how to participate apache cloudstack

1. CLOUDSTACK PARTICIPATION

2. Participate Incubator Projects
• As a user
• Who uses the software
• Active user communities
• Get/Provide help
• As a developer
• Help to develop the software
• Known as contributor, Be a coder, documenter or answerer
• The first step to be a committer
• As a committer
• Write access to source repo
• Vote/nominate developers (PMC)
• As a Mentor
• Informal: Familiar with open source/apache knowledge
• Formal: Self-introduction, volunteer their services to
general@incubator.apache.org during development

3. CloudStack – Getting Started
• Homepage
http://www.cloudstack.org/
• Apache Incubator Site
http://incubator.apache.org/projects/cloudstack.html
• Tracker
http://bugs.cloudstack.org
Apache Jira is coming soon
• Git
https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-cloudstack.git

4. CloudStack Mailing Lists @incubator.apache.org
• cloudstack-users@incubator.apache.org
• Cloudstack-users-cn@incubator.apache.org
• For Users & Administrators
• Subscription: cloudstack-users-subscribe
cloudstack-users-cn-subscribe
• cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
• CloudStack developments discussion center
• Subscription: cloudstack-dev-subscribe
• cloudstack-commits@incubator.apache.org
• Automatic commit message from CloudStack’s SCM
• Subscription: cloudstack-commits-subscribe

5. When Posting
• Keep it short < 60KB
• No HTML/Rich Text format
• No Attachments
• Starting a New Subject
– Do not start by replying to an exsiting message
– With good subject line
• End of a Subject
– Add [SOLVED] to the end of subject line
• Courteous Behavior
– No cross post
– No chain letters
– Do not make social network connection
– Avoid long signature
– Do not use ALL CAPITALS

6. References
• http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Roles_and_Responsibilities.html
• http://cloudstack.org/mailing-lists.html
• http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Process_Description.html
• http://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html