The first talk for me today is “Open Source Primer for N00Bs” with @HeatherRKirksey from @linuxfoundation #GHC19
@linuxfoundation’s take on open source: “Creating the Greatest Shared Technology Investment in History by enabling open collaboration across companies, developers, and users” #GHC19
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When you’re new to an open source community, you need to spend some time getting to know the neighborhood first before jumping in
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Do: - Get to know your community as people - Subscribe to mailing lists, IRC channels, attend meetings - Ask Questions - Listen, Listen, Listen - Offer to help with non-technical tasks
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Don’t: - Forget to RTFM - Assume your way is a better way - Be Rude - Be Intimidated - Be seen as pushing a corporate agenda
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One of the best ways to start is by helping to write the documentation.
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Do: - Involve the community in feature design - Explain your motivation/use case - Submit code in small patches - Expect to spend time teaching others your code - Take feedback - Review others’ code - Be Respectful
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Don’t: - Drop huge patches and expect them to be integrated - Drop “drive by code” - Replicate something that already exists - Make your code the community’s problem
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Don’t (cont’d): - Treat the Release Manager like your personal resource - Take feedback personally - Focus only on your feature code
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Other ways to get involved in an open source community
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Trust is the foundation of any open source community that works well
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Surest way to make me a fan of your talk: include a hockey quote.
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I chatted with
@HeatherRKirksey briefly after her talk to ask for recommendations of smaller open source projects that are doing a great job of fostering a sense of community and a foundation of trust, so that I can use them as an example if I open source my own projects.#GHC19Show this thread -
She’s going to think on it and send some suggestions! I’m looking forward to getting exposure to some new projects after the conference, so that I can learn what works well.
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