= Community

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== Users


If you are a new user and you would like to start using DeltaSpike, you
can have a look at the link:documentation/[Documentation] and 
mailto:users-subscribe@deltaspike.apache.org[subscribe] our
mailto:users@deltaspike.apache.org[mailing list for users]. If you have
troubles to find the information you are looking for, you can also ask
in our link:#_irc[IRC-Channel].

Furthermore, you can check our link:#_mailing_lists[mail-archives].

Before you file a ticket in our
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DELTASPIKE[Jira], please ask on
the mailing list if it's a known issue in case of a bug or if there is
an ongoing discussion in case of a feature.

You are very welcome to follow our twitter account
http://twitter.com/DeltaSpikeTeam[@DeltaSpikeTeam] and spread the
word of DeltaSpike with Tweets, Blog-Entries,...


== Getting Involved


Everybody is welcome to get involved with our community. You can find
general information at http://apache.org/foundation/getinvolved.html and
http://apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html. The following sections
provides some details about the different levels of getting involved.

If you want to contribute with link:/documentation/[DeltaSpike
Documentation], please read the <<documentation#,instructions
about the Documentation>> that adresses how to contribute, render and
publish it.


=== Contributors


Before you get a committer you have to contribute to our effort. E.g.
you can help users, participate in discussions on the dev list, submit
patches,... .
For bigger contributions, it's essential to file a/n
http://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.pdf[ICLA] or
http://www.apache.org/licenses/cla-corporate.txt[CCLA] and send it to
secretary at apache dot org (or fax it) as early as possible.

If you would like to submit a patch through Jira, you can have a look at
the link:suggested-git-workflows.html[suggested approach].


=== Committers


Before you read this section, please ensure that you have read the
contributor section. All of you are welcome to join our development
effort. mailto:dev-subscribe@deltaspike.apache.org[Subscribe] our
mailto:dev@deltaspike.apache.org[mailing list for developers] and start
contributing and help users.

Optionally mailto:commits-subscribe@deltaspike.apache.org[subscribe] our
mailto:commits@deltaspike.apache.org[mailing list for commits].

Furthermore, you can check our
link:#_mailing_lists[mail-archives].

Further details are available at http://www.apache.org/dev/.


== Mailing lists

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|mailto:users@deltaspike.apache.org[User List]
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|mailto:commits@deltaspike.apache.org[Committer List]
|mailto:commits-subscribe@deltaspike.apache.org[Subscribe]
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== JIRA

Any kind of issue has to be filed in our
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DELTASPIKE[issue-tracker]. If you
have any question, you can ask us (e.g. via the mailing list for users).


== Spread the word


You are very welcome e.g. to write blog entries, tweet (#DeltaSpike)
about the project or just follow our twitter account
http://twitter.com/DeltaSpikeTeam[@DeltaSpikeTeam], ...


== IRC


Usually discussions happen on the mailing list. Some informal
discussions take place in our IRC-Channel
irc://irc.freenode.net/deltaspike

-------------------------------------
//with the irssi command-line client:
$ irssi

> /connect irc.freenode.net
> /join #deltaspike
-------------------------------------

If you are new to IRC you can use the pre-configures web-client you can
find https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net/#deltaspike[here].
