Meeting Minutes : [10/08/2018] : Connect with Amanda Open Source Community · Acquisitions by BETSOL in the backup space:
§ REBIT : https://rebitgo.com/ § ZMANDA : https://www.zmanda.com § Acquisition of Zmanda from Carbonite and transition of Zmanda sales team completed. · Discussed the existing governance model for open source community to identify the pain points : § Gatekeepers for the project :- [Review and Merge commit requests, Resolving bugs, Plan releases] § Jean-Louis had served that role over the last few years. § Open Source Code Documentation :- [man pages, readme docs, release notes] § amanda-core team used to maintain until Zmanda came into picture. § Over the last decade Jean-Louis from Zmanda has been doing it. § wiki.zmanda.com : Hosted by Zmanda.Inc [now BETSOL] § Release process : § amanda-core team and Jean-Louis are aware of the process. § Again Jean-Louis has taken care of it over the years. § No documentation available for the release process. § Maintaining and updating amanda website. § Source Code for Website available on amanda SVN : https://sourceforge.net/p/amanda/www/HEAD/tree/ § Mailing Lists : § Hosted by Todd [one of amanda-core team members] § forums.zmanda.com : Hosted by Zmanda.Inc [now BETSOL] · Suggested Changes to the Governance Model :- [Please voice your opinions on the below] § Transition Amanda repository to Github to bring all project management activities under a single roof. § Hosting Amanda.org - Github Pages § Hosting documentation - Github Pages, Wikis § Code review and Merge requests § Raise questions or bugs. § Milestones and release planning. § Make Sourceforge ReadOnly. § Existing Amanda repo on Github is under Zmanda : https://github.com/zmanda/ § Continue with the same OR move it to a new project. § Identify new Gatekeepers for Amanda § BETSOL to identify developers for the task. § Volunteers who are familiar with amanda core needed from Community § Volunteers to help in the transition process § Transition plan § Amanda Website § Documentation & Wiki pages § Document Release process § Volunteers for Technical Seminars of existing source code for knowledge sharing among members. · BETSOL's Commitment to Open Source § Contribute to Open Source Community [One of them to be part of Gatekeepers - to be identified] § We have been offering scholarships and internship opportunities over the years at universities. (Colorado State University, Kansas State University and Colorado School of Mines). In 2019, we are offering scholarships to involve and bring student participation to Amanda. [-Ashwin] : We have a small dedicated team today and we have been constantly adding new members. I'll be sharing Itemized list of tasks that needs to be worked on for Github transition. Please reach back to us if you think you can help with any of the tasks. I don't have the recording handy with me right now. I'll get it and share it here.
