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- Request an Apache Software Foundation JIRA account, if you do not already have one.
- To review patches you could do that on Github
- 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.
- 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.
Making Changes
If you're a newcomer, feel free to contribute by working on a newbie task.
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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Contributors should join the Hive mailing lists. In particular the dev list (to join discussions of changes) and the user list (to help others).
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