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For a first time participant in a open source development, a large project like CloudStack can be both intimidating and difficult to find ways to participate. In this talk, I'll spend some time discussing the journey that I went through with the CloudStack community, hoping to share some insights into what it's like to work with the fantastic engineers, documentation writers and testers that have grown into the vibrant CloudStack community.
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What I've Learned about Apache Projects
6 MONTHS IN
WHO AM I:
Chip Childers
Work = SunGard Availability Services
CloudStack Committer / PPMC Member
@chipchildershttp://[email protected] / [email protected]
APACHE IS A SPECIAL PLACE:
Individuals rule!
So how did I get started?
First I lurked…
Start Commenting as a User…
Find something small to contribute:
• bug fix?• doc fix?• Take on something that’s not “sexy”
Sometimes that small thing becomes a large thing…
For me, legal issue resolution for our first release
Keep at it…
Remember that at Apache, Contribution pays off
Plus, if you’re not having fun and solving problems for users,
you’re doing it wrong
How can we work together better?
• More active design debates on list• Let’s focus on getting more user input• We need to work out a roadmap
