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Becoming a Contributor
This checklist tells you how to create accounts and obtain permissions needed by Hive contributors. See the Hive website for additional information.
- Create an Apache Software Foundation JIRA account if you do not already have one: Sign Up for JIRA.
- Send a message to the Hive developer mailing list (dev@hive.apache.org) asking to be included as a Hive contributor, and provide your JIRA username. This makes it possible to assign JIRA tickets to you.
- To review patches for JIRA tickets, use the Review Board. If you need an account, register here. See Review Process below for more information.
- All Hive patches posted for review are listed here.
- Individual JIRA tickets provide a link to the issue on the review board when a review request has been made.
- For simple reviews, you can just read the patch attached to the JIRA ticket and post a comment.
- To contribute to the Hive wiki, follow the instructions in About This Wiki.
- To edit the Hive website, follow the instructions in How to edit the website.
- Join the Hive mailing lists to receive email about issues and discussions.
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Making Changes
Before you start, send a message to the Hive developer mailing list, or file a bug report in JIRA. Describe your proposed changes and check that they fit in with what others are doing and have planned for the project. Be patient, it may take folks a while to understand your requirements.
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