Any input welcome Rgds, Rory
Begin forwarded message: > From: dalibor topic <dalibor.to...@oracle.com> > Date: 1 August 2014 16:10:01 IST > To: "adoption-disc...@openjdk.java.net" <adoption-disc...@openjdk.java.net> > Subject: Expanding our QA outreach effort > > Hi, > > as you can see from the draft Q2 report [0], our QA outreach effort is going > strong, and resulted in a regular stream of high quality bug submissions. > Rory, Balchandra and me recently chatted about how to expand this effort > further, to include more FOSS projects (and in particular their core > developers) in this outreach effort. > > With the increasing adoption of OpenJDK 8 in Linux distributions [1], I would > expect upstream projects packaged by Linux distributions to get rebuilt and > re-tested on OpenJDK 8, uncovering issues to fix in such projects, or > eventually in the JDK itself. [2] Accordingly, I think the next round of FOSS > projects to reach out for this Group's QA outreach effort to could come from > the set of projects being packaged by popular Linux distributions like > Fedora, Debian, etc. > > I don't think that we should take on too much at once, though, i.e. try to > reach every open source project out there, so I'd be looking to add 'just' > another 20-ish projects until Java One. > > What we have found worked well in the past was to establish contact with a > FOSS project's lead / core developers first, to understand if they would be > willing to participate and regularly test & report bugs against builds, and > to then work off that to build a solid connection with our contacts helping > shepherd bugs to the right channels, providing feedback on progress and more. > > That's why for this round I have compiled a pretty arbitrary list of around > 20 projects packaged in Linux distributions, which I would like to contact > about taking part in the QA outreach effort: > > Apache Commons Collections > Apache Commons Exec > Apache Commons Lang > Apache Commons Math > Apache Felix * > Apache Mina > Apache Open Office * > Apache POI * > Apache Struts > bnd * > Bouncy Castle > Clojure * > Ehcache > gradle * > ICU4J > iText * > Jetty * > JGit * > Jitsi > Jython > Libre Office * > > I think that I have some initial contacts for the projects marked with a * , > but I could always use more - so if you know a *core developer* [3] on a FOSS > project listed here, send me an e-mail *off-list* and I'd be happy to get > introduced, along with Rory and see if they are willing to participate. > > The same holds for any other major FOSS projects you know core developers of > - again, send me an e-mail off-list, and we'll coordinate the next steps. In > addition, feel free to suggest other FOSS projects to get in touch with in > this, or next round. > > So - please, don't reply on list with other people's contact data, like > e-mail addresses - get in touch with me & Rory off list instead. Reply on > list with further projects to contact, if you have specific FOSS projects in > mind that you believe would be interested in participating. > > As we add new projects, they'll appear in the wiki, and we'll announce > additions on the list, as well. > > cheers, > dalibor topic > > [0] > https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/Adoption/Quarterly+Report+for+Q2+2014 > [1] https://packages.qa.debian.org/o/openjdk-8.html & > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8 > [2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-java/2014/04/msg00092.html > [3] I.e. someone actively working on the project with a sufficiently deep > understanding of the said project's code base to be able to provide high > quality bug reports > -- > <http://www.oracle.com> Dalibor Topic | Principal Product Manager > Phone: +494089091214 <tel:+494089091214> | Mobile: +491737185961 > <tel:+491737185961> > > ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG | Kühnehöfe 5 | 22761 Hamburg > > ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG > Hauptverwaltung: Riesstr. 25, D-80992 München > Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603 > Geschäftsführer: Jürgen Kunz > > Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V. > Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande > Handelsregister der Handelskammer Midden-Niederlande, Nr. 30143697 > Geschäftsführer: Alexander van der Ven, Astrid Kepper, Val Maher > > <http://www.oracle.com/commitment> Oracle is committed to developing > practices and products that help protect the environment
