Call for Discussion: New Project: Developer's Guide

[Jesper Wilhelmsson]

Hi Timmy.

To be part of the project just join the guide-dev email list once it has been created :-)
Looking forward to see you there!
/Jesper

> On 1 Apr 2020, at 08:33, Timmy Jose <zoltan.jose at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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 The existing developer guide is indeed very outdated, and an up-to-date, easy-to-locate guide is definitely required.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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto:guide-dev at openjdk.java.net>,
> >> for discussions and reviews of changes.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> /Jesper
> >>
> >> [1] http://openjdk.java.net/guide/ <http://openjdk.java.net/guide/>
> >> [2] https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/ <https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/>
> >>
>