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Pulling contributors in as reviewers

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Description

In the learning path for the Trusted Committer (part 2) we explain how it's the trusted committers that are reviewing code. In a first approximation this is correct and matches what I see in many open source projects.

When it comes to recruiting new committers and onboarding them I have seen a different approach:

https://blogs.apache.org/comdev/entry/an-approach-to-community-building (pretty much at the bottom) - contributors at Apache Beam are encouraged to do code reviews as well - in particular if the original patch comes from a committer, the idea is that such a review is enough for merging the code.

Maybe this is something for an InnerSource Pattern instead of the LearningPath though.

Contributor guide

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Read the Trusted Committer part 2 learning path section and the linked Apache Beam community-building article, especially its discussion of contributors reviewing code. Decide whether the material should be updated in the learning path or captured as an InnerSource Pattern; done means the proposed placement and scope are agreed and the relevant learning material is revised.

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Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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