MariaDB and open source collaboration
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Collaboration in open source - how does it really work? Practical examples from MariaDB development Presentation by Otto Kekäläinen at Mindtrek Openmind 2015, Tampere, Finland.
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MariaDB and open source collaboration
- 1. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation1 * * Collaboration in open source - how does it really work? Practical examples from MariaDB development Otto Kekäläinen 22.9.2015 MindTrek OpenMind
- 2. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation2 * * Collaboration at mariadb.org Corporate supporters include Booking.com, Automattic, Odin/Parallels, Visma, Verkkokauppa.com..
- 3. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation3 * * Towards the best solution in the world? Open source software development is exiting!
- 4. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation4 * * The open source definition ● Freedom to use ● Freedom to study ● Freedom to improve ● Freedom to redistribute Freedoms, not obligations
- 5. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation5 Collaboration Give and get
- 6. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation6 Open source vs. democracy The strategy does not guarantee that the operation is successfull
- 7. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation7 * * All contributions are valuable ● code ● testing ● translations ● documentation ● graphics, design ● packaging and distribution ● marketing, advocacy ● good bug report, feedback, ideas
- 8. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation8 * * Who are the contributors? ● codership.com ● freesa.org ● galeracluster.com ● gmail.com ● google.com ● hotmail.com ● iki.fi ● mariadb.com ● mariadb.org git log | grep Author ● mnogosearch.org ● openquery.com ● oracle.com ● primebase.org ● skysql.com ● suse.com ● tokutek.com ● twitter.com ● xiphis.org ● yahoo.com
- 9. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation9 Reasons to contribute Scratch your own itch!
- 10. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation10 Reasons to contribute
- 11. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation11 Reasons to contribute
- 12. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation12 Reasons to contribute
- 13. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation13 Reasons to contribute
- 14. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation14 Cost vs benefit in contributions Keep it simple (but not too simple)
- 15. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation15
- 16. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation16 * * Facilitate collaboration, be inclusive ● Publish code in real time, not just at release time ● Discuss and plan on public mailing list ● Chat in the public (e.g. IRC online, meetings offline) ● Public bug tracker, transparent progress and priorities ● Respond quickly to pull requests on Github
- 17. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation17 * * Be inclusive
- 18. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation18 * * Be inclusive
- 19. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation19 * * Be inclusive
- 20. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation20 Collaboration problems? Support requests and random ideas vs Real contributions and talent
- 21. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation21 Collaboration problems? Automatic testing to help review contributions and focus human time on best contributions
- 22. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation22 Collaboration opportunities? ”Given enough eyeballs are bugs are shallow” – Linus law
- 23. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation23 How it feels? Everybody smiles!
- 24. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation24 You can do it too! Use Study Improve Share
- 25. © 2015 MariaDB Foundation25 Thanks! mariadb.org @ottokekalainen otto@mariadb.org