Nathan,
Glad to see you jumping up to help!
I'd say you (and anyone else) should do the following to get jump-started on the 4.x effort:
- Look at the OpenACS 4 central page: https://openacs.org/doc/
- From there you'll find links to several documents, including the status page, which lists all the packages and their status.
- Pick a package you'd like to port and e-mail Don Baccus (the 4.x Manager) telling which package it is. We will create you an account at openacs.org that you can use for CVS access.
- Read the Porting Guide (including the "A day in the life of a porter" section) and the OpenACS 4.x Porting FAQ (both well-written by Vinod). They are linked from the 4.x central page.
- Start committing.
Regarding documentation, I'm almost done with the initial document and guidelines to bootstrap the OpenACS 4.x Documentation Project. I'll link it from the OpenACS 4.x central page and announce it in the bboards, probably tomorrow.
