Appendix B. The Mule community
This appendix is a short introduction to the Mule community. As suggested by figure B.1, this community is mainly organized around the MuleSource.org web site, with some activity on the MuleForge.org and MuleSource.com sites. The latter is the commercial and corporate site of MuleSource, Inc., where you can find Enterprise versions of the products and professional services. We won’t discuss that site in this appendix.
As a Mule user, MuleSource.org will be your primary destination. Presented as the documentation and resource center of Mule, this is where you’ll find the downloadable versions of the Community Editions of Mule and Galaxy. You’ll also find the complete user guides for Mule 1 and Mule 2. If you’re looking for the latest details of a particular transport or an in-depth review of an advanced concept in Mule, this is where you’re most likely to find it.
Another valuable resource of this site is the cookbook. Mostly built by user contributions, the cookbook contains technical solutions for common problems.
JIRA is an issue tracker used by MuleSource for managing bugs, feature requests, and patch submissions. This is where you’ll look first if you have an issue: a look at the roadmap or a search on open issues will give you a fair idea of what’s cooking and what’s burning.