Call for Discussion: New Project: Developer's Guide

[AmnoJeeuw]

I might not be participating as a writer, but I will definitely follow 
its development either by just reading the the new written files or by 
making suggestions on what has been presented.

I just don't fee right clicking on the send button without saying... 
OUTSTANDING IDEA

On 2020-04-01 12:41 p.m., Jesper Wilhelmsson wrote:
> 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 The existing developer guide is indeed very outdated, and an up-to-date, easy-to-locate guide is definitely required.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/>
>>>>

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