FDO Open Source - Getting Involved as a Contributor

There are three different levels of involvement for developers interested in contributing to FDO Open Source. These levels of involvement are as follows:

All developers on the project start out as Project Contributors. A developer who has sent in solid, useful patches can be elevated to the Project Developer role by the Project Steering Committee (PSC). To become a Project Contributor use the Request project membership/role link at the top of the FDO Open Source project home page and request the Project Contributor role.

Join the Mailing Lists

Join the mailing lists to participate in development activities. The dev@fdo.osgeo.org is the primary channel of communication for developers working on the project. You can also sign up for the issues@fdo.osgeo.org or commits@fdo.osgeo.org mailing lists to watch development activity. If you are a registered user, click here to sign up to sign up for one or more of these lists.

To browse archives of any of the mailing lists, select the Mailing lists link under Project tools.

Developer Resources

The following resources are available to help developers get started working on FDO Open Source:

Areas of Need

If you are looking to get involved the following aspects of FDO Open Source could use your help: