From 2240d523381eda1b595a758d3884cbca9c4d7a6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Balter Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:42:48 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/8] add post on contributing file and affinity teams --- ...-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 site/_posts/2016-03-11-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md diff --git a/site/_posts/2016-03-11-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md b/site/_posts/2016-03-11-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..43244e38 --- /dev/null +++ b/site/_posts/2016-03-11-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +title: Making it easier to contribute to Jekyll +description: We've made it easier to contribute to Jekyll by updating our contributing documentation and introducing Jekyll Affinity Teams, teams dedicated to specific aspects of the project. +layout: news_item +author: benbalter +categories: [community] +--- + +Jekyll is an open source project, built entirely by community members just like you. These community contributions can come in many forms beyond just writing code, from reporting an issue or suggesting a new feature to improving documentation or providing feedback on proposed changes. + +If you've been looking to get involved with the Jekyll community, but didn't know, we've recently made it easier to contribute to Jekyll in two ways: + +First, we've completely rewritten [the project's contributing guidelines](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/), outlining [the various ways you can contribute](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/#ways-to-contribute), and including better instructions for [submitting proposed changes via GitHub.com](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/#submitting-a-pull-request-via-githubcom) or for [submitting your first code improvement](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/#code-contributions). If you have any feedback, we'd love to hear it! Simply click the "improve this page" button in the top right corner of the contributing documentation. + +Second, this week, we created six community interest groups, we're calling Jekyll affinity teams. If you're interested in a particular aspect of the project (or just want to learn more), you can join any one of these team (or two, or three), to participate in discussions about potential bugs and proposed improvements. And the best part is there's no commitment. If you just want to listen, or if at any point you want to leave (or switch teams), that's totally fine. We won't say a thing. As of today, the teams are "build", "documentation", "ecosystem", "performance", "stability", and "windows". To learn more about the various affinity teams, or to join one (please do!), visit [teams.jekyllrb.com](https://teams.jekyllrb.com/). + +We hope these changes will make it easier for you to make your first (or second, or third) contribution to Jekyll today. Thanks for helping to make Jekyll awesome! From 61e549d317734d22a660604c56e0dd61bf9e3176 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Balter Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:44:40 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/8] link to affinity teams on firt reference --- .../2016-03-11-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/site/_posts/2016-03-11-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md b/site/_posts/2016-03-11-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md index 43244e38..07f5a845 100644 --- a/site/_posts/2016-03-11-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md +++ b/site/_posts/2016-03-11-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md @@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ If you've been looking to get involved with the Jekyll community, but didn't kno First, we've completely rewritten [the project's contributing guidelines](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/), outlining [the various ways you can contribute](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/#ways-to-contribute), and including better instructions for [submitting proposed changes via GitHub.com](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/#submitting-a-pull-request-via-githubcom) or for [submitting your first code improvement](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/#code-contributions). If you have any feedback, we'd love to hear it! Simply click the "improve this page" button in the top right corner of the contributing documentation. -Second, this week, we created six community interest groups, we're calling Jekyll affinity teams. If you're interested in a particular aspect of the project (or just want to learn more), you can join any one of these team (or two, or three), to participate in discussions about potential bugs and proposed improvements. And the best part is there's no commitment. If you just want to listen, or if at any point you want to leave (or switch teams), that's totally fine. We won't say a thing. As of today, the teams are "build", "documentation", "ecosystem", "performance", "stability", and "windows". To learn more about the various affinity teams, or to join one (please do!), visit [teams.jekyllrb.com](https://teams.jekyllrb.com/). +Second, this week, we created six community interest groups, we're calling [Jekyll affinity teams](https://teams.jekyllrb.com). If you're interested in a particular aspect of the project (or just want to learn more), you can join any one of these team (or two, or three), to participate in discussions about potential bugs and proposed improvements. And the best part is there's no commitment. If you just want to listen, or if at any point you want to leave (or switch teams), that's totally fine. We won't say a thing. As of today, the teams are "build", "documentation", "ecosystem", "performance", "stability", and "windows". To learn more about the various affinity teams, or to join one (please do!), visit [teams.jekyllrb.com](https://teams.jekyllrb.com/). We hope these changes will make it easier for you to make your first (or second, or third) contribution to Jekyll today. Thanks for helping to make Jekyll awesome! From 3403a76ec8fbec2403101760dd46275b1c96a1d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Balter Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:44:57 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 3/8] todays the 10th, not the 11th --- ....md => 2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md} | 0 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) rename site/_posts/{2016-03-11-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md => 2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md} (100%) diff --git a/site/_posts/2016-03-11-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md b/site/_posts/2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md similarity index 100% rename from site/_posts/2016-03-11-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md rename to site/_posts/2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md From b4ca9a56feaefe3757f48c52cdd5839e02e5c327 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Balter Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:45:43 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 4/8] dont list the teams --- .../2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/site/_posts/2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md b/site/_posts/2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md index 07f5a845..5fa854d2 100644 --- a/site/_posts/2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md +++ b/site/_posts/2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md @@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ If you've been looking to get involved with the Jekyll community, but didn't kno First, we've completely rewritten [the project's contributing guidelines](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/), outlining [the various ways you can contribute](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/#ways-to-contribute), and including better instructions for [submitting proposed changes via GitHub.com](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/#submitting-a-pull-request-via-githubcom) or for [submitting your first code improvement](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/#code-contributions). If you have any feedback, we'd love to hear it! Simply click the "improve this page" button in the top right corner of the contributing documentation. -Second, this week, we created six community interest groups, we're calling [Jekyll affinity teams](https://teams.jekyllrb.com). If you're interested in a particular aspect of the project (or just want to learn more), you can join any one of these team (or two, or three), to participate in discussions about potential bugs and proposed improvements. And the best part is there's no commitment. If you just want to listen, or if at any point you want to leave (or switch teams), that's totally fine. We won't say a thing. As of today, the teams are "build", "documentation", "ecosystem", "performance", "stability", and "windows". To learn more about the various affinity teams, or to join one (please do!), visit [teams.jekyllrb.com](https://teams.jekyllrb.com/). +Second, this week, we created six community interest groups, we're calling [Jekyll affinity teams](https://teams.jekyllrb.com). If you're interested in a particular aspect of the project (or just want to learn more), you can join any one of these team (or two, or three), to participate in discussions about potential bugs and proposed improvements. And the best part is there's no commitment. If you just want to listen, or if at any point you want to leave (or switch teams), that's totally fine. We won't say a thing. To learn more about the various affinity teams, or to join one (please do!), visit [teams.jekyllrb.com](https://teams.jekyllrb.com/). We hope these changes will make it easier for you to make your first (or second, or third) contribution to Jekyll today. Thanks for helping to make Jekyll awesome! From 21847980e3c4de6b5c598171dee272912562bd4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Balter Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:46:06 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 5/8] more informal link language --- .../2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/site/_posts/2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md b/site/_posts/2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md index 5fa854d2..9f710ba7 100644 --- a/site/_posts/2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md +++ b/site/_posts/2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md @@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ If you've been looking to get involved with the Jekyll community, but didn't kno First, we've completely rewritten [the project's contributing guidelines](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/), outlining [the various ways you can contribute](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/#ways-to-contribute), and including better instructions for [submitting proposed changes via GitHub.com](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/#submitting-a-pull-request-via-githubcom) or for [submitting your first code improvement](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/#code-contributions). If you have any feedback, we'd love to hear it! Simply click the "improve this page" button in the top right corner of the contributing documentation. -Second, this week, we created six community interest groups, we're calling [Jekyll affinity teams](https://teams.jekyllrb.com). If you're interested in a particular aspect of the project (or just want to learn more), you can join any one of these team (or two, or three), to participate in discussions about potential bugs and proposed improvements. And the best part is there's no commitment. If you just want to listen, or if at any point you want to leave (or switch teams), that's totally fine. We won't say a thing. To learn more about the various affinity teams, or to join one (please do!), visit [teams.jekyllrb.com](https://teams.jekyllrb.com/). +Second, this week, we created six community interest groups, we're calling [Jekyll affinity teams](https://teams.jekyllrb.com). If you're interested in a particular aspect of the project (or just want to learn more), you can join any one of these team (or two, or three), to participate in discussions about potential bugs and proposed improvements. And the best part is there's no commitment. If you just want to listen, or if at any point you want to leave (or switch teams), that's totally fine. We won't say a thing. To learn more about the various affinity teams, or to join one (please do!), just head on over to [teams.jekyllrb.com](https://teams.jekyllrb.com/). We hope these changes will make it easier for you to make your first (or second, or third) contribution to Jekyll today. Thanks for helping to make Jekyll awesome! From 238341ac8a9a4230ba6acaa8a8780976f7d2314b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Balter Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:47:02 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 6/8] steel my awesome one contribution at a time line from the contributing file --- .../2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/site/_posts/2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md b/site/_posts/2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md index 9f710ba7..5405ecc2 100644 --- a/site/_posts/2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md +++ b/site/_posts/2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ author: benbalter categories: [community] --- -Jekyll is an open source project, built entirely by community members just like you. These community contributions can come in many forms beyond just writing code, from reporting an issue or suggesting a new feature to improving documentation or providing feedback on proposed changes. +Jekyll is an open source project, built one contribution at a time by community members just like you. These community contributions can come in many forms beyond just writing code, from reporting an issue or suggesting a new feature to improving documentation or providing feedback on proposed changes. If you've been looking to get involved with the Jekyll community, but didn't know, we've recently made it easier to contribute to Jekyll in two ways: From c759771dc7e44e27b26532a85926fa656653508e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Balter Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:47:53 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 7/8] super-duper informal --- .../2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/site/_posts/2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md b/site/_posts/2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md index 5405ecc2..3eb0f1dc 100644 --- a/site/_posts/2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md +++ b/site/_posts/2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Jekyll is an open source project, built one contribution at a time by community If you've been looking to get involved with the Jekyll community, but didn't know, we've recently made it easier to contribute to Jekyll in two ways: -First, we've completely rewritten [the project's contributing guidelines](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/), outlining [the various ways you can contribute](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/#ways-to-contribute), and including better instructions for [submitting proposed changes via GitHub.com](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/#submitting-a-pull-request-via-githubcom) or for [submitting your first code improvement](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/#code-contributions). If you have any feedback, we'd love to hear it! Simply click the "improve this page" button in the top right corner of the contributing documentation. +First, we've completely rewritten [the project's contributing guidelines](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/), outlining [the various ways you can contribute](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/#ways-to-contribute), and including better instructions for [submitting proposed changes via GitHub.com](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/#submitting-a-pull-request-via-githubcom) or for [submitting your first code improvement](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/#code-contributions). And if you have any feedback, we'd love to hear it! Simply click the "improve this page" button in the top right corner of the contributing documentation. Second, this week, we created six community interest groups, we're calling [Jekyll affinity teams](https://teams.jekyllrb.com). If you're interested in a particular aspect of the project (or just want to learn more), you can join any one of these team (or two, or three), to participate in discussions about potential bugs and proposed improvements. And the best part is there's no commitment. If you just want to listen, or if at any point you want to leave (or switch teams), that's totally fine. We won't say a thing. To learn more about the various affinity teams, or to join one (please do!), just head on over to [teams.jekyllrb.com](https://teams.jekyllrb.com/). From 86e4fa9a3594114fd4aa606ec8dc044344f20804 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Parker Moore Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 09:37:11 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 8/8] team ~> teams --- .../2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/site/_posts/2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md b/site/_posts/2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md index 3eb0f1dc..d735b682 100644 --- a/site/_posts/2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md +++ b/site/_posts/2016-03-10-making-it-easier-to-contribute-to-jekyll.md @@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ If you've been looking to get involved with the Jekyll community, but didn't kno First, we've completely rewritten [the project's contributing guidelines](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/), outlining [the various ways you can contribute](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/#ways-to-contribute), and including better instructions for [submitting proposed changes via GitHub.com](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/#submitting-a-pull-request-via-githubcom) or for [submitting your first code improvement](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/#code-contributions). And if you have any feedback, we'd love to hear it! Simply click the "improve this page" button in the top right corner of the contributing documentation. -Second, this week, we created six community interest groups, we're calling [Jekyll affinity teams](https://teams.jekyllrb.com). If you're interested in a particular aspect of the project (or just want to learn more), you can join any one of these team (or two, or three), to participate in discussions about potential bugs and proposed improvements. And the best part is there's no commitment. If you just want to listen, or if at any point you want to leave (or switch teams), that's totally fine. We won't say a thing. To learn more about the various affinity teams, or to join one (please do!), just head on over to [teams.jekyllrb.com](https://teams.jekyllrb.com/). +Second, this week, we created six community interest groups, we're calling [Jekyll affinity teams](https://teams.jekyllrb.com). If you're interested in a particular aspect of the project (or just want to learn more), you can join any one of these teams (or two, or three), to participate in discussions about potential bugs and proposed improvements. And the best part is there's no commitment. If you just want to listen, or if at any point you want to leave (or switch teams), that's totally fine. We won't say a thing. To learn more about the various affinity teams, or to join one (please do!), just head on over to [teams.jekyllrb.com](https://teams.jekyllrb.com/). We hope these changes will make it easier for you to make your first (or second, or third) contribution to Jekyll today. Thanks for helping to make Jekyll awesome!