What is the name of the open source project?



Briefly describe what the project does.




What is the web page for the project?



What framework/system do they use for version control (e.g., cvs, svn)?



When was the last change committed to the version control system?



What system do they use for tracking bugs, RFE, patches?  When was the last 
time an issues were submitted? Are issues being processed/closed?


What programming language is the project written in?



Roughly how many lines of code are there (per language, if the project uses 
multiple languages)?




What tools are needed to build and run the project (e.g., ant, maven, Eclipse, 
netbeans, make, gcc, ruby, whatever...)?




Does the project have any unit tests?




Describe any open forums, mailing lists, irc channels, etc used by the 
development team for commnication.




Describe any information/proceedures about outsiders are able to make 
contribution (e.g., do they submit patches to a particular web page).



Summarize any attempts/success/problems you've had getting the project to build.





What are your thoughts/plans about the contribution you will make to this 
project?