.. it's probably worth mentioning that there is also quite a lot of effort in the team to optimise the Stratos runtime environment so that it will run on lower spec hardware thus making it easier to use by a broader range of developers.
On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 6:32 PM, chris snow <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Lakmal, > > Yes, I am working on the developers getting started guide. > > My current focus is on automating the setup of up a runtime Stratos > environment for developers to try Stratos. > > As part of my automation scripts, the developer can with one command turn > the runtime environment into a Stratos development environment consisting > of ubuntu lxde desktop and eclipse with Stratos source imported. > > The goal of this setup is to make it as easy as possible for new > developers to get started with Stratos. When the environment scripts are > ready, I will finish the Developer Getting Started Guide. > > The getting started guide is here: > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GiEsqVbqhp0rBqf6LhpNqB57TVxIApNg9o1Sk0zI9Oo > The setup scripts (runtime and development environments) are here: > https://github.com/snowch/devcloud-script > > Many thanks, > > Chris > > > > > On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 6:10 PM, Lakmal Warusawithana <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 11:25 PM, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Cool. Thanks for the info. >>> >>> On 28 November 2013 18:16, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > A nice idea might be for some of the committers to write a "Getting >>> > Started" guide for contributors. You could point to self-contained >>> > areas of the code, or bits that contributing to does not require too >>> > much pre-existing knowledge. Another idea is to have a JIRA field >>> > where you can flag the difficulty of the feature, so that people can >>> > choose "easy", "medium", or "hard" depending on experience with the >>> > codebase. >>> >>> Has anything like this happened? >>> >>> >> AFAIK, Chris started Getting Started guide, but not sure of the flag >> JIRAs. >> >> >>> >>> On 23 March 2014 18:36, Lakmal Warusawithana <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Noah, >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 10:49 PM, Noah Slater <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> For me, it comes down to this: has Stratos demonstrated that: >>>>> >>>>> a) It prioritises, and takes positive steps towards, attracting >>>>> diverse contributions >>>>> b) Regularly recognising merit where it exists >>>>> >>>>> I'd say that things are looking good and that I'm hopeful that in a >>>>> few months this picture will look even better. But that right now, I >>>>> wouldn't feel comfortable saying to the IPMC/board that yes, I am >>>>> confident >>>>> there are no issues. >>>>> >>>>> I've asked a few times now, but it seems like my questions are doing >>>>> missing in the ether. Has the PMC implemented any of the suggestions from >>>>> my November mails? What other positive steps forward have been taken to >>>>> attract contribution? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> If you carefully followed there are many. Few listed below, >>>> >>>> We have conducted 5 public hangouts since november, >>>> >>>> - 2013-11-14 Stratos Hangout 9 >>>> - 2013-11-18 Stratos Hangout 10 >>>> - 2013-12-03 Stratos Hangout 13 >>>> - 2013-11-28 Stratos Hangout 12 >>>> - 2013-11-25 Stratos Hangout 13 >>>> >>>> And lot of discussion in dev, how we can remove barriers to get more >>>> contribution. And PMC and committers addressed and keep addressing on those >>>> technical barriers. Answering almost all user questions. Provided guideline >>>> for many GSoC proposals. Provided 5 developer previews since november. >>>> (this is mainly targeting new devs to easy test and get hands on code). I >>>> believed we have done good amount of work here. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 23 March 2014 18:06, Sanjiva Weerawarana <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 9:54 PM, Noah Slater <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 23 March 2014 17:10, Lakmal Warusawithana <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> > All together we have done 9 votes, 6 for wso2 and 3 for non-wso2. >>>>>>> (I know >>>>>>> > some are still not announced but all vote are finalized, hence the >>>>>>> current >>>>>>> > status) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Those numbers look much better. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> (Though I still don't think we should be talking about un-announced >>>>>>> elections. These people may not accept yet, or the IPMC/board might >>>>>>> reject the appointments, and that could be embarrassing for them. We >>>>>>> have to be very circumspect about this sort of thing!) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I still suspect we ought to wait a little while longer to see how >>>>>>> this >>>>>>> plays out. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Its clear your view on this is to wait. That's fine - you are of >>>>>> course entitled to your view. As a long time ASF Member I personally >>>>>> think >>>>>> your view is rather narrow on this but obviously that's my biased view. >>>>>> >>>>>> According to http://incubator.apache.org/projects/stratos.html, >>>>>> there are a bunch of mentors and of course we have Ross as the champion. >>>>>> What do the rest of the mentors think? >>>>>> >>>>>> Champion rgardler Ross Gardler Mentors azeez Afkham Azeez . >>>>>> smarruSuresh Marru.mpierceMarlon Pierce.chipchildersChip >>>>>> Childers.mnourMohammad Nour.nslaterNoah Slater.antelderAnt Elder >>>>>> In an earlier reply to this thread Chip pretty much said he feels >>>>>> we're good to go forward. However I will not put words in anyone's email! >>>>>> In any case we need to hear from the other 6 mentors too. >>>>>> >>>>>> Sanjiva. >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Sanjiva Weerawarana, Ph.D. >>>>>> Founder, Chairman & CEO; WSO2, Inc.; http://wso2.com/ >>>>>> email: [email protected]; office: (+1 650 745 4499 | +94 11 214 >>>>>> 5345) x5700; cell: +94 77 787 6880 | +1 408 466 5099; voip: +1 650 >>>>>> 265 8311 >>>>>> blog: http://sanjiva.weerawarana.org/; twitter: @sanjiva >>>>>> Lean . Enterprise . Middleware >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Noah Slater >>>>> https://twitter.com/nslater >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Lakmal Warusawithana >>>> Software Architect; WSO2 Inc. >>>> Mobile : +94714289692 >>>> Blog : http://lakmalsview.blogspot.com/ >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Noah Slater >>> https://twitter.com/nslater >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Lakmal Warusawithana >> Software Architect; WSO2 Inc. >> Mobile : +94714289692 >> Blog : http://lakmalsview.blogspot.com/ >> >> > > > -- > Check out my professional profile and connect with me on LinkedIn. > http://lnkd.in/cw5k69 > -- Check out my professional profile and connect with me on LinkedIn. http://lnkd.in/cw5k69
