Hi Vinod, All of this is in Diana's WIP newbie guide, we should have a draft published soon to the dev/user list.
Tim On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Vinod Kone <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've seen a bunch of new contributors and contributions pop up lately > (awesome!), so wanted to take some time to provide some guidelines to > newbies as its been a bit chaotic. Hopefully this will be part of the > newbie doc that Tim and Diana are working on. > > *Shepherds*: It is really important to find a shepherd *before* you assign > a ticket to yourself and definitely before you submit a review. Sometimes > working with a shepherd or discussing on the ticket will reveal its > priority for the project at the current time. Look at the maintainers > <http://mesos.apache.org/documentation/latest/committers/> file to get an > idea for who to ask to be a shepherd. > > *Reviews*: Please only submit a review *after* you have come to agreement > with your shepherd on the proposed solution. Make sure to add your shepherd > as a "reviewer" (among others) in the review. I'll be updating the review > bot to flag reviews that do not have reviewers. This will ensure that your > reviews get attention. > > *Finding tickets*: If you are fairly new, it's best to pick tickets labeled > "newbie". After that, it's best to work on projects that are important for > the next release. See the tracking ticket for the release to figure out the > high priority projects or ask the release manager to guide you. You are > more likely to find shepherds and reviewers, when you work on projects that > are important for the next release. > > Please remember that shepherds and reviewers are extremely busy, so any > upfront work you can do to streamline the review process, will reduce their > burden and increase the chance of your reviews getting committed. > > Hope this helps and looking forward to all your contributions, > > Vinod
