Call for Discussion: New Project: Developer's Guide

[Jesper Wilhelmsson]

Thank you for your support!
/Jesper

> On 6 Apr 2020, at 13:01, AmnoJeeuw <amnojeeuw at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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 The existing developer guide is indeed very outdated, and an up-to-date, easy-to-locate guide is definitely required.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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