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[[cg-community]]
== Participate in the Community

One of the best ways to start contribute and work with Eclipse Jetty is to get plugged into one of the existing communities.
In any one of these you will come across users of neophyte to expert experience and as time permits the developers of Jetty themselves.

[[cg-mailing-lists]]
=== Mailing Lists

Mailing lists are a wonderful way to interact with the community at large and for a certain class of issue have the best chances of achieving resolution.  There are a number of mailing lists available within the Jetty project and a good rule of thumb to choose between the developer and user lists is to ask yourself if your question is broadly interesting to the community, use the users list and if narrowly focused on Jetty internals or minutiae, then the dev list might be a better option.

* Jetty Developers List
** Join - https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/jetty-dev
** Archives - http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/jetty-dev/
* Jetty Users List
** Join - https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/jetty-users
** Archives - http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/jetty-users/
* Jetty Announcements List
** Join - https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/jetty-announce
** Archives - http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/jetty-announce/

[[cg-irc]]
=== Internet Relay Chat - IRC

IRC has been around for decades and it is hard to beat a communication platform that has such support.  Users are always welcome to come join our IRC channels and talk with us, other users, or just lurk.  Please note that IRC is not necessarily an active support channel, if you have a question by all means ask it but there should be no expectation that you will immediately get a response.  Your best bet is to ask and then lurk.

irc.freenode.org - #jetty::
  Our primary location, we recommend that if your looking to find folks on IRC you try here.

[[cg-stackoverflow]]
=== Stack Overflow

From a simple support perspective it is hard to beat http://stackoverflow.com[StackOverflow] for interacting with a Jetty community.  Numerous users have asked and had answered their questions on the platform by other users and developers alike.

* Check out the general https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/jetty[Jetty] tag!
* The https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/embedded-jetty[Embedded-Jetty] tag has a fair amount of traffic as well.

[[cg-issues]]
=== Github: Issues and Features

While not necessarily a support channel for solving a specific user problem, the issue tracker for Eclipse Jetty is a great location for addressing issues or suggesting features you want to see (or ideally contribute) in Jetty.

When you file a Github Issue in the Eclipse Jetty project there are a number of *labels* available and we encourage to you use them appropriately.

* http://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project[Issues at Github].

We have additionally identified and labeled a number of issues that may be appropriate for users of different levels of expertise that might want to contribute to Jetty but not have a specific goal or issue in mind.

* https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22Help+Wanted%22[Help Wanted]

Long story short, if you are interested in getting involved with the community, there are a number of options available and you are encouraged to participate at whatever level you like!
