Last week we looked at the documentation team’s role in the LibreOffice project, and this week we move on to development. As you’d expect, the development team is responsible for updating and maintaining LibreOffice’s source code – adding new features, fixing bugs, and making sure that the suite builds correctly across various operating systems.

Development may seem like the most daunting sub-project in LibreOffice, but there are many ways to get involved, even for less-experienced programmers or those with just a couple of spare hours every week.…

Earlier in the week we talked to Olivier Hallot who’s heading up the documentation team in LibreOffice. But other people are contributing as well, so if you want to help out, here are some names to look out for:

• Jean Weber is the author and original producer of the LibreOffice guides
• Stan Horacek, Gabor Kelemen, Adolfo Jaime Barrientos and others are contributors to the help contents
• Dennis Roczek and Lera Goncharuk work mostly on the wiki
• Andrea Mussap just joined and under Olivier’s advice produced a help page for LibreOffice

The team communicates via the documentation mailing list (see the archives here), where you can post suggestions for updates or ask for areas that need help.…

The LibreOffice project is made up of many communities working on different aspects of the software: source code, documentation, quality assurance, design and other matters. Some people are working full time, many others are volunteers, and we always try to make new contributors feel welcome.

So throughout October we’ll be running LibreOffice Community Weeks, looking at the different sub-projects in LibreOffice, what they do, and how to get involved.…