The Apache Way
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The document summarizes the Apache Way, which is the guiding principles and processes used by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) for developing open source software. The ASF is a non-profit organization that manages over 180 open source projects through a merit-based process where contributors can become committers or PMC members based on their ongoing contributions. Key aspects of the Apache Way include community over code, no corporate affiliations, consensus-based decision making through voting, and use of mailing lists and JIRA for collaboration. The goal is to build sustainable communities that produce high-quality software.
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The Apache Way
- 1. The Apache Way Ａug. 2017 Evans Ye
- 2. Reference The Apache Way Alan Gates DataWorks Summit 2017 San Jose https://dataworkssummit.com/san-jose-2017/sessions/the-apache-way
- 3. Apache Software Foundation • Non-profit foundation that manages open source projects • Most of people are volunteers, a few paid positions (such as infra) • About 180 top level projects (TLPs) • EX: httpd, Tomcat, Spark, Flink, HBase, Mesos, Bigtop • New projects started from Incubator • EX: Hivemall, Impala, PredictionIO, MXNet • Some are new projects, some already have mature code base • Mentors train the project in the Apache Way
- 4. Spirits • Community over code • Apache does not write great software, Apache build communities that write great software • No Corporate Affiliations • Some volunteers, some paid by employers to do open source • Everyone works as individuals, not an employee of a company • Companies have no control on the project • Paid workers work on features, bugs • Many company sponsor Apache, or back projects
- 5. Roles • Users • Download, use the software; ask, discuss questions on the user mailing list • Contributors • NOT ONLY developers • Contributing tests and doc, reporting bugs, answering questions on mailing list, organizing meetups, workshops, user groups, anything that helps! • Committers • Have write permission to project codebase • Decide whether your code gets committed or not.
- 6. Roles • Project Management Committee (PMC) • Vote for new committers and PMC members • Vote for releases • access to private mailing list • Reports regularly to the board • Assures the project is operating in the "Apache Way"
- 7. Roles • Apache Members • Shareholders, caretakers of the foundation • access to members mailing list • access to all private mailing list • New members nominated by current members every year • Apache Board • Governs Apache, elected every year
- 9. ASF Hierarchy PMC chair PMC Committer contributor user PMC chair PMC Committer contributor user PMC chair PMC Committer contributor user Apache Member Board
- 10. Meritocracy • Contributors who continuously making quality contributions are voted in as committers by the PMC • Committers who continue to contribute and show the ability to guide the project are voted in as PMC member by the PMC • Committers and PMC members who continuously contribute across projects are voted in as Apache members by other member • Merit does not expire • Merit does not transfer • Bigtop PMC does not get me on Hadoop PMC
- 11. How it Works •Mailing list •Enables volunteers in different time zone to work together •Project specific: users, dev, [email protected] •Non-list discussions need to be reported back on list •If it didn’t happen on-list, it didn’t happen •Things can be public, must be public •Can be private: personal, credentials(AWS, dockerhub), security, legal issues, nominations •Lists achieved on the internet
- 12. How it Works • JIRA • Track issues, bugs development progress, submit patches • Discuss the bug, the problem, review the design, the patch (Some moved to github for code review) • Release • Apache officially only release source code • Some project provide binary convenience artifacts • Release earlier, release often
- 13. Votes • Decisions are reached by consensus, not majority votes • Votes to formalize decisions • +1, agree • +0, no opinions • -1, I disagree, because... • All votes are equal • Different scenarios require different consensuses
- 14. Votes • Decisions are reached by consensus, not majority votes • Votes to formalize decisions • +1, agree • +0, no opinions • -1, I disagree, because... • All votes are equal • Different scenarios require different consensuses Decision Who Votes? Consensus Min Votes Add committer or PMC PMC Unanimous 3 Release PMC Majority 3 Review of patch committers Unanimous 0 or 1
- 15. Why contribute to Apache? •As a company: •Maintain good quality and long term availability of business critical foundation software •Build company brand •talent acquisition •As individuals: •Learn from committers, know great people •Earn reputation •Talk on international conferences •Do something good for the society
- 16. How do I trade-off between paid work and making contributions?
- 17. No, you don't have to • Still, get your jobs done decently • Make contributions 8 to10 • Do you really need to spend time on these? FB, news, movies, ptt, etc • No you don't because you can find your joy through contributions • It's not easy. That's why you're different
- 18. 追求卓越 成功⾃自然伴隨⽽而來來