So You Want to Contribute…¶

For general information on contributing to OpenStack, please check out the contributor guide to get started. It covers all the basics that are common to all OpenStack projects: the accounts you need, the basics of interacting with our Gerrit review system, how we communicate as a community, etc.

Below will cover the more project specific information you need to get started with Watcher.

Communication¶

IRC Channel: #openstack-watcher (changelog)
Mailing list(prefix subjects with [watcher]): http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-discuss/
Weekly Meetings: Bi-weekly, on Wednesdays at 08:00 UTC on odd weeks in the #openstack-meeting-alt IRC channel (meetings logs)
Meeting Agenda: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Watcher_Meeting_Agenda

Contacting the Core Team¶

Name	IRC	Email
Li Canwei	licanwei	li.canwei2@zte.com.cn
chen ke	chenke	chen.ke14@zte.com.cn
Corne Lukken	dantalion	info@dantalion.nl
su zhengwei	suzhengwei	sugar-2008@163.com
Yumeng Bao	Yumeng	yumeng_bao@yahoo.com

New Feature Planning¶

New feature will be discussed via IRC or ML (with [Watcher] prefix). Watcher team uses blueprints in Launchpad to manage the new features.

Task Tracking¶

We track our tasks in Launchpad. If you’re looking for some smaller, easier work item to pick up and get started on, search for the ‘low-hanging-fruit’ tag.

Reporting a Bug¶

You found an issue and want to make sure we are aware of it? You can do so HERE.

Getting Your Patch Merged¶

Due to the small number of core reviewers of the Watcher project, we only need one +2 before +W (merge). All patches excepting for documentation or typos fixes must have unit test.

Project Team Lead Duties¶

All common PTL duties are enumerated here in the PTL guide.

So You Want to Contribute…