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| <h1>Becoming an Apache Forrest committer</h1> |
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| This is a discussion of how users can become committers within the Apache |
| Forrest project. |
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| <a href="#committers">What is a committer?</a> |
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| <a href="#copdoc">Contributing to the Project - CoPDoC</a> |
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| <a href="#becoming">Becoming a Committer</a> |
| </li> |
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| <a href="#responsibility">Responsibilities</a> |
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| <a href="#discussion">Adding to the discussions and contributing code</a> |
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| <a href="#references">References</a> |
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| |
| <a name="N10010"></a><a name="committers"></a> |
| <h2 class="underlined_10">What is a committer?</h2> |
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| <div class="label">Warning</div> |
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| This document is under development and does not yet represent the view |
| of our community. |
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| <div class="note"> |
| <div class="label">Note</div> |
| <div class="content"> |
| Content is being gleaned from various current and past discussions on |
| the Forrest dev mailing list, in particular |
| <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=forrest-dev&m=112239074108858">this</a>. |
| Further editing of this page is needed and would be greatly appreciated. |
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| </div> |
| <p> |
| Committer is an term used at the ASF to signify someone who is committed |
| to a particular project and who is invited to be part of the core group |
| within the project that ensures the project's vitality (represented by |
| the PMC, Project Management Committee). |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| One thing that is sometimes hard to understand when you are new to the |
| open development<sup>1</sup> process used at the ASF, is that we value |
| the community more than the code. A strong and healthy community will be |
| respectful and be a fun and rewarding place. Strong code will evolve. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| |
| <a name="N1002A"></a><a name="copdoc"></a> |
| <h2 class="underlined_10">Contributing to the Project - CoPDoC</h2> |
| <div class="section"> |
| <p> |
| The foundation of a project and how the community contributes to it is |
| known by the acronym CoPDoC: |
| </p> |
| <ul> |
| |
| <li>(Co)mmunity - one must interact with others, and share vision |
| and knowledge</li> |
| |
| <li>(P)roject - a clear vision and consensus are needed</li> |
| |
| <li>(Do)cumentation - without it, the stuff remains only in the |
| minds of the authors</li> |
| |
| <li>(C)ode - discussion goes nowhere without code</li> |
| |
| </ul> |
| </div> |
| |
| <a name="N10043"></a><a name="becoming"></a> |
| <h2 class="underlined_10">Becoming a Committer</h2> |
| <div class="section"> |
| <p> |
| There is nothing at The Apache Software Foundation that says you must |
| write code in order to be a committer. Anyone who is supportive of the |
| community and works in any of the CoPDoC areas is a likely candidate for |
| committership. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Apache is a meritocracy. That is, once someone has contributed |
| sufficiently to any area of CoPDoC they can be voted in as a committer. |
| Being a committer does not mean you commit code, it means you are |
| committed to the project. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| One of the key contributions people can make to the community is through |
| the support of a wide user base by assisting users on the user list, |
| writing user oriented docs and ensuring the user viewpoint is understood |
| by all developers. A main idea behind being a committer is the ability |
| to be a mentor and to work cooperatively with your peers. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The following diagram shows the progression of a user to a |
| committer/mentor. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| |
| <img alt="committer path" src="committed-1.png"> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Meritocracy progresses this way <span class="codefrag">------------> |
| ------------------------></span> |
| |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Note that this is not a hierarchy, it is a progression from a broad user |
| base from which those that wish to to contribute to the ongoing |
| development of the project (again, through any aspect of CoPDoC, not |
| just coding) can become involved as developers. From these developers |
| are those who take on additional roles of mentoring and more fully |
| commit themselves to the project. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| |
| <a name="N10066"></a><a name="responsibility"></a> |
| <h2 class="underlined_10">Responsibilities</h2> |
| <div class="section"> |
| <p> |
| The additional responsibilities of the PMC as a whole are outlined in |
| the Apache Forrest project guidelines<sup>2</sup>. It should be noted |
| though that Apache projects should be fun, not pressure. As a PMC |
| member, just as a developer, you do as much work as you feel like doing. |
| You do not need to participate in every discussion, just because it |
| concerns the PMC. Neither do you need to participate in every vote or in |
| every development issue. We like people to be involved and we reward |
| contributions (meritocracy), but we do not punish a lack of |
| contributions. People come and go as their needs change and we adapt to |
| those changes. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| |
| <a name="N10073"></a><a name="discussion"></a> |
| <h2 class="underlined_10">Adding to the discussions and contributing code</h2> |
| <div class="section"> |
| <p> |
| Discussion leads to a clearer community understanding of the project's |
| goals and objectives and also of how the community works. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Of course, there needs to be a balance between too much chat and not |
| enough code. If something is easy to do in code and does not impact the |
| overall product (such as a bug fix) then just go ahead and do it. |
| However, if something is to introduce a new feature, then it is best to |
| introduce your idea to the community via an email to the dev mail list |
| first. In this introduction you should outline why you want to do |
| something, how you propose to do it (pseudo code is a good way of |
| expressing this) and ask for comments. Any comments received will help |
| to fine tune the design and, in many cases, produce a quicker, more |
| elegant solution (this is the benefit of many eyes on a solution). |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The absence of comments from others does not mean it is not a good idea, |
| in fact the reverse is true, it means nobody has any objection or |
| anything to add. It is only if people respond that you need to discuss |
| further. Once the discussion reaches consensus then coding can |
| accelerate. Once you have implicit or explicit approval for your |
| contribution, just go ahead and do it. Be sure to document what you have |
| done whilst you are at it. Without documentation (comments in code, |
| mailing list discussion and user docs) your code is next to useless - |
| nobody knows it is there and nobody knows how it works. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Online discussion is important for community building. Offline |
| discussion and one-to-one conversations deny the community the chance to |
| become involved and lead to solutions that are not ideal. So please do |
| as much discussion as possible on the dev or user mailing list. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| |
| <a name="N10086"></a><a name="references"></a> |
| <h2 class="underlined_10">References</h2> |
| <div class="section"> |
| <p> |
| |
| <sup>1</sup> <a href="guidelines.html#way">Open development</a> at |
| Apache Forrest. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| |
| <sup>2</sup> Apache Forrest <a href="guidelines.html">project |
| guidelines</a>. |
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