ (for discussion)
+  and the Github issue tracking system (for specific bugs and feature requests).
+ To contribute:: submit patches (either via Github, or email diffs to [boinc_dev]).
+ Committers:: David Anderson, Rom Walton, ...
 
 == Testing ==
- Communication:: the boinc_alpha email list, and the Github issue tracking system.
- To contribute::
+
+Help test new versions of BOINC.
+
+ Communication:: the [http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_alpha boinc_alpha] email list,
+  and the [https://github.com/BOINC/boinc Github issue tracking system].
+ To contribute:: the best way to contribute is by [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/alpha/ joining
+  the BOINC Alpha Test project.
+  You can also just submit bug reports on Github.
  Committers:: David Anderson, Rom Walton
 
 == Documentation ==
  Communication:: the boinc_doc Google group.
- To contribute::
- Committers:: David Anderson
+ To contribute:: review, update, improve, and extend the BOINC documentation.
+   Although both user and project documentation are in Wiki form,
+   they're not publicly editable because of problems with spammers.
+   You can send revisions to a committer.
+ Committers:: David Anderson, Rom Walton
 
 == Translation ==
- Communication:: the boinc_loc email list.
- To contribute::
+
+Many parts of BOINC are translatable:
+the BOINC Manager and Android GUI,
+the BOINC web site,
+the generic part of BOINC project sites,
+and the project-specific part of some project's web sites.
+You can volunteer to translate this text into non-English languages.
+
+ Communication:: the [http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_loc boinc_loc] email list.
+ To contribute:: sign up (by posting a request on the email list) to
+   do translation for a language of your choice.
  Committers:: Rom Walton
 
 == Support ==
- Communication:: the BOINC message boards, and the boinc_helpers email list
- To contribute::
- Committers:: Jord van der Elst, Kathryn Marks
+
+You can provide "customer support" to new BOINC participants:
+answering their questions about volunteer computing and the various BOINC-based projects,
+helping them download and install BOINC,
+and helping them fix whatever problems they encounter.
+There are two customer support systems:
+the message boards on the BOINC web site,
+and [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/help.php an online system
+where users can contact you personally via Skype or email].
+
+ Communication:: the BOINC message boards,
+   and the [http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_helpers boinc_helpers] email list.
+ To contribute:: you can jump right in by answering questions on the BOINC message boards.
+   If you're willing to provide online (one on one) support,
+   [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Help_volunteer register to be a BOINC help volunteer].
+ Committers:: The moderators on the BOINC message boards are
+   Jord van der Elst and Kathryn Marks.