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Tending Your Open Source Garden, v2
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Brandon Keepers
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October 23, 2014
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Tending Your Open Source Garden, v2
Brandon Keepers
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cress_keyboard-3_sprouting_other_side.jpg Garden @BKEEPERS TENDING YOUR OPEN SOURCE !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_gnome_liberationists "bkeepers
Gardening Software Open Source
Gardening
I ♥ ⚘
I ♥ ⚘
I ♥ ⚘
G A R D E N V 3 . 0
growing good food & eating good food
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Share the harvest
an exercise in resource allocation
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GARDENS CREATE COMMUNITY
Software https://www.flickr.com/photos/91663396@N00/7080354723
http://vimeo.com/43628932 I like software B E C A U S
E I like gardening
http://vimeo.com/43628932 I like software B E C A U S
E I like gardening
SOFTWARE CREATES COMMUNITY
https://www.flickr.com/photos/antoinettevanderieth/8753016923
Open Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/antoinettevanderieth/8753016923
I’m not talking about farming… https://www.flickr.com/photos/messycupcakes/7722551044/
…or land management. https://www.flickr.com/photos/47096398@N08/7462466876
Steve Klabnik http://words.steveklabnik.com/how-to-be-an-open-source-gardener
I’m talking about gardening
What can GARDENING teach us about OPEN SOURCE? https://www.flickr.com/photos/nateswartphoto/5623220460
CONSISTENCY & DILIGENCE
Follow your own contribution guidelines.
Invite people in.
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Be hospitable.
Give it time. https://www.flickr.com/photos/onegiantleap/4124211492
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Only add features that you want to maintain.
B E W A R E O F P E
S T S https://www.flickr.com/photos/eldave/3332622539
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Tests guard against erosion.
Continuous integration gives contributors confidence.
Remove features that you don’t want to maintain.
dotenv-deployment
Provide plugin APIs
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Use semantic versioning https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfischer/8384524415 1.2.6 minor patch major semver.org
Use semantic versioning https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfischer/8384524415 1.2.6 minor patch major } backwards-compatibile
bug fixes semver.org
Use semantic versioning https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfischer/8384524415 1.2.6 minor patch major } backwards-compatible
functionality semver.org
Use semantic versioning https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfischer/8384524415 1.2.6 minor patch major } incompatible
API changes semver.org
Deprecate features in minor versions, remove them in major versions
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfischer/8384524415
1.x.x https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfischer/8384524415 if using_deprecated_feature? warn "[DEPRECATION] This feature has been
" + "deprecated and will be removed in 2.0.", caller[0] # deprecated functionality here end
Keep a changelog. http://bit.ly/1mfVB3d
Changelog.md http://bit.ly/1mfVB3d
Give it away when it stops being fun.
…unless you still depend on it.
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LET IT DIE when it stops producing
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learn from your MISTAKES
Thank You " bkeepers
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