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Advertise to core contributors to take on more permissions rights & responsibilities #102
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From the contributor meetup this week - the repositories looking for maintainers are listed on this page: |
It was also noted that it would be preferable to have a proper list of the work that needs to be done before doing the call for contributions, to have a concrete list to offer immediately. |
Working group for maintainers being created and discussed at https://discuss.openedx.org/t/maintenance-working-group-needed/12065 - this will be the group that will list what is in need of maintainers. |
@sarina Wrote and sent a nice email about this to the core contributors mailing list 👍 https://groups.google.com/a/axim.org/d/msgid/core-contributors-dev/CAFtSF8y6V-4y3MqODcuSqGo6V1Z5h1PamwnVwYXUqtH%3Db2KOjw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer |
Two new initiatives:
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Another initiative yesterday with a meeting calling Open edX partners to focus contributions on maintenance, and work toward maintainership rights. Part of the requirements to be an Open edX partner is to contribute to the project's core contributor program, which can include maintenance of the project. https://otter.ai/u/QyuMZ_sLsvShWD36ahfVkLGQgr8?view=summary&tab=chat |
Hi Xavier, we are a very small community, and we need to grow to get more volunteers and opportunities to contribute. In my opinion, adding more requirements to become a partner will only set additional entrance barriers and drive off newcomers. We'd better think of incentives to encourage partners and partner candidates to engage in core contributions. |
@angonz we do need to grow, I agree. However, this is not a new requirement. Rather we are asking partners to use the time they have committed to contribute specifically for maintenance work which benefits everyone. |
+1, contributing core contributor work is an important part of what makes it a partnership - it's important to find a way to share this maintenance work. It's not too much work if we all do it together, adapted to the size of each organization - but it can be quite a lot for a single entity to carry entirely on its own, as we have seen with 2U. Also becoming a maintainer of the project is a bit like owning a piece of it - it becomes ours, and this is important to build a strong community. It will grow the voice of the community and its influence on decisions, in the mid and long term. That said @angonz for growth we can also create intermediary statuses, with something lighter than "partner"? This way those who are just getting their feet wet into contributing can have smaller goals and steps. And bigger commitments are reserved for top-tier later statuses, like partner. |
This issue is to follow up on a topic from the contributor meetup working group
Need:
Potential solutions:
See https://discuss.openedx.org/t/pull-requests-review-delays/10497 for the context, as well as this discussion on a sprint update
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