Call for Discussion: New Project: Developer's Guide

[Netroby]

How about create a git repository, using some document tools, like
facebook/docusaurus.
Then every one can easy contribute to the guide, and add I18n translate.

Appreciate your time.
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Timmy Jose <zoltan.jose at gmail.com> 于2020年4月1日周三 下午2:37写道：
>
> I think that this is a brilliant idea. The existing developer guide is
> indeed very outdated, and an up-to-date, easy-to-locate guide is definitely
> required. It would make things so much easier for people new to the process
> such as myself. If possible, I would also like to be part of this
> initiative - maybe it would also help
> me get onboarded myself.
>
> Best,
>
> Timmy
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 5:01 AM Jesper Wilhelmsson <
> jesper.wilhelmsson at oracle.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Mohammed.
> >
> > I'm happy to hear that you are interested in this project. The next step
> > is the vote that has been initiated now. All Members of the OpenJDK have a
> > vote and if they approve to creating the project it will be created. Once
> > the project is in place we can start discussing the future.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > /Jesper
> >
> > > On 29 Mar 2020, at 11:43, Mohammed Al-Moayed <mohammed.moayed at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi All
> > >
> > > I am interested to be part of this.
> > >
> > > Please, let me know next steps
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Mohammed Almo
> > >
> > >> On Mar 12, 2020, at 2:51 AM, Jesper Wilhelmsson <
> > jesper.wilhelmsson at oracle.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hi.
> > >>
> > >> I would like to discuss the possible creation of the Developer's Guide
> > Project
> > >> with myself, Jesper Wilhelmsson, as the lead and the Core-Libs,
> > Compiler, and
> > >> Hotspot groups as the sponsoring Groups.
> > >>
> > >> The initial goal of the project would be to create up-to-date
> > guidelines for
> > >> OpenJDK development and contributions. The intent is to update the
> > existing
> > >> OpenJDK Developer's Guide [1] which hasn't been updated since 2012.
> > Parts of
> > >> the existing guide are in need of updates while other parts are yet to
> > be
> > >> written. The initial source code for this project will be based on the
> > current
> > >> OpenJDK Developer's Guide.
> > >>
> > >> In more recent years some process related information has been
> > published on the
> > >> OpenJDK wiki [2], but this information was never reviewed or approved
> > by the
> > >> community. Even though large parts of this information may be accurate,
> > it needs
> > >> to go through proper review before it can be seen as official
> > guidelines for
> > >> OpenJDK development.
> > >>
> > >> Once the initial goal has been reached the project will transition into
> > a
> > >> maintenance project to keep the OpenJDK Developer's Guide up to date.
> > >>
> > >> The OpenJDK Developer's Guide is intended to contain tutorial style
> > texts that
> > >> give examples and step-by-step directions for common parts of the
> > development
> > >> process. Strict rules for OpenJDK development are better suited to a
> > process
> > >> JEP. The development of such a JEP is outside of the scope of this
> > project but
> > >> will be developed as part of a separate effort in parallel.
> > >>
> > >> Initial committers of the Developer's Guide Project include Mark
> > Reinhold, Iris
> > >> Clark, and Jesper Wilhelmsson. Additional committers may be identified
> > through
> > >> this discussion.
> > >>
> > >> The project will host at least one mailing list,
> > guide-dev at openjdk.java.net,
> > >> for discussions and reviews of changes.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> /Jesper
> > >>
> > >> [1] http://openjdk.java.net/guide/
> > >> [2] https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/
> > >>
> >
> >