Tending Your Open Source Garden, v2

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1. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cress_keyboard-3_sprouting_other_side.jpg
   Garden
   @BKEEPERS
   TENDING YOUR OPEN SOURCE
   !
   

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2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_gnome_liberationists
   "bkeepers
   

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3. Gardening
   Software
   Open Source
   

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4. Gardening
   

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5. I ♥ ⚘
   

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6. I ♥ ⚘
   

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7. I ♥ ⚘
   

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8. G A R D E N V 3 . 0
   

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9. growing good food
   &
   eating good food
   

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11. Share the harvest
    

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12. an exercise in resource allocation
    

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17. GARDENS CREATE COMMUNITY
    

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18. Software
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/91663396@N00/7080354723
    

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19. http://vimeo.com/43628932
    I like software
    B E C A U S E
    I like gardening
    

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20. http://vimeo.com/43628932
    I like software
    B E C A U S E
    I like gardening
    

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21. SOFTWARE CREATES COMMUNITY
    

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22. https://www.flickr.com/photos/antoinettevanderieth/8753016923
    

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23. Open Source
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/antoinettevanderieth/8753016923
    

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24. I’m not talking about farming…
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/messycupcakes/7722551044/
    

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25. …or land management.
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/47096398@N08/7462466876
    

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26. Steve Klabnik
    http://words.steveklabnik.com/how-to-be-an-open-source-gardener
    

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27. I’m talking about gardening
    

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28. What can GARDENING
    teach us about OPEN SOURCE?
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/nateswartphoto/5623220460
    

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29. CONSISTENCY
    & DILIGENCE
    

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30. Follow your own contribution guidelines.
    

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31. Invite people in.
    

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33. Be hospitable.
    

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34. Give it time.
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/onegiantleap/4124211492
    

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36. Only add features that
    you want to maintain.
    

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37. B E W A R E O F P E S T S
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/eldave/3332622539
    

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47. +1
    

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48. +1
    

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49. +1
    

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51. Tests guard against erosion.
    

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52. Continuous integration gives contributors confidence.
    

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53. Remove features that you
    don’t want to maintain.
    

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54. dotenv-deployment
    

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55. Provide plugin APIs
    

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57. Use semantic versioning
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfischer/8384524415
    1.2.6
    minor patch
    major
    semver.org
    

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58. Use semantic versioning
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfischer/8384524415
    1.2.6
    minor patch
    major
    }
    backwards-compatibile bug fixes
    semver.org
    

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59. Use semantic versioning
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfischer/8384524415
    1.2.6
    minor patch
    major
    }
    backwards-compatible functionality
    semver.org
    

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60. Use semantic versioning
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfischer/8384524415
    1.2.6
    minor patch
    major
    }
    incompatible API changes
    semver.org
    

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61. Deprecate features in
    minor versions, remove
    them in major versions
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfischer/8384524415
    

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62. 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
    

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63. Keep a changelog.
    http://bit.ly/1mfVB3d
    

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64. Changelog.md
    http://bit.ly/1mfVB3d
    

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65. Give it away when it
    stops being fun.
    

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66. …unless you still
    depend on it.
    

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69. LET IT DIE
    when it stops producing
    

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73. learn from your
    MISTAKES
    

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74. Thank You
    " bkeepers
    

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