[openspending-dev] Development process

[Adam Stiles]

Where is the todo list for code dev? Would that go under #1? (I'm a novice
developer but I work with real ones and will try to recruit.)

Adam




On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Tryggvi Björgvinsson <
tryggvi.bjorgvinsson at okfn.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Leaving the modularisation discussion on ice for the time being I next
> want to turn to work flow / development process.
>
> Since we're doing a rolling release (continuous integration) I think we
> should figure out a work flow for how code ends up being deployed.
>
> Note that we _don't_ have to figure out a new one. It would suffice to
> document the current one. I propose we try to answer three major
> questions below. I've put some "sub-questions" under each of them but I
> don't try to answer any. The reason for it is that I don't want to barge
> in on the current work flow, just hear how we're all doing it and try to
> find a common ground -- and document it).
>
> 1. What do I do if I want to contribute code?
>
> * From what branch do I base my development?
> * How's the git workflow (merge vs. rebase)?
> * How to I submit my patch?
> * What do I do if the dev team does nothing with my patch?
>
> 2. What does the dev team do with contributions?
>
> * How's the patch reviewed?
> * How's the patch tested?
> * How's the patch merged?
> * How's the patch deployed?
>
> 3. How can everybody be updated on the focus of OpenSpending?
>
> * What tools do we use for communications?
> * How do we decide on our roadmap?
> * Should we have regular dev meetings?
> * Should we try to do regular dev blog posts (e.g. based on the dev
> meetings)?
>
>
> I'd very much be interested in hearing your thoughts on the work flow.
> Is there anything else you'd like to add?
>
> /Tryggvi
>
>
>
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